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  • Zambia's president dies in France

    Zambia's leader Levy Mwanawasa, 59, has died in a Paris hospital after suffering a stroke in June. Vice-President Rupiah Banda, who is expected to take over as acting leader, made the announcement on state TV. President Mwanawasa suffered a stroke at an African Union summit in Egypt and was then flown to France, where he had remained in hospital. He.. More

  • Pakistanis jubilant over Musharraf's resignation

    Pakistanis danced in the streets on Monday after beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation, with many ordinary people hoping his departure would bring improvement to their lives. After ruling Pakistan single-handedly for nearly nine years, the former army chief and close ally of the United States announced his resignation in.. More

  • Taliban 'storm Afghan base'

    Dozens of Taliban fighters and suicide bombers have attacked a US military base in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. At least 13 people were reportedly killed on Tuesday, some in their own suicide blasts. The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), confirmed that Camp Salerno in the eastern town of Khost, 30kmfrom the border with.. More

  • Suicide blast hits Iraqi police

    A suicide attack on a police checkpoint in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi has left at least five officers dead, police say. Police Major-General Tariq Youssef said six policemen and four civilians were also wounded in the car bombing on Monday. The attack, which took place in the Tamim area about 5km west of downtown Ramadi, came a day after another.. More

  • Storm hits Cuba on way to Florida

    Tropical Storm Fay has struck Cuba after causing widespread flooding that left dozens dead in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The storm appears to have spared Havana and caused minimal damage elsewhere in Cuba, where authorities had evacuated dozens of low-lying areas. But Fay could reach hurricane strength before it nears the Florida Keys later.. More

  • Russia due to start pullout of combat troops from Georgia

    The world awaited the promised start of a Russian pullout of combat troops from Georgia on Monday, as a plan to retain Russian "peacekeepers" in the embattled Caucasus republic sparked new tension. Western allies of President Mikheil Saakashvili further upped the pressure on Moscow to quit Georgia as Russian troops dug in less than half an.. More

  • Pakistan's Musharraf to resign

    Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, has said he will resign in a televised address to the nation. "After consultations with my legal advisers and close political friends, for the country and the nation today, I am deciding to resign from my office," a teary-eyed Musharraf said. "I am leaving with the satisfaction that whatever I.. More

  • Nato attack kills Afghan civilians

    Nato-led soldiers operating in southern Afghanistan "accidentally" have killed four civilians and wounded three others in a rocket attack intended for armed groups. Nato's International Security Assistance Force said on Sunday that the casualties from the incident on Saturday in the volatile province of Helmand included women and children. The.. More

  • Bomber kills Awakening group leader

    Asuicide bomber dressed in a woman's robe has detonated explosives in a heavily guarded Sunni area of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing the deputy leader of US-backed security volunteers, Iraqi officials said. Six bodyguards of Farooq al-Obeidi, deputy leader of the Awakening Council in Baghdad's Azamiyah district, also died in the blast, police and.. More

  • Kashmir demonstrators in UN march

    Muslim leaders are set to march to a UN office in Indian-administered Kashmir, demanding the right to self-determination for locals. The leaders are expected to submit a memorandum at the UN's office in the summer capital, Srinagar. More than 21 people died last week in the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley during police firing on protesters. The.. More

  • Darfur rebels sentenced to death

    Sudan has sentenced eight Darfur fighters, including a senior member of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), to death for their involvement in an attack on Khartoum, Sudan's capital. The court ruling on Sunday brings to 38 the number of people condemned to hang over the unprecedented attack in which more than 222 people were killed. Among those.. More

  • Russia pledges to start Georgia withdrawal on Monday

    The Kremlin on Sunday promised to start withdrawing combat troops from Georgia on Monday as Western pressure mounted on Russia to quit the ex-Soviet republic. President Dmitry Medvedev told his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy that Russian regular forces "from tomorrow... will begin withdrawing," the Kremlin said in a statement. However,.. More

  • Iran 'fires satellite into space'

    Iran has launched its first domestically-manufactured satellite into orbit, reports say. An Iranian news network, IRINN, showed footage of what it said was a communications satellite named Safir-e Omid (Hope Envoy) being launched. The pictures were accompanied by patriotic songs and music. Iran has pursued its own space programme for years. In February.. More

  • Turkish warplanes 'bomb PKK base'

    Turkish warplanes bombed a hideout of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq late on Saturday, the Turkish army says. It says the jets "successfully" hit the PKK base in a cave in the Avasin-Basyan area and returned to their bases. The Turkish army did not give any details of casualties. Turkey accuses PKK rebels of.. More

  • Russians 'advancing on Tbilisi'

    Russian forces are advancing towards Tbilisi, according to the Georgian government, despite a fragile ceasefire being agreed by the two sides. The reports on Sunday come hours after Russian troops were seen beginning to withdraw from Kaspi and Igoeti, towns close to the Georgian capital. Fighters from the breakaway region of Abkhazia, who are backed.. More