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  • Syria pledges help on Iran dispute

    Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has pledged to help find a peaceful solution to the nuclear dispute between the West and Iran, warning that any attack on Tehran would be a disaster. The Syrian leader's comments came on Wednesday, after a meeting with Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, who is visiting Damascus - a move seen as improving ties.. More

  • Turkish president in Armenia trip

    The Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, is to attend a football match in Armenia, his office says, signaling an apparent thaw in relations. The Turkish and Armenian teams will face each other for the first time in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday. The two countries have no official ties and their shared border remains closed. Turkey has rejected.. More

  • North Korea begins reassembling nuclear reactor

    North Korea has begun reassembling its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, able to make material for atomic bombs, in violation of U.S. conditions for improved diplomatic relations, U.S. and Japanese media reported. Japan's Kyodo news agency said reconstruction began on Monday. It cited sources in Beijing close to six-party nuclear talks on North Korean,.. More

  • Cypriot leaders begin peace talks

    Talks on the reunification of Cyprus have begun between Demetris Christofias, the Greek Cypriot president, and Mehmet Ali Talat, the Turkish Cypriot leader. Both men are seen as pro-settlement moderates and after three decades of failed diplomacy there is considerable optimism that a deal may be reached. Alexander Downer, the UN secretary-general's.. More

  • Six dead in US shooting attacks

    A man has surrendered to police in the US state of Washington after a series of shootings left six people dead. The killings took place at various places in the north-west of the state. A sheriff's deputy who went to investigate an incident was among those killed; two construction workers were found shot dead nearby. The man gave himself up at.. More

  • Deaths in Pakistan village raid

    At least 15 people have been killed in northwestern Pakistan in a raid involving helicopters used by foreign troops in Afghanistan, security officials said. "Four gunship helicopters from across the border carried out the raid," a top security official told AFP news agency. Habib Khan Wazir, a witness, said the incident happened after a.. More

  • India struggling to rescue victims

    Indian troops and aid workers are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of stranded people across flood-devastated northern India, disaster management officials have said. Nearly half of the 1.2 million people displaced by the rising flood waters after the Kosi River burst in Nepal two weeks ago have been rescued, Prataya Amrit, a disaster official.. More

  • Aid plane crashes in Congo, no sign of survivors

    Ahumanitarian plane carrying 17 passengers and crew that went missing in east Democratic Republic of Congo has crashed into a mountain and there is no sign of survivors, the contracting air company said on Tuesday. Rescuers spotted the wreckage early on Tuesday of the 19-seat Beechcraft aircraft, contracted by Air Serv International, around 15 km.. More

  • EU warns Russia over Georgia

    The European Union has said that its relations with Russia are at a crossroads and warned that they could suffer if Moscow does not uphold accords to end the Georgia conflict. The warning is contained in a draft statement released on Monday at a Brussels summit where leaders of the EU have been meeting to discuss relations between Russia and Georgia. The.. More

  • Emergency declared in Thai capital after clashes

    Thailand's prime minister declared a state of emergency in the capital Tuesday after thousands of his opponents and supporters clashed in the worst street violence here in more than a decade. One person was killed and dozens were injured, some of them from gunshot wounds, as a week of mass protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Samak.. More

  • Hurricane Gustav tears into US coast

    The NHC said Gustav's winds could bring "extremely dangerous" storm surges. Isolated tornadoes are also possible in the area. The exodus from the Louisiana coast is said to be the largest evacuation in state history. Most people have left the city for safety with only 10,000 residents left from a population of 200,000. Tens of thousands.. More

  • US hands Anbar control to Iraq army

    Anbar, however, is the first predominantly Sunni district to be moved to Iraqi security, and home to about two million people. The province is Iraq's largest, stretching from the border with Jordan to the capital, Baghdad. Much of it is desert, but it has seen some of the heaviest fighting since the US occupation. Tens of thousands of Iraqi and.. More

  • Afghans protest in Kabul over civilian deaths

    Hundreds of protesters blocked a road in Kabul on Monday accusing U.S.-led troops of killing three members of a family, including two children, in a raid in the city, residents and witnesses said. NATO and U.S. military officials could not be reached for comment on the allegation, the latest in a string of incidents that have angered Afghans and caused.. More

  • 'Scores dead' in S Lanka fighting

    Forty two Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in fresh fighting with security forces in Sri Lanka, the military says. Five soldiers were also killed in battles which took place on frontlines in the north of the island on Sunday. The military has advanced rapidly into rebel-controlled territory to crush the rebels and end their fight for a separate.. More

  • India flood victims swamp hospitals

    Twelve days after the Kosi river broke its bank, more than half a million people remain stranded in villages across northern India and hospitals are struggling to help flood victims. Al Jazeera's Matt Mcclure, reporting from the main hospital in Bihar's Saharsa district, said hospitals were stretched to breaking point. Many were out of essential drugs.. More