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  • Somalia 'neglected by the world'

    A top UN humanitarian official has called on the international community to provide greater assistance to arrest the worsening humanitarian crisis in Somalia. John Holmes, the humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, on Wednesday told Al Jazeera the situation in the country was so bad it warranted immediate action from the international.. More

  • Ex-US commander backs Iraq pullout

    The former top US military commander in Iraq says American troops should pull out by next year. Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez said he supported troop withdrawal legislation by the Democratic-controlled congress that calls for most US soldiers to be home within a year. Sanchez, now retired, was the commanding officer in Iraq shortly after the.. More

  • Iraqis return home 'in thousands'

    An estimated 1,000 people a day are returning across Iraq's borders having previously moving abroad to escape the violence, Iraqi authorities say. Most of the returnees are coming from Syria - and very few from Jordan, where better-off refugees tended to go. An improving security situation - but also the lack of job opportunities for Iraqis in Syria.. More

  • Jordan Islamists claim poll fraud

    Jordan's Islamist opposition has lost most of its seats in parliamentary polls which it says were marred by vote-rigging and electoral fraud. Islamic Action Front (IAF) candidates were confirmed winners in just six of the 22 seats they contested, down from 17 in the last parliament. It said its own polling indicated at least 16 IAF members should.. More

  • Pakistan opposition leader freed

    More than 5,000 people detained during Pakistan's state of emergency, including opposition leader Imran Khan, have been freed from jail over the past two days. A second batch of detainees were allowed out on Wednesday just hours after Khan's sister told the AFP news agency that the former Pakistan cricket captain had stopped taking water. Sheikh.. More

  • Disease deaths in Bangladesh

    At least two people have reportedly died from water-borne disease in cyclone-ravaged Bangladesh. The diarrhoea deaths are said to have occurred in the district of Patuakhali on Wednesday, the Daily Star newspaper in Dhaka, the capital, reported, quoting local health officials. Government officials were not immediately available to confirm the newspaper.. More

  • US confirms Annapolis summit

    The United States has confirmed it will host a Middle East conference on November 27 in Annapolis, Maryland. Along with Israel and the Palestinians, the US invited about 40 countries, including Arab states Syria and Saudi Arabia which have no relations with Israel, to the meeting at the US Naval Academy, the state department said on Tuesday. Sean.. More

  • Sarkozy unbowed by strikes

    The French president has vowed to push on with reforms as rail workers continue a nationwide strike, causing massive disruption to public transport services for the seventh successive day. Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday broke his week-long silence, saying he would not surrender or water down his plans for thorough reforms. He accused strikers of holding.. More

  • Lebanon presidential vote postponed

    A parliamentary vote to elect Lebanon's next president has been postponed as the country's political groups remain at loggerheads over who should replace Emile Lahoud whose term is set to expire. Lebanese parliamentary sources confirmed to Al Jazeera that the meeting scheduled for Wednesday will now be held on Friday. Friday is the last day of Lahoud's.. More

  • US and Turkey discuss PKK measures

    Senior US generals have met Turkish army representatives to discuss cracking down on Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq. General David Petraeus, chief US commander in Iraq, with General James Cartwright, vice-chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, discussed exchanging intelligence with the Turkish delegation. Turkey has massed up to 100,000 troops,.. More

  • Thousands flee Pakistan fighting

    Thousands of people have fled fighting between government troops and pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's northern Swat district. A senior army commander said on Saturday that the army was launching a full scale offensive in the area. Swat has been the centre of fighting which has claimed some 100 lives since hostilities began in October. The fighting.. More

  • Iran 'agrees' to US talks on Iraq

    Iran has agreed to a new round of talks with the US on Iraq after Washington made an offer via the Swiss embassy in Tehran, Manouchehr Mottaki, the country's foreign minister, said. "The Swiss embassy in Iran passed on the message of the US government for a new round of talks on Iraq to my colleagues in the foreign ministry," he said on Tuesday. "Iran.. More

  • Bangladesh still trying to reach all cyclone victims

    Relief workers and the Bangladesh army, air force and navy intensified efforts on Tuesday to reach millions of survivors of a cyclone that killed more than 3,100 people along the Bay of Bengal. A huge relief operation for victims of Cyclone Sidr was under way with Bangladeshi airforce helicopters flying more sorties with the aim of reaching almost.. More

  • France braced for huge new strike

    Huge numbers of civil servants and students are expected to join striking transport workers as France enters a second week of industrial action. Postal workers, teachers, air traffic controllers and hospital staff around the country are preparing to protest against planned pay and job cuts. Students are also upset over plans to grant universities.. More

  • Afghan suicide attack kills seven

    A suicide bombing targeting an Afghan provincial governor has killed his son and six bodyguards, officials say. The governor of south-western Nimroz province Ghulam Dastageer was on his way to his office when he was attacked. He escaped unhurt. The Taleban said they carried out the attack in which at least 15 people were injured, including four.. More