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  • Afghan guards killed by Taliban

    Nine private security guards have been killed and three wounded in an attack on a checkpoint set up to protect a construction site in southern Afghanistan. The attack occurred early on Monday morning at in Nad Ali, a town in Helmand province, Al Jazeera has learned. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack - the second on a construction.. More

  • Israeli settlers begin new settlement expansion

    Despite a statement by US officials Friday that they were disappointed in Israel's decision to continue expanding settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem, new and existing settlements have begun a massive building spree, including in several settlements near Jenin. The Jenin-area settlements are particularly controversial due to their proximity.. More

  • Pentagon braces for Iraq Wikileaks

    The Pentagon has assembled a 120-member team to prepare for the expected publication of some 400,000 Iraq war documents on the Wikileaks website. The documents are thought to concern battle activity, Iraqi security forces and civilian casualties. Colonel Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, said the timing of the leak remained unclear but are preparing.. More

  • German multiculturalism 'failing'

    Angela Merkel, Germany's Chancellor, has said that the country's attempt to create a multicultural society has "utterly failed", adding fuel to a debate over immigration and Islam which is polarizing her conservative coalition. Speaking to a meeting of young members of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Merkel said allowing people of different.. More

  • Deadly attack hits Yemen convoy

    Armed men have ambushed a military convoy in the mountainous Abyan province in southern Yemen, killing three soldiers and injuring at least two. The convoy of security forces was heading east from Zinjibar, Abyan's provincial capital, when it came under attack on Saturday. The air force responded by bombing the attackers to give the convoy cover to.. More

  • '15,000 rapes in war-torn DR Congo'

    More than 15,000 rapes were committed last year in the strife-torn region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where ‘peacekeepers’ are unable to fully protect civilians, a senior United Nations official has said. With accusations now being made against DRC government troops over new cases of rape and killing in the volatile east of.. More

  • Palestinians protest, Israel allows more settlements

    Israel has signed off on the construction of 238 buildings in east Jerusalem, further hindering ‘peace talks’ stuck over the occupied West Bank settlements. The Israeli Housing Ministry's announcement that developers would be allowed to bid for contracts to build new buildings in the neighborhoods of Ramot and Pisgat Zeev drew swift condemnation.. More

  • Court martial for US soldier

    A US soldier who allegedly killed three Afghan civilians for fun will face a full court martial. Jeremy Morlock, one of the group of 12 accused soldiers, faces charges of premeditated murder, military authorities said Friday. The case has drawn intense media scrutiny because Morlock and fellow soldiers are accused of taking ghoulish photos of corpses.. More

  • Iran leader in Hezbollah stronghold

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has praised Lebanon for its resistance against Israel, while addressing a huge crowd in a Lebanese village close to the Israeli border. Speaking to 15,000 cheering Hezbollah supporters on Thursday in Bint Jbeil, the scene of fierce fighting between the Hezbollah and Israeli soldiers in July 2006, Ahmadinejad.. More

  • Sudan row over Abyei escalates

    Asenior official of Sudan's ruling party has said that it is "not possible" to hold a referendum on whether the country's disputed oil-rich Abyei region belongs to the north or south on time. Didiri Mohammad Ahmad, of the National Congress Party (NCP), said the January 9 vote could be delayed for months or the territorial row would be settled.. More

  • Egypt grants passage to Gaza convoy

    The Viva Palestina aid convoy that is bound for the Gaza Strip has been given the green light by the Egyptian government to sail to the port of Al-Arish. On Wednesday, the 400-member convoy was also promised a free passage across the border into Gaza after it arrives in the Sinai port. The Egyptian go-ahead came after a tense eight day stand-off and.. More

  • Chile's miners rescued

    The last of Chile's 33 trapped miners has been pulled to safety in a rescue operation that ended a more than two-month ordeal at a collapsed copper mine deep in the Atacama desert. Rescue teams raised the last miner, 54-year-old Luis Urzua, to the surface on Thursday morning, just 22 hours after launching the complex mission using a narrow, missile-like.. More

  • Nato troops killed in Afghan blast

    Three soldiers from the Isaf force have been killed in a home-made bomb explosion in western Afghanistan, the Nato-led force in the country says. The International Security Assistance Force said on Thursday the attack occurred in western Afghanistan but did not immediately provide further details on the nationalities of the casualties or on the attacks. Tro.. More

  • Deaths in Iran military base blast

    Iran's state news agency has said that 18 people were killed in an explosion on Tuesday at a Revolutionary Guards military base in the country's northwest. Iran's Fars news agency reported quoting Yadollah Bouali, a military commander, that some of the casualties in Tuesday's blast were workers at the base, but he did not specify whether they included.. More

  • Huge pension protests in France

    Mass protests across France against plans to raise the retirement age were even larger than demonstrations held earlier this month, according to figures from both the government and a labor union. The CFDT union said 3.5 million people had joined the demonstrations on Tuesday, while the interior ministry said 1.23 million demonstrators had turned out. The.. More