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  • AU troops 'intervene' in Somalia

    African Union peacekeepers have reportedly intervened directly in support of government forces in repelling anti-government fighters in the Somali capital Mogadishu. A spokesman for the AU force, whose remit allows them only to protect government buildings and defend themselves if attacked, told Al Jazeera its latest actions were a "show of force".. More

  • Pakistan's 2 million displaced start returning home

    The Pakistani government Monday began sending home about 2 million people displaced two months ago by the army's assault on Taliban fighters in the Swat valley. The army says it has pushed the Taliban out of their former bastion northwest of Islamabad, and the government is keen to move the displaced back to their homes. The Swat exodus was one of.. More

  • Obama warns of 'long Afghan battle'

    Barack Obama, the US president, has said the military offensive currently under way against the Taliban in Afghanistan has "a long way to go". "We knew this summer was going to be tough fighting ... we still have a long way to go," Obama told Britain's Sky News channel in an interview on Saturday. The southern province of Helmand.. More

  • Iraq bombings kill 8 in capital, northern village

    A car bomb exploded in an alley Saturday in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least four people, wounding others and destroying eight homes, police said. Another six people died in bombings in Baghdad. Thirty-eight people were wounded and several shops and cars were also damaged in the 3 p.m. explosion in the northern village of Kugjeli, according.. More

  • Bosnia buries 500 Srebrenica dead

    The remains of more than 500 people killed as Serb forces overran the town of Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1995 have been laid to rest. The bodies, which had been removed from mass graves, were buried alongside nearly 3,300 other graves in the Srebrenica-Potocari memorial centre on Saturday. Tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslims gathered for.. More

  • Bombings kill at least 41 in Iraq

    A series of bombings in Baghdad and a northern Iraqi town on Thursday killed at least 41 people and wounded more than 80, police said. Two successive suicide attacks in the town of Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, killed 34 and wounded 60. One suicide bomber detonated an explosives vest in the town. A second similar attack occurred.. More

  • Students killed in Afghan blast

    At least 12 students have been killed by an explosion outside a school to the south of Kabul, the Afghan capital, officials said. The blast happened on Thursday as a convoy of police were patrolling the district of Mohammad Agha in Logar province. The district chief said the explosion was caused by explosive materials inside the vehicle. The age.. More

  • Troops flood Urumqi

    China has deployed thousands of troops in Urumqi, capital of the far western Xinjiang region, in an effort to restore calm between the city's ethnic Uighurs and Han Chinese. Clashes between the groups have paralyzed the city since Sunday when a street protest by Uighur demonstrators turned into some of the bloodiest ethnic violence seen in China in.. More

  • Indonesians head to the polls

    Indonesians have begun casting their ballots in only the country's second direct presidential elections as polling kicked off in the eastern-most province of Papua. Some 500,000 polling stations will be open from 7am until noon across the country with partial "quick counts" expected a few hours after polls close at 05:00 GMT. About 176 million.. More

  • Protesters held ahead of G8 meeting

    At least 36 people have been arrested after protesters and police clashed in Rome a day ahead of the Group of Eight (G8) summit. Demonstrators hurled bottles at riot police and set fire to tires on the streets of the Italian capital on Tuesday, news agencies reported. The clashes came as leaders from some of the world's richest nations gathered in.. More

  • Egypt funeral for stabbing victim

    An official funeral has been held for a pregnant Egyptian woman stabbed to death as she prepared to give evidence in a German courtroom. Several government representatives took part in the funeral for 32-year-old Marwa Sherbini in the northern city of Alexandria on Monday. Sherbini was stabbed 18 times by a German man of Russian descent, formally.. More

  • Thousands flee China floods

    At least 700,000 people are now reported to have fled rising flood waters in southern China, as rainstorms continue to drench large areas of the country. Twenty people are also reported to have died in some of the worst flooding seen in China for more than a decade. Across several provinces heavy rains have toppled houses, flooded roads and seriously.. More

  • Afghan attacks target US troops

    At least six US soldiers were among 10 people killed in a series of attacks apparently targeting foreign troops in Afghanistan, as US marines continued their offensive in southern Afghanistan. Four US soldiers died when a roadside bomb was detonated in northern Kunduz province on Monday, military officials said. "There was a joint police and.. More

  • Blast claims lives in Turkey

    At least four people have been killed and eight injured in a roadside bomb blast in southeastern Turkey, according to local media. The blast occurred when a lorry carrying road and dam construction workers, hit an explosive device in the Sirnak province on Monday, the Anatolia news agency reported. The office for the local governor said the device.. More

  • China says 140 dead in Xinjiang unrest

    China said a riot that shook the capital of the western Xinjiang region on Sunday killed 140 people and the government called the ethnic unrest "a plot against its power", signaling a security crackdown. Locals took to the streets of the capital, Urumqi, some burning and smashing vehicles and confronting ranks of police and anti-riot troops. The.. More