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  • Bus crash kills 14 in Bangladesh

    A bus carrying garment workers heading for a picnic lost control and crashed into an electricity pole in southern Bangladesh on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, an official said. Another 15 were injured. Some of the victims suffered burns because they were struck by live electrical wires snapped by the bus, area administrator Sajjadul Hasan.. More

  • US missile hits rogue spy satellite

    A missile fired from a US Navy warship has hit a defunct spy satellite in space in an effort to prevent its toxic fuel tank from crashing to Earth, a Pentagon source said. "The missile's been launched and [it was] a successful intercept," the source said on Wednesday. The SM-3 missile was fired from the USS Lake Erie in the Pacific Ocean at about.. More

  • Kosova border secured as Serbs turn up heat

    Nato troops and UN police moved to secure Kosova's northern borders yesterday as ethnic Serbs mounted more demonstrations to assert Serbian control of the northern portion of the country. The moves came as Germany became the latest state to announce it would recognise Kosova's independence. French troops sealing the frontier at Jarinje, where the.. More

  • Strong quake shakes west Indonesia

    A powerful earthquake has struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The quake which struck at 1508 local time on Wednesday had a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 according to the US Geological Survey. It had an epicentre close to Simeulue island, about 300km west of the main city of Medan in northern Sumatra. Indonesia is prone to.. More

  • US ship prepares for satellite shot

    A US warship is moving into position in the western Pacific in preparation to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite before it re-enters Earth's atmosphere, Pentagon officials have said. The first attempt to destroy the secret US satellite - said to be about the size of a bus - could take place as early as Wednesday night US time. US military.. More

  • Rocket blasts kill Iraqi police

    At least 15 Iraqi policemen have been killed and nearly 30 people injured after rockets that were set for launch exploded before they could be defused. The explosions came after two rockets were fired at US outposts in Baghdad - the second such attack in as many days - injuring four US soldiers. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but.. More

  • Violence as Kosovo Serbs protest

    Nato-led peacekeeping troops in Kosovo have intervened after a group of Serbs, opposed to Kosovo's newly declared independence, burned down one border crossing and attacked another. Kosovo police called for help from Nato-led Kfor peacekeepers on Tuesday after they came under attack from more than 1,000 Serb protesters. Jarinje and Banja, two border.. More

  • Olmert puts Jerusalem 'last'

    Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, are due to meet on Tuesday in an effort to renew peace talks. It has been less than three months since an attempted relaunch of the peace process in the US city of Annapolis, where the Bush administration pushed for a "commitment" to try to reach a deal by the end.. More

  • Castro resigns as president

    Fidel Castro has resigned as the president of Cuba after nearly 50 years in power according to a statement in the official Communist newspaper, Granma. "I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," a statement by Castro published on the newspaper's website read. The 81-year-old's.. More

  • Rockets strike Baghdad airport

    A barrage of Katyusha rockets have hit Baghdad's international airport and an adjoining US military base, killing five people and wounding 16 more, including two US soldiers, officials and witnesses say. Residents said on Monday said rockets hit a workers' housing complex within the perimeter of the airport and many houses were damaged. "Eight Iraqis,.. More

  • Pakistan opposition heads toward victory

    Pakistan opposition parties headed toward a convincing victory in Parliamentary elections, according to unofficial returns early Tuesday, threatening President Pervez Musharraf's rule eight years after he seized power in a military coup. Monday's balloting was aimed at bolstering democracy and ending a year-long political crisis, but fear and apathy.. More

  • Nations divided by Kosovo's status

    Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia has divided world powers, with France, Britain and Germany leading some EU states in recognizing Kosovo, while other nations around the world have declared the move illegal. A meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday failed to find common ground, with Spain and Slovakia refusing to recognize Europe's.. More

  • Saudis advised to avoid Lebanon

    Saudi Arabia has warned its citizens to avoid visiting Lebanon as the country passes through its worst security and political crisis for decades. A foreign ministry statement also urged caution to those already in Lebanon. Riyadh is a key backer of Lebanon's pro-Western government. Past years have seen hundreds of thousands of Saudis visiting the.. More

  • Israel detains dozens of Gazans

    The Israeli military says it has taken about 80 Palestinians to Israel for questioning following a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Four Palestinians, including at least three militants, were killed in the incursion on Sunday morning. An Israeli soldier was seriously wounded. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the army had a "free hand".. More

  • Pakistan votes amid tight security

    Polls have opened amid tight security in Pakistan for delayed parliamentary elections that could result in victory for the party of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister. Campaigning for the elections has been marred by violence and allegations of vote-rigging. Though Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president, is not in the fray,.. More