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  • Deaths in DR Congo boat accidents

    Hundreds of people are believed to have died in two separate river-boat accidents on the Democratic Republic of Congo's vast rivers over the weekend. In the first incident in the Central African nation, around 70 people were reported to have drowned when a boat capsized on the Rupi River early on Saturday morning. Ebale Engumba, a local official in.. More

  • Troops die in Iraq blasts

    At least 12 people, including four soldiers, have been killed and 29 others wounded after five bombers armed with rifles attempted to storm an army base in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Sunday's attack came less than a week after Washington declared US combat operations in Iraq over. Two attackers blew themselves up at the back gate of the compound.. More

  • Guatemala landslides bury hundreds

    An overnight landslide caused by flooding may have buried around 100 people trying to rescue victims of a previous landslide along the Inter-American Highway in the Guatemalan highlands. Al Jazeera's Martin Asturias, reporting from the scene of the incident near the town of Santa Maria Ixtaguacan, said that 23 bodies have been pulled from the mud so.. More

  • New attack targets Russian military camp in Dagestan

    At least five people were killed and 35 wounded on Sunday when a bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a military camp in Russia-held Dagestan, security officials said. The bomber tried to drive a Lada car containing about 50 kg (110 lb) of explosives onto a firing range where the 136th Motorcycle Brigade had set up camp outside the town.. More

  • Central Africa cholera toll rises

    An outbreak of cholera in Chad has killed at least 41 people, according to medical sources. Mahamat Mamadou Adji, a health official, said on Friday that there had been nearly 600 confirmed cases in the Central African nation. Neighboring Cameroon and Nigeria are also battling outbreaks of the fast-moving infection that causes diarrhea in victims,.. More

  • Israel launches raids on Gaza

    Israel has launched a series of air raids against targets in southern Gaza. Witnesses and Hamas security officials said late on Saturday that Israeli aircraft struck targets including tunnels running under the border with Egypt at Rafah within hours. At least three people were wounded in the attacks, medical workers said. An Israeli military spokesman.. More

  • Deadly bombing hits Pakistan rally in Quetta

    A bomber blew himself in a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing up to 43 people in the attack on a Shi'ite rally and wounding more than 100. "There are 24 dead in the Combined Military Hospital and the remaining are in two other hospitals," said a hospital official in Quetta, where dozens of dead and wounded lay in the.. More

  • New Zealand hit by powerful quake

    A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake has struck New Zealand's South Island, 30 km west of Christchurch, damaging roads, buildings and severing electricity across the region. No tsunami alert was issued but a state of emergency was declared in the area to facilitate recovery operations early on Saturday morning. According to Radio New Zealand, just two.. More

  • Hamas condemns 'direct talks'

    Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporters have rallied in the Gaza Strip to mark Al Quds day and to condemn the direct talks launched in Washington between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Friday's rally comes a day after armed groups said that they had joined forces to step up attacks against Israel. Al Quds day is an annual event on the last Friday.. More

  • Dozens killed in Mexico shootout

    At least 25 people have been killed in clashes between soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, local media have reported. The soldiers stormed a training camp allegedly set up by the gang members in a northern border region which has seen an escalation of violence in recent months, including the massacre.. More

  • Fury in Austria at anti-mosque game

    A far-right party in Austria has sparked outrage by launching an online video game which allows players to shoot down minarets and muezzins calling for prayer. The game, called "Moschee Baba", or "Bye Bye Mosque", gives players 60 seconds to collect points by placing a target over cartoon mosques, minarets and Muslims and click.. More

  • World Bank raises Pakistan funding

    The World Bank has raised its funding for Pakistan's flood disaster recuperation to $1bn. An additional $100 million has been pledged, the bank said on Wednesday, to help with the worst disaster in the country's history. Robert Zoellick, the World Bank president, was quoted in the statement as having said to Hafeez Shaikh, Pakistani finance minister,.. More

  • US launches Middle East 'peace talks'

    The US president has called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders "not to let the chance for peace slip away" as he opened a US-sponsored summit to re-launch direct talks. Barack Obama promised to put the "full weight" of the United States behind the effort "to forge peace" in direct talks between the two sides that begin.. More

  • Deaths in Mozambique riots

    At least six people have been shot dead in Mozambique's capital during clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against rising food and fuel prices. Police opened fire on protesters throwing stones and setting fire to tires and barriers, but it was not immediately clear whether their bullets were responsible for the deaths. According to.. More

  • Several dead in Somali violence

    Two violent incidents in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, have led to the deaths of at least 14 people. Eight people were killed and 14 others wounded in a roadside bomb blast on Tuesday. Five men and three women were killed in the explosion, Ali Muse, the head of the city's ambulance service, said. Ahmed Adma, the driver of the bus, said that blood.. More