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  • Turkish plane crashes in Amsterdam

    At least nine people have been killed and 50 others injured when a Turkish Airlines plane crashed while attempting to land in the Netherlands, Dutch officials have said. The crash occurred when flight 1951 from Istanbul to Amsterdam, which was carrying more than 130 people, missed the runway at the capital's Schipol Airport. "Of the 50 people.. More

  • Rwanda announces Congo pullout

    Rwandan troops will start withdrawing from eastern Congo next week, a Rwandan military spokesman has said. Rwanda's force will have left Congo in its entirety by the middle of next week, Major Jill Rutaremara said on Friday. Rwandan soldiers have "achieved their objectives" in a joint operation with Congo's army to hunt Rwandan Hutu.. More

  • Overloaded Bangladesh boat sinks

    Scores of people are feared missing after a ferry with more than 100 passengers on board collided with a cargo boat and capsized in southern Bangladesh, police say. Nuruzzaman Chowdhury, the local police chief, told AFP news agency on Thursday that many on board the vessel swam ashore after the boat was hit by a sand-laden trawler on a river near Barisal.. More

  • Three arrested over Cairo bombing

    Egyptian police have arrested three people in connection with a bomb attack in a busy Cairo market, which killed a French teenager and wounded at least 21 others. Investigators were hunting for clues on Monday after cordoning off the area close to the Hussein mosque, one of the capital's most revered shrines. "Three people there were arrested.. More

  • Tamil Tigers 'ready for ceasefire'

    Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger fighters have announced that they are ready to comply withinternational calls for a ceasefire but they would not lay down their arms, according to the AFP news agency. But the offer has been rejected by the government, according to the Sri Lankan military. The developments come amid calls for the protection of civilians trapped.. More

  • Packed bus plunges into India river

    At least 33 people have been killed and another 19 injured after a bus fell into a river in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. K Rajendra, a senior local police official, said the cause of Wednesday's accident has not yet been determined. However, he said the 32-seater vehicle en route to Jammu, the winter capital of the province, from Bhaberwah.. More

  • Mine blast kills Chinese workers

    At least 44 miners have been killed and 96 remain trapped after a gas explosion in a coal mine in China's Shanxi province, the state Xinhua news agency reports. The accident happened at Shanxi Jiaomei Group's Dunlan mine in Gujiao City near the provincial capital of Taiyuan at 2 am on Sunday [18:00 GMT Saturday]. Xinhua said 436 miners were working.. More

  • Egypt opens Gaza border crossing

    The border between Gaza andEgypt, the sole crossing that bypasses Israel, has been opened for three days to allow the passage of students and the sick. The Rafah crossing was opened around 9am local time (0700 GMT) on Sunday and was expected to be open for three days, Adel Zurub, a Hamas border official, said. Al Jazeera's Todd Baer, reporting.. More

  • Nasa climate satellite crashes

    Nasa's first attempt to map carbon dioxide levels in the Earth's atmosphere has ended in failure after a climate satellite crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO), the culmination of a nine-year project designed to study climate change, plunged into the ocean near the Antarctic on Tuesday after failing to separate from.. More

  • Israel fires six artillery shells on southern Lebanon

    Israel fired at least six artillery shells on southern Lebanon, a security source said on Saturday. They targeted an area where two rockets were fired towards Israel, one of which struck northern Israel. Lebanese security officials have said two rockets have been fired from south Lebanon towards Israel. The rockets, however, fell short.. More

  • Iranians in test run of first nuclear power plant

    Iranian and Russian engineers carried out a test-run of Iran's first nuclear power plant Wednesday, a major step toward starting up a facility that the U.S. once hoped to prevent because of fears over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Washington worried Iran would turn spent fuel from the plant's reactor into plutonium, which could then be used to build.. More

  • Albania to let Kosovo use its Adriatic Sea port

    Albania is to let landlocked and newly independent Kosovo use its Adriatic Sea port of Shengjin, Prime Minister Sali Berisha said on Monday. Getting access to a seaport is important for Kosovo. It wants better access to markets in the rest of Europe and in neighboring Albania. "Prime Minister Berisha ... said Albania is fully ready to allocate.. More

  • Deaths in Mogadishu AU camp attack

    The al-Shabab group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Mogadishu, the Somali capital, that left 11 Burundi peacekeepers dead and injured at least 15 other people. Exclusive footage aired on Al Jazeera on Sunday showed the aftermath of the attack, which targeted the African Union (AU) soldiers. The Burundi troops, part of the.. More

  • West Bank: Israeli military kidnaps 26 Palestinian civilians

    The Israeli military kidnapped 26 Palestinian civilians during pre dawn and morning invasions targeting several West Bank cities and towns on Tuesday, Palestinian sources reported. The sources said that the invasions took place in Tulkarem, Jenin, Qalqilia, Ramallah, Bethlehem and Hebron cities. Witnesses said that Israeli troops invaded Tulkarem.. More

  • UN Darfur warning follows Doha pact

    Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has called for further talks on Darfur after warning both sides involved in the conflict must renounce violence before a peace deal can be reached. Ban described a "goodwill" agreement signed this week by the Sudanese government and rebel group the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) in Qatar, as "a.. More