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  • China spacecraft returns to Earth

    China's Shenzhou VII space capsule has returned to Earth after a successful mission orbiting the planet. The spacecraft touched down in the Mongolian desert to rapturous applause from mission control in Beijing. Looking well, the three astronauts emerged to wave to cameras before being given bouquets of flowers. While in orbit, the men conducted.. More

  • Pakistan faces financial crisis

    International efforts are under way to stop Pakistan from defaulting on its debts after its foreign reserves dropped to just $3bn. With about $1bn a month needed to provide its people with basic requirements there are fears that Pakistan could run out of money before the end of the year. Saquib Sherani, the economic adviser to Yusuf Reza Gilani,.. More

  • Floods, landslides kill 50 in Vietnam, Thailand

    Flash floods and landslides have killed 50 people in Vietnam and Thailand, swept away thousands of homes and inundated farmland, official reports said on Sunday. In Vietnam, the death toll from typhoon Hagupit, which struck the Philippines and China earlier in the week, has jumped to 32 with another five people missing. Thousands of homes were.. More

  • Jewish settlers 'kill Palestinian'

    A Palestinian shepherd has been shot dead by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian security and government officials. The young man, identified as Yehia Apa Riham, was among a group of shepherds grazing their flocks south of Nablus and near the Itamar settlement when they were attacked by the settlers, security officials.. More

  • US 'deploys' radar system in Israel

    The US has deployed an anti-missile radar in Israel that is mainly to warn of incoming Iranian ballistic missiles, Israeli state radio reports. The radar with a range of more than 2,000km is sited in the south of the country, the radio station said on Sunday. It is operated by a permanent 120-strong US army staff. The Associated Press news.. More

  • Explosion rocks Indian capital

    An explosion a busy market in the Indian capital New Delhi has killed at least three people and wounded up to 20 others, according to local media and police. Police said that the Mehrauli market in the southern part of the capital was packed with shoppers when the suspected bombing occurred on Saturday, according to the Press Trust of India. A.. More

  • Six powers agree on Iran resolution

    Six world powers have agreed on a draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program, which did not include new sanctions, in line with Russia's insistence, senior US and European officials have said. David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary, told reporters that the six powers had agreed to submit the draft text to the 15-nation UN Security Council for.. More

  • Several killed in Damascus bombing

    At least 17 people have been killed and at least 14 injured in a car bomb attack in the Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian television reports. The car bomb, which Syrian public television said contained about 200kg of explosives, detonated in a southern suburb of the capital at about 8am [0500 GMT] on Saturday. All of the victims are believed to be civilians. .. More

  • UN debates West Bank settlements

    The Palestinian president and Arab countries have criticized Israel over its settlement expansion policy in the West Bank during debates at the United Nations. In a speech to the General Assembly on Friday, Mahmoud Abbas deplored as "racial terrorism" what he said were daily attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian civilians, and urged.. More

  • Somalia's pirates seize 33 tanks

    Ukrainian ship seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia was carrying 33 tanks and other weapons, the Ukrainian defense minister has confirmed. Earlier, the country's foreign ministry said the ship had a crew of 21 and was sailing under a Belize flag to the Kenyan port of Mombasa. There has been a recent surge in piracy off the coast of Somalia. Rus.. More

  • Turkey bombs PKK bases in Iraq

    At least 10 Turkish fighter planes have bombed suspected Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq. The raids that took place on Thursday hit PKK sites in the Qandil Mountains on the Iranian-Iraqi border, where the Turkish army says the outlawed group's leaders are based. Brigadier General Metin Gurak, head of the general staff's.. More

  • Leading US savings bank fails

    The US government has closed one of the country's largest savings banks, the latest banking failure in the economic crisis that has engulfed financial institutions across the US and sparked global turmoil. Regulators promised customers of Washington Mutual, known as WaMu, they could expect business as usual on Friday after JP Morgan Chase bought.. More

  • Malaysia PM to step down 'early'

    Malaysia's prime minister has said he will step down early amid escalating political pressure on his coalition government. However, Abdullah Badawi gave no date for his departure from office at an emergency meeting on Friday of his ruling party, the United Malay National Organisation (Umno). Instead he said the party had postponed leadership elections.. More

  • New S Africa president sworn in

    The deputy leader of South Africa's ruling party Kgalema Motlanthe has been sworn in as caretaker president, replacing Thabo Mbeki. Motlanthe won three-quarters of the votes cast by MPs in a secret ballot in parliament in Cape Town. A veteran of the African National Congress (ANC), Motlanthe said he was "deeply humbled" by the outcome. The.. More

  • Pakistan 'fires on Nato aircraft'

    Nato forces in eastern Afghanistan say their helicopters have been fired upon by a Pakistani military checkpoint. The Western alliance said its aircraft had not crossed into Pakistani airspace when they came under fire over Khost province, news agency AP reports. The incident comes amid growing tension over a number of recent incidents at the.. More