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  • New Kosovo security force angers Serbia

    Kosovo launched a new security force Wednesday in a new sign of independence, prompting Serbia to brand it "an illegal paramilitary group" whose creation was "totally unacceptable". The search for hundreds of recruits of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) is being supported by NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo. Lieutenant Henrik Kristensson.. More

  • Obama sets agenda on first day

    Barack Obama, the US president, has issued his first executive orders amid a flurry of activity from the new US administration on the Middle East, Guantanamo Bay and the economy. Obama issued orders aimed at freezing White House senior staff pay, placing tighter controls on lobbyists and increasing freedom of information about the presidency ahead.. More

  • Dutch court orders prosecution of anti-Islam lawmaker

    The court overruled the public prosecutor who did not prosecute Wilders, whose film "Fitna" and statements were protested by Muslims for spreading hateful feelings against them. "The Amsterdam appeals court has ordered the prosecution of member of parliament Geert Wilders for inciting hatred and discrimination, based on comments by.. More

  • Gaza war munitions investigated

    The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it will open an investigation into Israel's alleged use of depleted uranium during the 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip. Wednesday's announcement came after Arab nations sent a letter to Mohammed ElBaradei, the IAEA director-general, asking the UN agency to investigate whether the controversial.. More

  • Petraeus on Afghan visit after supply routes deal

    U.S. General David Petraeus met Afghan President Hamid Karzai overnight, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, after the regional military chief said deals had been made on new transport routes into Afghanistan from Central Asia. The U.S. military has had to look at new ways to help supply its troops in the landlocked country from the north after Taliban.. More

  • Iraq willing to see US troops leave early

    Iraq is willing to have the U.S. withdraw its troops and assume security for the country before the end of 2011, the departure date agreed to by former President George W. Bush, the Iraqi prime minister's spokesman said. Spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh made the comment Tuesday, a day before President Barack Obama and his senior commanders were to meet in.. More

  • Israel "completes" Gaza troop withdrawal

    Israeli forces completed a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, three days after Israel and Hamas declared separate ceasefires, a military spokesman said. "As of this morning, the last of the Israel Defense Forces soldiers have left the Gaza Strip and the forces have deployed outside of Gaza and are prepared for any occurrences,".. More

  • Obama sworn in as US president

    Barack Obama has become the 44th president of the United States, during an inauguration ceremony witnessed by at least one million people in Washington DC. Obama was sworn in as the US commander-in-chief just after noon local time (1700 GMT) on Tuesday, becoming the first African-American to hold the post. Obama acknowledged that the United States.. More

  • Tens of thousands of Gazans wait for basic essentials

    Aid agencies struggled to provide basic essentials to tens of thousands of Palestinians into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in need of emergency aid after three weeks of devastating war. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which has been operating in the Gaza Strip since 1948, said it carried out a preliminary assessment of the needs on the ground.. More

  • UN chief visits Gaza, urges probe

    Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, has demanded a "full investigation" into Israel's bombing of a UN compound in Gaza City. Speaking during an official visit to the Palestinian enclave on Tuesday, he condemned the attack on the UN complex as "outrageous" and "totally unacceptable". "It.. More

  • Russia resumes Europe gas supply

    Gazprom, the Russian gas export monopoly, has resumed gas deliveries to Europe through Ukraine, nearly two weeks after deliveries were halted. Boris Sapozhnikov, a Gazprom spokesman, said that the gas flow was restarted around 1030am (0730 GMT) on Tuesday. Officials say it could take 36 hours for gas to reach consumers in Europe. The resumption.. More

  • Gazans count cost of war

    Palestinians returning to their neighborhoods have begun to unearth the true scale of destruction left by Israel's 22-day offensive on the Gaza Strip. The devastation being unveiled comes as Israeli troops continued to pull back from some key points in Gaza towards the border and as the fragile ceasefires declared separately by the Israelis and Palestinian.. More

  • Arabs: Israel ammo in Gaza had depleted uranium

    Arab nations accused Israel on Monday of blasting Gaza with ammunition containing depleted uranium and urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to investigate reports that traces of it had been found in victims of the shelling. In a letter on behalf of Arab ambassadors accredited in Austria, Prince Mansour Al-Saoud, the Saudi Ambassador, expressed.. More

  • Gaza overshadows Kuwait summit

    The crisis in Gaza is topping the agenda of Arab leaders who have gathered in Kuwait for a summit aimed at boosting regional economic growth. The leaders had been divided on how to respond to Israel's assault on the Palestinian territory and faced heavy criticism for their apparent inaction. Meeting in Kuwait a day after a tenuous truce took hold.. More

  • Destructed Gaza, the dead after Israel cessation

    After 22 days of devastating Israeli air strikes and shelling, shocked Palestinians emerged onto the rubble-strewn streets of the Gaza Strip on Sunday to collect their dead and inspect their shattered homes. More than 100 bodies were pulled out of wrecked buildings. Women sat weeping amid the ruins of their houses, hiding their faces, many too.. More