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  • ElBaradei in Iran for nuclear talks

    Mohamed ElBaradei, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has arrived in Iran for talks over the Islamic republic's contested nuclear drive. It is his first visit in almost two years. ElBaradei was scheduled to meet Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) on Friday. He is also.. More

  • Protests mark Guantanamo six years

    Activists around the world have begun a day of protests against Guantanamo Bay, to mark the infamous US detention centre's sixth anniversary. Protests got under way in the Philippines and Australia on Friday, with demonstrators dressed in white masks and orange boiler suits rallying outside the US embassy in Sydney. Many rights groups have called.. More

  • Turkey shells northern Iraq

    Turkish artillery has shelled targets in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, according to Iraqi-Kurdish officials, though there were no immediate reports of casualties. Jabbar Yawar, a spokesman for the Peshmerga security forces of northern Iraq, said on Friday that Turkish forces had shelled two areas in Dahuk province for two hours. Earlier, Iraqi.. More

  • Blast hits Pakistan court

    A suicide bomber has struck police outside the Lahore high court in eastern Pakistan, causing multiple casualties, witnesses and police said. "Twenty people have been killed and 60 wounded. Most of the victims are policemen. It was a suicide attack," Mian Ejaz, a senior city official, said. "It was outside the high court building. There are reports.. More

  • Study: Iraqi death toll 151,000

    About 151,000 civilians were killed between March 2003 and June 2006 in Iraq, following the US-led invasion, a World Health Organization (WHO) study has found. The new study, published on Wednesday, is the most comprehensive since the war started. It drew on an Iraqi health ministry survey of nearly 10,000 households, five times the number of those.. More

  • US to bolster forces in Afghanistan

    The United States is preparing to send an additional 3,000 troops to Afghanistan in April to boost efforts against an expected Taliban offensive, Pentagon officials say. The idea to deploy marines and helicopters marks a shift from Washington's earlier insistence that it would not send more troops. Robert Gates, the US defense secretary, had been.. More

  • Kosovo elects Thaci as new PM

    Kosovo's parliament has voted to appoint Hashim Thaci, the former political leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, as prime Minster. Earlier on Wednesday, after three rounds of voting, deputies chose to re-elect Fatmir Sejdiu as president. A total of 68 politicians voted for Sejdiu, with 39 supporting the opposition's Naim Maloqu. In the first two.. More

  • Bush embarks on Middle East visit

    US President has arrived in Israel on a landmark visit to the region to help kick-start peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians. Ahead of his arrival Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed to begin tackling core issues dividing them. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert vowed at a US summit last year to try to.. More

  • Floods displace thousands in southern Africa

    Floods in southern Africa have displaced thousands of people, drowned livestock and put large numbers of children at risk from life-threatening diseases, officials said. About 1.5 million Zambians may have to flee their homes because of floods that have killed at least six people in neighboring Mozambique and cut off parts of Zimbabwe, where millions.. More

  • US releases Iran stand-off video

    The US military has released video and audio recordings of Iranian boats that it says threatened to blow up US Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The jerky footage, shot from one of the three US ships, shows several small boats approaching at high speed. US Presidentdescribed the stand-off as "provocative", adding that it was a "dangerous situation".. More

  • Bhutto's son calls for UN inquiry

    Benazir Bhutto's son has called for a UN-sponsored investigation into her murder, saying that he does not trust officials in Pakistan. "We do not believe that an investigation under the authority of the Pakistani government has the necessary transparency," Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said at a news conference in London on Tuesday. "Already so much forensic.. More

  • UN troops wounded in Lebanon blast

    Two UN peacekeeping soldiers have been slightly wounded after a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in south Lebanon. Milos Strugar, a spokesman for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, said on Tuesday: "One Unifil vehicle was hit in an explosion on the coastal road at the northern entrance of Sidon." He said the wounded were taken to hospital in Sidon. "Unifil.. More

  • Protest in Gaza against Bush visit

    Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have gathered to protest against the visit of the US president to the occupied West Bank in a bid to push forward talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The protesters gathered in Gaza City on Tuesday, saying that George Bush is indifferent to their condition. Bush will not visit the territory as part of his.. More

  • Afghan bomb kills coalition soldiers

    A roadside bomb killed two soldiers from the U.S.-led coalition in eastern Afghanistan, and a suicide bomber on a motorcycle attacked a border police patrol in the south, killing a policeman, officials said. Clashes and another roadside bomb left nine people dead elsewhere. In the eastern blast, one other U.S.-led coalition soldier was wounded.. More

  • Suicide blasts hit Baghdad

    The attacks took place on Monday in Adhamiya neighbourhood outside the offices of a government agency that looks after Sunni mosques and shrines. Up to 25 people were wounded in the bombings. In the initial attack, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the Sunni Endowment office, said Brigadier Qassim al-Moussawi. As people rushed.. More