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  • Myanmar to open up to foreign aid

    Myanmar has agreed to allow its neighbors to co-ordinate foreign relief efforts in the cyclone-hit country at an emergency meeting. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) announced the move on Monday following a meeting in Singapore with Myanmar's military rulers. The bloc had earlier come under criticism for failing to persuade the ruling.. More

  • Animated map brings global climate crisis to life

    A new animated map of the earth from space illustrates the potential impact of climate change over the next century and can be viewed on your computer. The project, Climate Change in Our World, is the result of cooperation between web search engine Google, Britain's environment ministry and the country's Met Office. Based on Google Earth which uses.. More

  • Grieving China stops to mourn quake victims

    From the heart of Beijing to the devastated southwest, China came to a standstill Monday to mourn its earthquake victims as the number of dead, missing or buried soared past 71,000. Air sirens wailed across the country as most motorists stopped and blared their horns, bringing an eerie halt to China's usually bustling big cities for three minutes.. More

  • Mahathir quits Malaysia party

    Mahathir Mohamad, the former Malaysian prime minister, has quit the country's ruling party. The influential former leader's resignation from the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) follows a long feud with his successor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the current prime minister. The move could also deepen cracks that appeared in Umno.. More

  • Thousands flee S Africa attacks

    Some 6,000 people have fled a wave of attacks on foreigners in South Africa, which has left at least 13 dead, aid workers say. "This is a classic refugee situation," Rachel Cohen from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) told the BBC. Many of those who have sought refuge in police stations and elsewhere are Zimbabweans, who have fled violence and poverty.. More

  • Qatar offers Lebanon proposal

    Qatar has proposed the formation of a unity government to diffuse the current crisis in Lebanon following two days of talks in Doha, the capital of the gas and oil-rich Arab state. The proposal early on Monday came after two days of talks between Lebanon's 14 feuding factions appeared to yield no breakthroughs on the country's 18-month crisis. Sheikh.. More

  • Fatal blast near Pakistan army base

    At least 11 people have been killed and 22 injured in a suicide bomb attack in Mardan, a city in Pakistan's North West Frontier province. The blast on Sunday struck a bakery at a market close to the military Punjab Regiment Centre, destroying several shops, a military spokesman told Al Jazeera. Major-General Athar Abbas, the army's chief spokesman,.. More

  • China declares mourning period as quake toll rises

    China on Sunday declared three days of mourning and suspended the Olympic torch relay nearly a week after a massive quake struck the country's southwest, as the death toll continued to mount. The announcements came after a powerful aftershock rattled devastated Sichuan province, killing at least three people and hampering China's efforts to help.. More

  • Myanmar children 'may starve'

    An international aid group says that thousands of children in Myanmar, survivors of Cyclone Nargis, could starve to death within weeks unless emergency aid and food supplies can reach them. Save the Children said on its website on Sunday that children, who may constitute up to 40 per cent of the victims, could starve "within two to three weeks". "We.. More

  • U.S. soldier in Iraq uses Koran for target practice

    U.S. military commanders have apologized to community leaders in Iraq after an American soldier used a copy of the Koran for shooting practice, moving quickly to calm anger among U.S.-allied tribesmen. Bloody protests have sometimes been held across the Muslim world when the Islamic faith has been insulted. The swift apology by the U.S. commanders.. More

  • Hundreds held in Mosul crackdown

    About 1,100 people have been arrested during the first four days of an Iraqi military operation in the country's main northern city of Mosul, the defense ministry says. Major-General Mohammed al-Askari, the ministry spokesman, said on Saturday there had been no clashes or killings during the mission, which is ongoing. The military said al-Qaeda operatives.. More

  • India to resume Pakistan peace talks

    India's foreign minister travels to Pakistan this week for his first meeting with leaders of a new civilian government and to review a peace process that has been in the doldrums for more than a year. Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, on Wednesday, a day after their top civil.. More

  • Palestinian groups 'ready to face Israeli operations'

    The Palestinian militant groups said yesterday that they are ready to face any Israeli military operation in Gaza Strip. Their statements came after reports said that Israel is considering an escalation of military attacks into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Abu Obida, the spokesman of Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said “I think that.. More

  • China fights to stave off disease amid miracle quake rescues

    China ramped up efforts on Saturday to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims, as more miracle rescues amid the rubble offered hope in an increasingly desperate battle to save lives. Five days after the enormous earthquake that the government estimates killed more than 50,000 people, there were rising concerns over potential disease.. More

  • Lebanon talks under way in Qatar

    Lebanon's political leaders have agreed to form a committee to discuss the country's electoral law, as part of ongoing crisis talks in Qatar. The agreement on Saturday to form a four-member panel to look at the electoral law follows a deal brokered by the Arab League to end the worst internal fighting in Lebanon since the 1975-90 civil.. More