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  • Guantanamo Uighur release blocked

    An US federal appeal court has blocked a judge's order that 17 Chinese detainees at the Guantanamo Bay camp should immediately be released. A district court had said it was wrong for the Bush administration to continue holding the Chinese Muslim Uighurs, as it had no evidence against them. The White House then appealed, saying the original ruling.. More

  • US admits Afghan civilian deaths

    Far more civilians and children were killed in several US air raids on a village in Afghanistan in August that was first acknowledged, a US military investigation has concluded. US officials had maintained only about seven civilians had died in the attacks on Azizabad in western Afghanistan on August 22. The Afghan government and UN officials.. More

  • Deadly attack on Iraqi courthouse

    A suicide bomber has killed eleven people outside a court in the Iraqi city of Baquba. More than 20 people were wounded in the attack in central Baquba, the capital of Diyala province, on Wednesday morning. The attacker was thought to be female, but a police official said it was too early to confirm as bombers use women's clothing to avoid detection. .. More

  • Death toll rises as anti-Muslim riots simmer in India

    Police recovered six bodies in India's northeastern state of Assam, raising the death toll from a week of ethnic violence between local tribes and Muslim settlers to 53, officials said on Wednesday. Police said the toll could rise as they reach remote regions and retrieve more bodies. The six recovered overnight were of victims killed in previous.. More

  • Troops patrol Bangkok after clashes

    Thai troops are patrolling Bangkok and police are guarding the prime minister's residence a day after violent clashes rocked the Thai capital, leaving two people dead and hundreds injured. Dressed in anti-riot gear but unarmed, soldiers were on Wednesday deployed outside government buildings including parliament, which was the focus of Tuesday's deadly.. More

  • Passenger plane crashes in Nepal

    At least 17 people have been killed in a plane crash in Nepal. Most of the passengers on the Yeti Airlines aircraft were foreigners flying from the capital, Kathmandu, to Lukla in eastern Nepal on Wednesday. Suraj Kunwar, a journalist at the scene, told AFP that the aircraft had crashlanded and had burst into flames. An airport official said: "A.. More

  • Guantanamo release angers Bush

    A US judge has ordered the release of 17 Chinese Muslim detainees from the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in what has been seen as a rebuke to the Bush administration. US district judge Ricardo Urbina said there was no evidence the men were a security risk and that the US constitution prohibits indefinite detention without cause. Local.. More

  • Turkey hits PKK targets in Iraq

    Turkish warplanes have bombed 21 bases belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) both inside the country and over the border in northern Iraq, the military has said. The raids on Tuesday came after PKK fighters killed 15 Turkish soldiers near Semdinli in the country's southeast. According to a military statement released on Tuesday, the.. More

  • Blasts shake Baghdad's Green Zone

    Two blasts have occurred near Baghdad's Green Zone outside Iraq's foreign ministry, as John Negroponte, the US deputy secretary of state, was preparing to hold a press conference about his visit to Iraq. At least one person was killed and five others were wounded in the blasts, the police said. An Iraqi military officer said one soldier was wounded.. More

  • Hamas says Abbas must step aside

    The Palestinian group Hamas that governs Gaza says it will stop recognizing Mahmoud Abbas as the Palestinian president in three months. Hamas, citing a Palestinian law, said one of its own leaders must fill the top post after Abbas's tenure officially expires on January 8. The announcement came after Hamas legislators voted on a resolution in Gaza.. More

  • Police move on Thai protesters

    Thai police have fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators outside parliament in Bangkok after they tried to stop MPs from entering the building to hear Somchai Wongsawat deliver his maiden policy speech as prime minister. An official at a Bangkok medical centre said 65 people were injured in Tuesday's confrontation, including one person who lost.. More

  • Pakistan to deport Afghan refugees

    Pakistan has ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees from a troubled tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters. The government said it was expelling all Afghan refugees in the Bajaur tribal region, alleging many of them have links to armed groups. Police in the town of Khar in Bajaur arrested.. More

  • Egypt prevents aid convoy to Gaza under Isarel siege

    Egyptian police prevented an aid convoy carrying medical supplies to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip and arrested at least 30 activists on Monday, security officials said. Police detained leading activists in the border town of Rafah and in Cairo, where a bus was about to leave for the border from in front of the Journalists Syndicate,.. More

  • Many dead in Tibet earthquake

    At least 30 people are said to have been killed in two earthquakes that struck Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, and surrounding areas, Chinese state media reports. According to the US Geological Survey, the first earthquake on Monday measured 6.6 on the Richter Scale and struck at 4.30pm (0830 GMT), 80km west of Lhasa. The second tremor, measuring.. More

  • Ethnic clashes rock northeast India

    At least 33 people have been killed and thousands forced to flee their homes after local tribesmen and Bangladeshi settlers clashed in northeast India, police and hospital officials said. Fighting between members of the Bodo tribe and the immigrants broke out in Rowta in Assam state on Friday, before spreading to neighboring areas. Villagers from.. More