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  • Thai protesters block parliament

    Thailand's parliament has been forced to postpone a joint session after thousands of protesters surrounded the building and vowed a "final battle" to overthrow the government. Samart Kaewmeechai, the deputy house speaker, said the meeting was postponed because members of parliament could not access the building. Al Jazeera's Selina Downes,.. More

  • Abbas mulls snap elections

    Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he would call for elections in 2009 if his Fatah movement and its rival Hamas do not reconcile by the end of this year. "If the dialogue does not begin, and if we fail, I will issue a presidential decree early next year calling for simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections,".. More

  • Taliban to target Afghan convoys

    The Taliban is stepping up attacks on US and Nato supply convoys in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the armed group has said. "Up to now our operations on the highways leading to Kabul have been weak. We're about to boost the attacks ... until the government and the Americans are smashed," Zabiullah Mujahid, told Al Jazeera. Supply lorries.. More

  • Indian troops kill Kashmiri teens protesting against election

    Indian troops fired at hundreds of Muslims protesting against elections in Kashmir on Saturday, killing two people including a teenage boy and wounding 20, police and witnesses said. The violence in north Kashmir's Baramulla town comes a day before the second phase of seven-stage elections that are seen as a test of legitimacy of New Delhi's rule in.. More

  • 'Lives at risk' from Gaza fuel cuts

    Patients at the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip could die if Israel continues to prevent fuel and essential supplies to the territory, doctors have told Al Jazeera. Shifa hospital in Gaza City is using a faulty generator to operate essential equipment since Gaza's main power plant restricted supplies due to a lack of fuel from Israel. "Officials.. More

  • Beheadings in Guatemala jail fight

    Seven inmates in a Guatemala prison have been murdered, most of them beheaded, in a brutal fight between gang members, authorities say. Prisoners at the Pavoncito prison, in the town of Fraijanes, 70km south of the capital, Guatemala City, mutilated and decapitated five rival members on Saturday, putting one head on a stick in a gruesome sight seen.. More

  • Qatar opens Islamic art collection

    The world's largest collection of Islamic art has gone on display in the Gulf state of Qatar. The $300 million Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, the capital of Qatar, was unveiled on Saturday before Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, and 1,000 dignitaries from around the world. I.M. Pei, the 91-year-old Chinese-born architect of.. More

  • Grenade attack hits Thai protesters

    Eight Thai anti-government protesters have been hurt in a grenade attack in the capital Bangkok, officials have said, a day before a major rally is due to be held. The pre-dawn blast hit a checkpoint manned by guards from the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) outside the Government House compound they are occupying, an emergency.. More

  • 'US drone' strikes Pakistan village

    A missile attack thought to have been carried out by an unmanned US drone has killed at least three people in northwest Pakistan. Pakistani officials said on Saturday that the aerial bombardment targeted a house near Mir Ali, a small town in North Waziristan. "The strike destroyed a militant hideout in the village of Alikhel in North Waziristan,&.. More

  • Iraqis protest against troop deal

    Thousands of people have protested in Baghdad against a proposed deal to allow US troops to remain in Iraq once their UN mandate expires. The demonstration was called by the Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, who has strongly opposed any deal with the US. Security was tight around the area, but the organizers insist the protest in the capital will remain.. More

  • Somali fighters hunt pirate crew

    Somali fighters opposed to the country's interim government have entered the port town of Haradheere in a search for the pirates who seized a Saudi Arabian-owned oil tanker, a local elder has said. Pirates have demanded a $25 million ransom for the Sirius Star, which was carrying more than two million barrels of oil when it was captured and is believed.. More

  • Blast hits Pakistani mourners

    At least 10 people have been killed and 40 others wounded after a suspected bombing at a funeral in northwestern Pakistan, police said. The blast on Friday targeted mourners in the town of Dera Ismail Khan who had gathered at the funeral of a local Shia Muslim. The attack sparked an outbreak of shooting around the hospital where the dead and wounded.. More

  • U.S. judge orders five Algerians at Guantanamo freed

    Five of six Algerians must be released after nearly seven years of captivity at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a setback for the Bush administration. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled from the bench after holding the first hearings under a landmark Supreme Court ruling in June that gave.. More

  • Egypt hosts Arab piracy meeting

    Egypt has held a meeting of six Arab countries in an attempt to forge a joint strategy against piracy in the Gulf of Aden, which threatens the international trade route through Egypt's Suez Canal. The countries represented in the meeting on Thursday were those who share the Red Sea with Egypt - Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Jordan. A representative.. More

  • Thousands of Kosovo Albanians protest UN-Serbia plan

    Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in the Kosova capital of Pristina Wednesday in protest at a United Nations plan they say it is a step toward the partition of Kosovo. Some 30,000 people participated at the demonstration voicing their displeasure with UN-Serbia deal which they say it allows Serb state interference in Kosovo internal matters,.. More