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  • Palestinians forced from 'UN home'

    Police officers have evicted a Palestinian family from their east Jerusalem home of 52 years, after Israel's high court ruled in favor of Jewish settlers already occupying part of the building. The al-Kurd family finally lost their protracted legal battle on July 16 this year, after judges backed the settlers' claim to the land and ruled that the.. More

  • Strong quake hits northwest China

    A strong earthquake has hit the northwestern Chinese province of Qinghai. The magnitude 6.5 quake struck at 09:22am local time (01:22GMT) on Monday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties, but the area where the earthquake hit is believed to be sparsely populated. According to the.. More

  • Southern African leaders start summit on Zimbabwe

    Southern African leaders opened a regional summit on Zimbabwe Sunday, hoping to break a deadlock over the allocation of cabinet posts which has prevented formation of a power-sharing government. The 15-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC), meeting in Johannesburg, is trying to end the impasse between President Robert Mugabe and opposition.. More

  • Fresh fighting in eastern DR Congo

    Fresh fighting has broken out between government troops and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesman has said. The clashes on Sunday broke out close to Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Paul Dietrich, spokesman for the UN mission in Congo (Monuc), said. "There have been heavy.. More

  • Iran speaker criticizes Obama's nuclear remarks

    Iran's head of parliament on Saturday criticized U.S. President-elect Barack Obama for saying its development of a nuclear weapon would be "unacceptable" and repeated the call for fundamental policy change. "Obama must know that the change he talks about is a fundamental change and not changing of colors or tactics," Parliament.. More

  • Bali bombers executed by firing squad

    Three men sentenced to death for a deadly bombing on the Indonesian island of Bali in 2002 have been executed by firing squad. Amrozi, 47, his brother Mukhlas, 48, who is also referred to as Ali Ghufron, and Imam Samudra, 38, were killed on Sunday, Jasman Pandjaitan, a spokesman for the attorney-general's office, said. "At around 12:15am.. More

  • Deaths in Russia submarine accident

    At least 20 people have died and another 21 were injured in an accident on board a Russian nuclear-powered submarine, Russan news agencies said. The incident on Saturday involved the failure of a fire extinguishing system. A naval spokesman confirmed the reports, adding that 208 people were on board. A firefighting system went off during testing.. More

  • Iraq suicide bombing kills eight

    Eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing near the city of Ramadi, in Iraq's Anbar province, west of Baghdad, Iraqi police say. Several policemen were among the dead. At least 14 other people were injured. Separately, the US military said an al-Qaeda leader named Abu Ghazwan had been killed in a raid north of Baghdad. He was said to.. More

  • Hamas-Fatah talks postponed

    Reconciliation talks between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have been postponed at the 11th hour. All the major factions had been due to attend the talks in the Egyptian capital on Monday, but on Saturday delegates were turned back as reports emerged that Hamas would not be attending. Mahmoud Zahar, a senior Hamas leader, told Al Jazeera.. More

  • Hurricane Paloma lashes Caymans

    Hurricane Paloma has strengthened into a powerful category three storm in the Caribbean as it lashed the Cayman Islands with wind and rain, and threatened already storm-battered Cuba. The storm, coming late in this year's hurricane season, shut down businesses, schools and government offices on Friday in the Cayman Islands, a major financial centre. Res.. More

  • Scores die in Haiti school collapse

    The death toll from the collapse of a school near Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, has risen to at least 50 people, officials say. The three-storey La Promesse (The Promise) school in Petionville, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, caved in at about 10am (15:00GMT) on Friday, trapping possibly hundreds of people inside. Students lay crushed.. More

  • 'US raid' hits Pakistan tribal area

    A suspected US drone has launched a missile strike into northwest Pakistan, reportedly killing at least 10 people. The attack on Friday hit the North Waziristan area, a tribal region on the Afghan border, security officials said. "It happened close to the border," a Pakistani military officer said. "We have reports of 10 dead.. More

  • Fighting resumes in DR Congo

    Congolese Tutsi rebels and government troops have clashed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a few kilometers from a refugee camp, Congolese and UN officers have said. The fighting on Friday effectively ended a shaky ceasefire, while in Kenya Joseph Kabila, the Congolese president, met his Rwandan counterpart and UN officials to try.. More

  • Heavy fighting as Sri Lanka troops near rebel capital

    Intense battles gripped Sri Lanka's northern Wanni region as government forces stepped up pressure on the Tamil rebel political capital, the defense ministry said Friday. Scores of rebels were killed and many more wounded in Thursday's fighting west of Mankulam, a key town on the road to the rebel political headquarters at Kilinochchi, further north,.. More

  • Iran president urges Obama to change U.S. policies

    Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday and called for "fundamental and fair" changes to U.S. policies in the region, Iran's official IRNA news agency said. "I congratulate you for attracting a majority of votes ... I hope you will prefer real public interests and justice.. More