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  • Solana to make Iran nuclear offer

    The EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, is set to attend talks in Iran in an attempt to resolve the crisis over the country's nuclear programme. Mr Solana will present the Iranian government with a "generous" offer of incentives designed to encourage it to suspend the enrichment of uranium. The West fears the enriched uranium could.. More

  • Talks on US-Iraq pact at 'dead end'

    Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, says talks with the US on a new long-term security pact have reached a "dead end". The US and Iraq are negotiating a new agreement to provide a legal basis for US troops to stay in Iraq after December 31, when their UN mandate expires. They are also negotiating a long-term strategic framework agreement.. More

  • Ireland rejects key EU treaty: RTE forecast

    Irish voters have rejected the EU's Lisbon Treaty, state broadcaster RTE projected Friday as official results from the referendum began being published. "It seems certain that Irish voters have rejected the Lisbon Treaty," the broadcaster said, predicting that only six of the country's 43 constituencies had voted "yes" to the treaty.. More

  • Mugabe says war vets ready to fight

    Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said on Friday liberation war veterans would take up arms if he loses a June 27 presidential run-off vote. Mugabe told youth members of his ruling ZANU-PF party in Harare that the veterans had told him they would launch a new bush war if opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai wins the election. "They said if this.. More

  • Ethiopia appeals for urgent aid

    Ethiopia has launched an urgent appeal to international donors for more than $300m (£154m) of emergency aid. A total of 4.6 million people are now thought to need food aid, because of the drought which struck most of the country in the early part of this year. In some parts of the country, health centres and feeding clinics are already being.. More

  • Sharif joins Pakistan lawyers march

    Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister and now a leader in Pakistan's ruling coalition, has joined protesting lawyers demanding the reinstatement of judges fired by the president. His coalition partner had urged him not to, but Sharif stood shoulder-to-shoulder with lawyers at a rally in Lahore, saying "we won't let anyone sit in peace.. More

  • Top US court deals Bush blow on Guantanamo prisoners

    The US Supreme Court has ruled prisoners at the Guantanamo military base have a right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bush administration. "The laws and constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times," the court said in its historic ruling Thursday, the third.. More

  • Afghanistan pleads for $50bn in aid

    Afghanistan's president has appealed to world donors for $50bn in long-term aid to repair the country's war-torn economy and fight the Taliban. "Afghanistan needs large amounts of aid, but precisely how aid is spent is just as important," Hamid Karzai told delegates from about 80 countries and donor organisations at a conference in Paris. ".. More

  • China, Taiwan agree to exchanges during historic talks

    China and Taiwan agreed on Thursday to set up their first ever offices in each others' territories, as they began historic talks aimed at consolidating a dramatic rapprochement and building trade ties. Both sides said the restart of the dialogue, which China suspended a decade ago as relations between the long-time rivals plummeted, would be able to.. More

  • Gaddafi attacks Obama on Israel

    Libya's leader has strongly criticised US presidential candidate Barack Obama for saying Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel. Col Muammar Gaddafi said he was either ignorant of the Middle East conflict or lying to boost his campaign. Mr Obama was speaking to pro-Israel lobbyists in the US last week. Referring to.. More

  • Ireland in crunch EU treaty vote

    The Irish Republic is set to hold a referendum on whether to ratify the European Union reform treaty, in a vote anxiously watched across the EU. All other 26 member states have left the issue to their parliaments, but Ireland is obliged to hold a popular vote on changes to its constitution. All of the main Irish parties back the treaty but the No.. More

  • Sudan hunts for jet blaze survivors

    Sudanese authorities are searching for passengers who escaped a fire which killed at least 30 people onboard an aeroplane at Khartoum airport. Dozens of people who survived the blaze on the Sudan Airways Airbus A310 were still missing on Wednesday, but officials said many were believed to have returned home without being counted. "For now, we.. More

  • Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian girl in Gaza raid

    A nine-year-old Palestinian girl has been killed in an Israeli attack on Gaza, as Israel said it was preparing for military action should Egyptian-backed mediation efforts with the Hamas movement in the territory fail. Hadel Alfnere was killed by a shell fired from an Israeli tank on Wednesday, according to Palestinian officials. Two other members.. More

  • Nepal's ousted king quits palace

    The deposed king of Nepal, Gyanendra, has moved out of the palace in the capital Kathmandu where his family lived for more than a century. He and his wife, the former queen Komal, swept out of the compound in the back of a black Mercedes as scores of riot police guarded the main gate. Earlier, he said he had handed back his crown and royal sceptre.. More

  • Serb war crimes suspect arrested

    Stojan Zupljanin, one of four Serbians wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal based in The Hague, has been arrested near Belgrade. The former Bosnian Serb police commander "was arrested near Belgrade at around 12:30 pm (1030 GMT) and transferred to the war crimes court" in the capital, a justice official said. Zupljanin, 56, had been charged.. More