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  • US army suicides at record level

    The US army has said the number of suicides in the military last year was the highest since records began, with 115 recorded. The year saw increased violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, and about a quarter of the suicides happened in Iraq. The extension of deployments from 12 to 15 months added to the strain on soldiers serving abroad. Democratic.. More

  • Iraq seeks to relieve debt burden

    Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki has said he will ask the international community to relieve the country's debt, as a UN forum on progress in Iraq begins. Officials said the move was aimed mainly at Arab countries, to which Iraq owes most of its $67bn (£34bn) debt. Meanwhile US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged countries to stand by Iraq during.. More

  • China, Taiwan agree to resume talks within two weeks

    China and Taiwan announced on Thursday they would quickly resume talks that have been suspended for more than a decade, in the latest sign of a dramatic thaw in tensions between the rivals. The agreement to gather in Beijing in two weeks came a day after Chinese President Hu Jintao met the head of the island's ruling Kuomintang party, Wu Poh-hsiung,.. More

  • Olmert inquiry gains urgency

    Israeli investigators are speeding up their investigation into the corruption case against Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister. The justice ministry says it wants to wrap up the case as quickly as possibly, to help limit political turmoil. The statement came after Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister and Olmert's main coalition partner,.. More

  • Nato attack follows Taliban raid

    Nato aircraft have struck a suspected Taliban compound in southwest Afghanistan, reportedly killing 30 of them, amid a deadly suicide attack in the capital Kabul. The raids in the province of Farah took place on Thursday after clashes that left three Afghan police and soldiers dead, Afghan officials said. The army commander for western Afghanistan.. More

  • Several dead in Colombian floods

    At least 16 people have died in Colombia after two of the country's main rivers overflowed due to heavy rains, flooding nearby communities, officials say. Floods caused by the Cauca and the Magdalena rivers have affected 27 of the country's 32 provinces, or departments, officials told The Associated Press. The flood waters have affected more than.. More

  • Ex-spokesman attacks Bush over Iraq

    Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, has accused the Bush administration of carrying out a "political propaganda campaign" to make the case for the Iraq war. The Bush White House made "a decision to turn away from candor and honesty when those qualities were most needed," McClellan wrote in a book detailing his time there. The.. More

  • Nepal set to abolish monarchy

    Nepal was set for historic change Wednesday with a new assembly dominated by former Maoist rebels poised to sweep away the Himalayan kingdom's 240-year-old monarchy and declare a republic. The key session, however, was being held up for several hours amid wrangling between the former rebels and mainstream political parties over who should be the.. More

  • US 'close' to Iraq military deal

    The US government is close to reaching an agreement with the Iraqi government over its long term military role in the country but will not seek permanent bases in the nation. Bush administration officials told Al Jazeera that they expect to finalise a deal by the end of July over the so-called Status of Forces agreement, or Sofa. The agreement.. More

  • Call for Israel PM to stand down

    Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to take a leave of absence or resign as he battles allegations of corruption. Mr Barak said he would take his Labor Party out of Mr Olmert's governing coalition if he did not step down. "The prime minister needs to disconnect himself from the day-to-day management.. More

  • Iraq's main Sunni bloc suspends government talks

    Iraq's main Sunni Arab political bloc said on Wednesday it had suspended talks to rejoin the Shi'ite-led government after a disagreement with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over a cabinet post. Persuading the bloc to rejoin has been a main aim of U.S. policy in Iraq and is widely seen as a vital step in reconciling the country's factions after years.. More

  • Thousands flee South Africa attacks

    Thousands of immigrants are fleeing South Africa to neighboring countries after a series of deadly attacks on migrant workers. By Tuesday about 26,000 people had returned home to Mozambique, with their government organizing convoys of buses and others riding on the back of trucks. In Zambia, the Red Cross said that it is preparing for the arrival.. More

  • Siniora nominated as Lebanese PM

    The majority coalition bloc in Lebanon's parliament has nominated Fouad Siniora, the current prime minister, to form the country's first government since a new president was elected. The March 14 bloc made the decision at a late-night meeting, senior officials from the coalition said on Tuesday. It will inform Michel Sleiman, who was sworn in as.. More

  • Tsvangirai says 50 killed in poll violence

    More than 50 people have been killed in political violence since Zimbabwe's disputed March 29 elections and 25,000 have fled their homes, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday. Official figures showed Tsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe in the election, but did not garner enough votes to avoid a second round poll, which has been set.. More

  • Financier testifies in Olmert probe

    An American financier who gave money to Ehud Olmert has begun his testimony in court in a bribery case against the Israeli prime minister. Prosecutors questioned Morris Talansky, a New York resident, on Tuesday at the Jerusalem District Court in a case that could see Olmert step down as prime minister. In his testimony, Talansky told the court.. More