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  • Many killed in Islamabad blast

    At least seven people have been killed and 20 injured in a late-night explosion at a street cafe on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital which police suspect to be a bomb attack. The incident in Islamabad late on Tuesday came hours after a US diplomat narrowly-escaped an ambush in the country's northwest. Police said the attackers may have been targeting.. More

  • NKorea halts denuclearisation

    North Korea said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring them because the United States has failed to remove it from a terrorism blacklist. The communist state accused the US of an "outright violation" of a six-nation nuclear disarmament deal and said work to make the plutonium-producing plants at Yongbyon.. More

  • Medvedev recognises Georgian states

    Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has signed a decree under which Russia formally recognises the breakaway Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states. "I have signed decrees on the recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia," Medvedev said in a pre-recorded address broadcast on national.. More

  • Iraq bomb kills police recruits

    At least 25 people have been killed and more than 40 others injured in a suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi province of Diyala, police say. The bomber attacked a queue of police recruits in the town of Jalawlah, just before midday local time (0900 GMT). This is the latest in a series of attacks, launched mainly by Sunni Islamists in Diyala. Last month,.. More

  • Protesters flood Bangkok streets

    Thousands of protesters have descended onto the streets of Bangkok to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his cabinet. They occupied the offices of the state broadcaster NBT and surrounded the main government offices. At one point they forced their way into Samak's offices - prompting him to take shelter in an army base. The.. More

  • Malaysians vote in key by-election

    Residents of a Malaysian town have begun voting in a by-election that could see Anwar Ibrahim, the former deputy premier now opposition figure, return to parliament. Anwar, the de facto leader of the opposition Keadilan (Justice) party, said he was confident of winning the election on Tuesday for the Permatang Pauh constituency in the state of Penang. This,.. More

  • Quake shakes central Indonesia, buildings sway

    A strong earthquake shook central Indonesia on Tuesday, causing tall buildings in the capital to sway and briefly prompting a tsunami alert, authorities and witnesses said. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck at a depth of roughly 12 miles in the Sunda Strait, around 155 miles northeast of Jakarta, said Fauzi, a government geologist.. More

  • Iraq seeking 2011 troop pullout

    The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has spoken in detail about a deal to bring an end to the foreign combat troop presence in the country. He said the agreement would lead to the withdrawal of the troops by 2011, but he added that no specific timetable had been agreed with the US. A US state department spokesman has said there was no final deal.. More

  • Russia gets tough with West in Georgia fallout

    The Russian parliament voted Monday to recognise two breakaway Georgian regions as independent nations and Moscow toughened its line on the West as the United States said Vice President Dick Cheney would visit Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow was ready to break with NATO while tensions were underscored by Prime Minister Vladimir.. More

  • Sharif quits Pakistan government

    Nawz Sharif, a Pakistani former prime minister, has pulled his party out of the country's ruling coalition, just two weeks before the country is due to elect a new president. Shairf's announcement on Monday came after the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) failed to meet a deadline he set for the reinstatement of judges sacked by Pervez Musharraf, the.. More

  • Israel frees Palestinian prisoners

    Israel has begun releasing a number of Palestinian prisoners ahead of a visit to the region by Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state. Nearly 200 Palestinians held in Israeli jails are expected to be returned to the West Bank on Monday as part of a move Israel says is aimed at bolstering Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president. About 11,000.. More

  • Plane crashes in Kyrgyz capital

    A passenger plane has crashed shortly after take-off from Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, killing 68 out of the 90 passengers and crew. There were many foreigners on board, including Iranians and Canadians. The Itek Air Boeing 737 took off bound for Iran, but turned round some 10 minutes later. An airport spokeswoman said the crew had reported a technical.. More

  • Swat valley raid targets politician

    Suspected pro-Taliban fighters have attacked the home of a regional senator in Pakistan's Swat valley, killing at least three members of his family and seven guards, police say. The rocket attack on the house of the brother of Waqar Ahmed Khan, a provincial ruling party member, killed the brother, two nephews and five others, Rahim Badshah, a police.. More

  • Curtain down on 'truly exceptional' Beijing Games

    The Beijing Olympics, played out against a background of political intrigue and featuring 16 days of compelling and controversial action, drew to a spectacular close on Sunday. International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge described the Games as "truly exceptional" in a lavish closing ceremony at the Bird's Nest stadium which culminated.. More

  • US warship reaches Georgia with aid

    A US naval guided-missile destroyer has arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi, about 80km south of the Black Sea port of Poti where Russian troops remain present. The USS McFaul, the first of five US ships scheduled to arrive this week, reached the port on Sunday about 55 tonnes of aid for Georgia following its conflict with Russia. The US has already.. More