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  • Ten dead, 30 hurt in northwest Pakistan blast

    A suicide bomber killed 10 people and wounded 30 when he blew himself up at a meeting of ethnic Pashtun tribal leaders in northwest Pakistan's Bajaur area on the Afghan border on Thursday, government officials said. The bombing took place as about 200 men of the pro-government Salarzai tribe gathered in Batmalai village, 20 km (12 miles) north of.. More

  • Several die in North Ossetia blast

    A roadside blast in the southern Russian region of North Ossetia has killed at least 11 people on a minibus. A duty officer at the province's emergency ministry said an improvised explosive device went off on Thursday as the vehicle was passing through the centre of Vladikavkaz, the provincial capital. The investigative committee of the Russian.. More

  • Thousands flee DR Congo clashes

    Thousands of civilians have fled fighting in eastern Congo as a week-old fragile ceasefire continues to come under strain. Civilians escaping clashes on Wednesday said the attacks had been started by pro-government Mai-Mai militiamen. A second day of confused clashes raised fears of more fighting in Rutshuru, 70km north of Goma, the capital of the.. More

  • Baghdad bomb blasts kill five

    A string of morning rush hour bombings in central Baghdad on Thursday killed at least five people and wounded 17 in the latest wave of violence to hit the Iraqi capital, police said. Four of those killed died when two roadside bombs targeting a checkpoint in central Baghdad went off in quick succession, police said. Two of the victims were civilians.. More

  • China official meets Taiwan president amid protests

    Taiwan's president met briefly on Thursday with a Chinese official in one of the highest-level contacts between the two sides since the Chinese civil war, while protesters clashed with riot police outside. President Ma Ying-jeou met China's top Taiwan affairs negotiator, Chen Yunlin, who has already signed agreements opening up trade and transport.. More

  • Russia to move missiles to Baltic

    Russia is to deploy new missiles in a Baltic enclave near Nato member Poland, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says. Short-range Iskander missiles in the Kaliningrad region would "neutralize" the planned US anti-missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, he said. The US says its shield is a defense against missiles from "rogue&qu.. More

  • US air raid kills Afghan civilians

    Villagers in southern Afghanistan say that dozens of civilians, including women and children attending a wedding party in Kandahar, have been killed in a US air raid. Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, condemned the killings and said on Wednesday that 40 people were killed and 28 wounded as a result of an air raid in the Shah Wali Kot district of.. More

  • Israel launches first airstrike on Gaza since June

    Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 6 people in a violation of truce between Hamas and Israel. An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the air strikes. The air strike was the first Israeli military attack since the start of a ceasefire was declared on June 19 and which has largely held between Israel and Hamas. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu.. More

  • India bus accident kills 46 as driver changes CD

    The bus was traveling between two tourist resorts in Himachal Pradesh state when it veered off the road 16 km (10 miles) east of the state capital Shimla, a state government official said. Tuesday, 04 November 2008 19:51 Forty-six people were killed when a bus plunged down a deep gorge in northern India after the driver lost control while changing.. More

  • Obama wins historic US election

    Democratic Senator Barack Obama has been elected the first black president of the United States. As Obama broke through the winning threshold there were scenes of delight at a park in Chicago, where tens of thousands of supporters were gathered. His rival John McCain accepted defeat, saying "I deeply admire and commend" Obama. He called.. More

  • Angry DR Congo rebels threaten war

    Laurent Nkunda, the Congolese rebel leader, has threatened to extend his eastern guerrilla war to the capital Kinshasa unless the government agreed to political negotiations with him. "If they refuse to negotiate, it will mean they will be ready to only fight and we will fight them because we have to fight for our freedom," Nkunda said on.. More

  • Bomb blast in eastern Baghdad

    A bomb attack on a bus station in the Iraqi capital has killed seven people and injured another 18, according to Iraqi police sources. Tuesday's explosion took place in the al-Mashda area in eastern Baghdad at noon local time [09:00 GMT] and was followed by another explosion elsewhere in the city. Four people were killed and eight wounded by a.. More

  • Bomb blasts rock south Thailand

    Police in Thailand say at least 60 people have been injured by three near-simultaneous bomb blasts in the south of the country. The blasts on Tuesday occurred in Sukhirin district, part of the southern province of Narathiwat. No deaths have been reported, although the attack is by far the biggest to hit the region in several months. Reports quote.. More

  • China, Taiwan begin historic talks on closer ties

    Taiwan and China began historic talks here Tuesday aimed at bringing the formerly bitter rivals closer economically after almost 60 years of cross-strait hostility. Beijing's representative Chen Yunlin and his local counterpart Chiang Pin-kung shook hands as they took their seats at Taipei's Grand Hotel for the discussions that are expected to ink.. More

  • Deadly bombings shake Iraq capital

    At least eight people have been killed and at least 20 others wounded in two bomb blasts in the centre of Iraq's capital, Baghdad. The bombings came on Monday in quick succession near the office of the police crime investigation unit in the central Karrada district, security officials said. At least 10 policemen were among those hurt in the attack. F.. More