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  • Afghan blast targets Nato forces

    A suicide bomber has killed at least three Nato soldiers, their translator, and three civilians in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province. The Danish military said two of its soldiers died in the attack in the Girishk district of Helmand, while another was wounded. A Czech was the third soldier killed, the defense ministry in Prague said. Mohammad.. More

  • UN police storm Kosova courthouse

    UN special police units have stormed the main UN court in northern Kosova, retaking it from Serbs who had forcibly occupied the building three days earlier. Members of Kosova's UN police force and Nato peacekeepers used teargas on Monday as they clashed with about 1,000 Serbs who later gathered in front of the courthouse in Kosovska Mitrovica. At.. More

  • Albanians search for blast victims

    Albanian troops and police have cordoned off a smouldering army depot near the capital as crews search for workers missing following a chain of explosions that killed at least nine people and injured hundreds. Nine bodies have been found and another nine workers and villagers remained missing on Sunday a day after the blasts, authorities said. Nard.. More

  • Israelis storm East Jerusalem

    Dozens of right-wing Jewish activists have stormed the Arab neighbourhood in East Jerusalem hoping to attack the home of a Palestinian man who killed eight Israelis at a Jewish seminary earlier this month. Police and witnesses said the protesters broke through police barriers on Sunday and hurled stones at cars and houses in Jabal Mukaber. The district.. More

  • McCain makes surprise Iraq visit

    John McCain, the US Republican Party's presidential candidate, has arrived in Baghdad for an unexpected visit, officials said. McCain will assess improved Iraqi security attributed to a build-up of 30,000 extra troops of which he has been a strong supporter. The details of McCain's visit were not being released for security reasons. "McCain will.. More

  • Deadly clashes in west DR Congo

    At least 68 people have been killed during violence in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dozens were wounded in the clashes between the police and members of Bundu Dia Kongo, a religious and political group that has its own militia. It accuses the central government of corruption and mismanagement and is trying to establish its own authority.. More

  • Many die in Pakistan missile strike

    At least 12 people have been killed, including eight foreign fighters, in a missile strike on a house in a Pakistani tribal area known as a safe haven for al-Qaeda and Taliban groups, the Pakistan military says. The attack took place in a village near Wana in South Waziristan on the border with Afghanistan on Sunday. Neither Pakistan nor the US has.. More

  • Security clampdown in Tibet capital

    Hundreds of armed police and soldiers have been patrolling the streets of Lhasa, Tibet's capital, enforcing a strict curfew in a security clampdown following violent protests that have drawn negative publicity for China. Lhasa was quiet but tense two days after Tibetans torched buildings and stoned Chinese residents in the fiercest challenge to Beijing's.. More

  • Global protests against Iraq war

    Tens of thousands of protesters across the world have taken part in a day of protests demanding the withdrawal of US and British troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. The World Against War action was organised to mark the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq on March 20. In London, police said that 10,000 activists had rallied at Trafalgar.. More

  • Palestinians die in Israeli attack

    Three members of the Islamic Jihad and a member of the armed wing of Hamas have been killed in an Israel missile attack on the Gaza Strip. An Israeli aircraft dropped its payload on the men as they were preparing to launch homemade rockets across the border on Saturday, army sources said. A fifth Palestinian was reportedly killed later in the.. More

  • Turkish premier decries ban attempt

    Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, says moves by state prosecutors to ban his Islamist-rooted party and bar the president and prime minister from politics are "an attack on the will of the nation". The response comes a day after the constitutional court announced a case had been made against the Justice and Development (AK) party. "This.. More

  • Blast hits Islamabad restaurant

    At least two people are feared to have been killed and 10 others wounded by a remotely controlled bomb planted at a restaurant in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. A Turkish woman was believed to be among the dead from the blast, which occurred at Luna Capresa in the city centre at about 8.40pm (0340 GMT) on Saturday night. A police officer said:.. More

  • 'Many dead' in Albania explosions

    Albanian PM Sali Berisha says a "considerable" number of people have been killed in huge explosions at an arms depot near the capital, Tirana. His spokeswoman Juela Mecani said four bodies had been recovered, but more than 60 people - including US citizens - were at the scene at the time. More than 150 people, many of them civilians from the surrounding.. More

  • EU agrees climate plan deadline

    EU leaders have agreed to finish talks by the end of the year on an ambitious plan to fight climate change. After a two-day summit in Brussels, leaders for the 27 nations said they hoped new legislation would be enacted in early 2009. The bloc aims to implement a 20% cut in greenhouse gases by 2020, compared with 1990 levels. But EU leaders said.. More

  • Hardliners leading Iran vote count

    Hardliners allied with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president, have taken a small lead in Iran's parliamentary elections, according to partial results. But reformists showed strength in some cities where the clerical leadership allowed them to compete. Results early on Saturday from 26 contests - a fraction of the 290 seats at stake - showed the hardliners.. More