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  • US raid 'kills Iraqi family'

    A US air raid has killed eight members of the same family near Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, the executed Iraqi president, according to police and witnesses said. The pre-dawn helicopter raid on Friday occurred in the village of Al-Dawr where Saddam was captured by US forces in December 2003. "Eight people, including five men and.. More

  • Tutu urges Israel 'war crime' probe

    Desmond Tutu, the South African archbishop, has said that Israel may have committed a war crime when it attacked the town of Beit Hanoun in Gaza two years ago, killing 19 people. He told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday: "The response of a largely secret internal [Israeli] military investigation is absolutely unacceptable from.. More

  • N Korea 'to restart reactor'

    North Korea has started preparatory works to restart its main nuclear facility, a senior diplomat has said, amid a deadlock in international disarmament talks. Speaking ahead of talks with South Korean officials on Friday, Hyun Hak-bong confirmed that work was underway to reactivate the Yongbyon plant. "We are making thorough preparations.. More

  • Mexican jail riot leaves 19 dead

    At least 19 people have been killed in a riot at a prison in Mexico - the second outbreak of violence at the jail in less than a week, officials say. Another 12 people were injured when violence broke out at the La Mesa prison in Tijuana, near the US border. Family members were quoted as saying inmates were protesting at their treatment since.. More

  • Opposition says Germany covered up Iraq spy role

    German spies in Baghdad actively supported the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq despite government denials, opposition parties said on Thursday before the two secret agents' testimony to a parliamentary panel. "The records unfortunately contradict completely the government's position that it was not involved," Norman Paech, a member of the investigativ.. More

  • Hamas: Israeli election means more extremism, racism

    Hamas said Thursday that the victory of Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in the Kadima party elections Wednesday precedes a phase that would witness more aggression on the Palestinian people. Hamas's spokesman Fouzi Barhoum said in a press release that the Israeli consensus to destroy the Palestinian people, writing-off their rights, and establishing.. More

  • Philippines MILF chief warns of war

    The leader of Southeast Asia's biggest separatist group based in the southern Philippines has warned of escalating conflict if they are forced to defend themselves against an expanding government offensive. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera's Veronica Pedrosa, Haji al-Murad Ebrahim, the chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),.. More

  • US deaths in Iraq helicopter crash

    Seven US soldiers have been killed after their helicopter crashed as it was attempting to land in southern Iraq, the US military has said. The CH-47 Chinook crashed just after midnight on Thursday, about 100km west of the city of Basra, the US statement said. "A Quick Reaction Force was dispatched from Basra," the statement said, adding.. More

  • More die in Baghdad violence

    At least 10 people have been killed and more than 30 wounded in a series of attacks in Baghdad, including a twin car bombing in a business district, security sources said. Eight people were killed and 25 wounded on Wednesday when two bombs exploded minutes apart in the Harfiyeh neighborhood of west Baghdad, an interior ministry official said. Earlier,.. More

  • 'US missiles hit' Pakistani village

    Suspected US drones have fired missiles at a village in Pakistan's South Waziristan province near the Afghan border, officials said. "Four missiles were fired by suspected US drones in Baghar Cheena area in the restive South Waziristan on Wednesday evening," a senior security official said. Baghar, a village in the mountains 55km west.. More

  • US embassy bombed in Yemeni capital

    The US embassy in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, has been attacked by a suicide bomber and armed fighters, witnesses have told Al Jazeera. A suicide bomber on Wednesday morning drove a car close to the embassy before detonating his explosives, witnesses said, leaving part of the building on fire. Armed men then attacked the embassy from a second car,.. More

  • Nigeria oil station 'destroyed'

    An armed group seeking a greater share of oil wealth in Nigeria says it has destroyed part of Shell's operation in the Niger Delta. The claim came shortly after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) declared an "oil war" on foreign companies working in the country. A Nigerian military spokesman confirmed to Reuters.. More

  • Lebanon's leaders hold unity talks

    Lebanon's rival factions have completed the first round of national reconciliation talks set to resolve lingering disputes after a crisis that brought the nation to the brink of civil war. Michel Sleiman, Lebanon's president, said on Tuesday that the priority of the talks were to define a national defense strategy for Lebanon, which would not mean.. More

  • Kashmir urges UN to sent observers

    The Kashmiri delegation called on the United Nations and human rights associations to put pressure on India to stop cruelties on innocent people of Kashmir. In Geneva, in the 9th session of UN Human Rights Council, a Kashmiri delegation has urged the United Nations to send a special representative to monitor massive human rights violations being.. More

  • Hamas members vote to elect new leaders

    In Hamas, candidates do not actively seek nomination but their names are put forward by activists or mosques in their hometowns. Thousands of Hamas members voted in a secret internal ballot in the Gaza Strip that re-elected the Islamist group's most prominent leaders to its highest bodies. "The election showed the wonderful face of democracy.. More