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  • Sudan president hits out at Denmark

    Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, told a crowd of protesters that Danes will not be allowed to set foot in the country after Danish newspapers reprinted a satirical cartoon of Prophet Muhammad. Thousands had gathered in the capital, Khartoum, on Wednesday in protest over the reprinting of the political drawing. Al-Bashir said: "We tell you that.. More

  • Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan

    NATO soldiers on patrol in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday hit a roadside bomb that killed two of the troops, while NATO said it found and destroyed $400 million worth of opium in the south. The soldiers were conducting a routine patrol when they bomb went off in the Sharan district of Paktika province, said NATO's International Security Assistance Force. ISAF.. More

  • Palestinians die in Israeli raid

    At least five Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli air raid in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. In an earlier air raid targeting a group of Palestinian fighters on Wednesday, an al-Quds Brigades member was killed and two others injured in east Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. Al-Quds Brigades, the.. More

  • Cholera crisis on Somali border

    About 70 people have died in a severe outbreak of cholera in southern Somalia, close to the Kenyan border town of Mandera, reports say. At least 400 people have been affected and drought conditions are aggravating the problem. People affected on the Kenyan side of the border are getting medical aid but almost none is available in Somalia, says the.. More

  • Iraq condemns Turkish incursion and wants troops out

    Iraq on Tuesday condemned Turkey's incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas in the strongest terms so far and demanded an immediate end to what it called a violation of its sovereignty. Thousands of Turkish troops crossed the border last Thursday to root out PKK fighters who have used mountainous northern Iraq as a base for their.. More

  • Annan suspends Kenya crisis talks

    Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general, has suspended talks in Kenya that were aimed at ending the country's political crisis. Negotiators from the government and opposition failed to make progress on a power-sharing deal, prompting mediator Kofi Annan to suspend the talks on Tuesday. But he called on Kenyans to remain calm. "Given the way the.. More

  • Kosova warns Serbia as riots continue

    Kosova told Serbia on Tuesday it would not yield one inch of its territory, and a violent protest by ethnic Serbs in Bosnia against Kosova's secession highlighted continued volatility in the Balkan region. Kosova's ethnic Albanian Prime Minister Hashim Thaci was responding to a Serbian government pledge to rule Serb-dominated parts of Kosova following.. More

  • Abbas government accused of torture

    More detainees have complained of torture by the Palestinian Authority following the death in custody of a Hamas religious leader in the West Bank. The family and followers of imam Majd al-Barghouthi say he was tortured to death last Friday, an allegation that the authorities strenuously deny. Now new allegations have emerged of ill-treatment –.. More

  • Turkey-PKK conflict intensifies

    More than 150 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters have been killed in northern Iraq, Turkey's military has said, as fighting in northern Iraq enters a sixth day. The Turkish army said on Tuesday that 17 of its fighters have also died since Thursday. The PKK, which Ankara says has 4,000 men in the area, had rejected the death toll and says.. More

  • Cyclone kills dozens in Madagascar

    A cyclone that hit Madagascar more than a week ago has left at least 44 people dead, and 145,000 homeless, government officials say. Relief efforts were being hampered by massive flooding which has submerged most of the roads and damaged bridges. Cyclone Ivan swept through Madagascar on February 17 with winds of up to 230kph, causing severe flooding.. More

  • Moussa fails to end Lebanon impasse

    The head of the Arab League has failed to break a deadlock between Lebanese political factions on the distribution of cabinet posts, which is holding back the election of a new president. Amr Moussa met Saad Hariri of the majority March 14 camp, his ally Amin Gemayel and Michel Aoun, from the Hezbollah-led opposition, for a second day in Beirut. "It.. More

  • Gaza rally condemns Israeli siege

    Thousands of Palestinians have turned out to form a human chain in the Gaza Strip, in protest at Israel's continued blockade of the territory. Israel massed forces at border crossings with Gaza as residents attended Monday's demonstration along Saleheddin Road, the main highway in the coastal enclave. The pro-Hamas Popular Committee Against the.. More

  • Pakistan bomb attack kills general

    Seven people, including the Pakistani army's most senior medical officer, have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Rawalpindi, according to military sources. Lieutenant-General Mushtaq Baig, who led the army's medical corps, died when a car packed with explosives struck a line of military vehicles in the garrison city on Monday. "Surgeon general.. More

  • Turkish jets pound Kurdish positions in Iraq

    Turkish fighter jets have pounded PKK positions in the mountainous Hakurk region of northern Iraq, security sources told AFP. Members of the Kurdish security force in the autonomous north of Iraq said the raids, which began around 10:00 pm (2000 GMT) Sunday, continued overnight in and around Hakurk, a prominent PKK stronghold some 20 kilometres (12.. More

  • Gazans set to form 'human chain' protest over Israeli blockade

    Gazans were set to form on Monday a human chain along the length of the territory to protest the crushing Israeli blockade, with Israeli forces on alert for trouble or a possible rush on the border. The Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS), a politically independent group headed by Palestinian parliamentarian Jamal al-Khudari, has called for.. More