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  • Rescuers pull 23 bodies from China mine after blast

    Rescue workers have pulled 23 bodies from a mine in northern China wrecked by a gas explosion and are still searching for another 6 missing men, state media said on Friday. The blast ripped through the shafts of the mine in Shaanxi province on Wednesday evening, when 36 miners were at work. Seven escaped and the others were trapped, the official.. More

  • Amnesty deplores Zimbabwe plight

    Human rights violations are going unpunished and the food crisis is worsening amid Zimbabwe's unresolved political stalemate, Amnesty International has said. New findings by the London-based rights group on Friday painted a grim picture of Zimbabwe, as Robert Mugabe, the country's president, and Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition leader, fight over.. More

  • 'Human catastrophe' grips Congo

    Fierce fighting between government and rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused a humanitarian catastrophe, the Red Cross says. Diplomatic efforts are under way to end the crisis, which has threatened to spill over into neighboring Rwanda. A tense ceasefire is holding in the eastern city of Goma, where tens of thousands fled.. More

  • Pakistan survivors out in the cold

    Thousands of villagers in Pakistan have spent a second night outdoors in sub-zero temperatures after a devastating earthquake destroyed their homes on Wednesday. Rescue efforts have been hampered by a series of aftershocks, following the 6.4 magnitude quake in the Ziarat valley in the province of Baluchistan, which has killed at least 215 people.. More

  • Albanians, Serbs exchange fire in Kosovo town

    Young Serbs and Albanians exchanged gunfire on Thursday in the ethnically divided Kosovan town of Mitrovica but no one was wounded, officials said. Tensions have remained high between the ethnic Albanian majority and Serb minority since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February. "Automatic shots were heard but no one is injured... More

  • Syrians march in protest at US raid

    Thousands of Syrians have taken to the streets of the capital Damascus to protest against a US raid which killed eight people near the border with Iraq. Riot police were deployed outside the US embassy as the demonstrators, mostly civil servants and students, gathered for the government-backed protest a few kilometers away. The embassy, which.. More

  • Suicide attack at Afghan ministry

    A suicide bomber has blown himself up inside an Afghan ministry in Kabul, causing a number of casualties. The attack took place at the information and culture ministry, in the centre of the capital, causing massive damage. The police say that at least five people are known to have been killed or injured in the attack. Security around ministry.. More

  • Blasts rock Indian state

    Police say at least 18 bombs have exploded across the northeastern Indian state of Assam, killing 20 people and injuring scores more. An official at the police control room in Guwahati, the state capital, told the Associated Press (AP) news agency that at least four of the explosions took place in the city itself. An AP reporter on the site of.. More

  • Aid boat docks in Gaza

    A boat carrying international activists has docked in the Gaza Strip despite an Israeli naval blockade on the Palestinian territory. The boat "Dignity" arrived from Cyprus on Wednesday in the second such voyage by the "Free Gaza" movement to protest the Israeli siege on territory. Israeli authorities had initially wanted to.. More

  • DRC rebels 'advance towards Goma'

    At least 45,000 people have fled a refugee camp in Goma, a provincial capital in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN refugee agency has said. This is said to have been prompted by reports of gunfire being heard in Goma on Wednesday, as forces loyal to Laurent Nkunda advance on the city. According to a statement from the rebels,.. More

  • Rescue begins after Pakistan quake

    Rescue efforts have begun after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in southwestern Pakistan killed more than 170 people. The quake early on Wednesday has left more than 15,000 people homeless, with many victims still buried under rubble, officials said. Medical teams and aid for survivors were arriving in Baluchistan province after the quake caused buildings.. More

  • Syria asks U.N. council to prevent new U.S. attacks

    Syria called on the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to take action to prevent a repeat of a weekend U.S. attack on Syrian territory, and to hold the United States accountable. The United States has declined officially to confirm or deny U.S. involvement in the raid close to Syria's border with Iraq, in which residents and Syrian officials say U.S... More

  • Ex-prisoner wins Maldives election

    A former political prisoner has unseated Asia's longest-serving leader to become the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, election officials say. Mohamed Nasheed, the leader of the Maldivian Democratic party (MDP), beat incumbent Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, securing about 54 per cent of the votes, Mohamed Ibrahim, the election commissioner,.. More

  • Scores dead in Pakistan quake

    At least 100 people have been killed after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Pakistan, a senior official said. The earthquake caused buildings to collapse and prompted widespread panic in Baluchistan province early on Wednesday. "More than 100 people have been killed and the death toll is expected to rise," Zamrak Khan, Pakistan's.. More

  • Hamas says W. Bank arrests could harm unity talks

    Hamas said Tuesday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security forces had arrested 170 of its members in the West Bank in the past four weeks in a campaign that could hamper Egyptian-sponsored unity talks. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, said the detentions could "poison the atmosphere and block the way" toward reconciliation with.. More