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  • US fails in settlements freeze bid

    The United States has suspended its demand for Israel to renew a freeze on Jewish settlement building in the West Bank. The White House and the state department disclosed on Tuesday that weeks of efforts to broker a new settlement freeze and resuscitate the 'peace talks' had gone nowhere. "We have been pursuing a moratorium as a means to create.. More

  • Wikileaks founder refused bail

    The founder of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has been refused bail by a court in London but vowed to fight extradition to Sweden. Assange denies sexually assaulting two women in Sweden. He was remanded in custody pending a hearing next week. A judge at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court refused bail because of the risk of.. More

  • Iran refuses enrichment halt

    Iran will refuse to talk about stopping its enrichment of uranium at the next meeting in January on its nuclear program with six major powers, the country's chief nuclear negotiator says. "I am announcing openly and clearly that Iran will not discuss a uranium enrichment halt in the next meeting in Istanbul with major powers," Saeed Jalili.. More

  • Diplomatic impasse over Korea peninsula crisis

    Efforts to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula looked deadlocked on Tuesday after the United States and its main Asian allies urged China to bring North Korea to heel, pressure Beijing has repeatedly resisted. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts, saying they shared grave concerns over.. More

  • Dozens killed in Pakistan blasts

    Twin blasts have killed at least 50 people and injured many others at a government compound in northwest Pakistan, officials said. There were fears that the death toll in the Mohmand tribal agency could rise significantly because of the scores of people wounded in the attacks on Monday. "There were two bombers. They were on foot. The first blew.. More

  • At least 50 missing in Colombian landslide

    At least 50 people were missing in Colombia on Sunday after heavy rains caused a landslide in the northwest of the Andean nation, relief organizations said. Colombia is experiencing torrential downpours due to the La Nina weather phenomenon. The rains and floods have killed around 170 people so far this year, mostly in recent months, and affected 1.5.. More

  • Thousands flee Albania floods

    More than 11,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in northwestern Albania due to floods that have hit the country in the past week. Authorities said on Sunday that about 7,500 houses had been damaged and 2,600 others completely flooded. "The situation is critical and there are still regions in the northern part of [Albania] that are.. More

  • Iran talks set to open in Geneva

    Iran will hold talks on its controversial nuclear program with global powers on Monday, a day after announcing an important advance in its capability to enrich uranium. In what seemed a clear attempt to send a message before the talks, Tehran announced on Sunday that it had mined and enriched its first domestic uranium yellowcake, the raw material.. More

  • WikiLeaks fights to stay online amid attacks

    WikiLeaks became an Internet vagabond Friday, moving from one website to another as governments and hackers hounded the organization, trying to deprive it of a direct line to the public. The organization that has embarrassed Washington and foreign leaders by releasing a cache of secret — and brutally frank — U.S. diplomatic cables found.. More

  • Egypt set for runoff polls

    Egypt's ruling party is set to dominate a second round of parliamentary elections, a week after the first round was condemned for alleged fraud. The National Democratic Party (NDP), which has never lost an election, will probably win on Sunday all but a handful of seats that may be taken up by minor parties with no significant grass-roots support,.. More

  • Spain reopens airspace after strike

    Spanish airspace reopened on Saturday after a wildcat strike by air traffic controllers paralyzed airports for a second day and the government declared its first state of emergency in the post-Franco era. Controllers began returning to work on Saturday afternoon but Public Works Minister Jose Blanco said it would take 24 to 48 hours for air traffic.. More

  • Deadly Israeli fire rages on despite aid

    Israel struggled to contain a huge and deadly forest fire that raged on for a third day on Saturday, despite the efforts of firefighting planes from half a dozen countries. The worst inferno in Israel's history has killed 41 people, forced 17,000 to flee their homes and destroyed some 10,000 acres of woodland near the port of Haifa. By nightfall it.. More

  • Opposition groups quit Egypt runoff

    The Muslim Brotherhood and a secular party, Wafd, both withdrew on Wednesday from Egypt's election after a crushing first-round defeat by the president's ruling party in a poll marred by alleged fraud and violence. The main opposition party will boycott the second stage of parliamentary voting after a first round that critics said was rigged in favor.. More

  • South Sudan vote put in doubt

    Sudan has asked the UN to re-open a tender to print ballots for the south's referendum on secession. Diplomats and the commission planning the vote said on Wednesday that any delay could make it impossible to hold the vote on January 9 as scheduled. The tender to print ballots closed in mid-November and has now been re-opened till December 5. "The.. More

  • Venezuela hit by deadly mudslides

    Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 21 people in Venezuela over the last week. Thousands fled their homes on Tuesday as swollen rivers and continuing rain threatened to cause more damage. "The rains will carry on for the next three days at least," Elias Jaua, the vice-president, told state television. Most.. More