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  • Somalis die in Ethiopian shelling

    Ethiopian forces, backing the interim Somali government, have fired shells into suspected fighter hideouts, killing at least six civilians in Mogadishu, witnesses said. One shell on Friday morning smashed into a busy neighborhood in southern Mogadishu where armed men had been taking cover. Hanad Guled, a witness, said: "A tank shell landed into.. More

  • Israel minister: Sack ElBaradei

    A senior Israeli minister has called for the sacking of Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog. Deputy PM Shaul Mofaz said the Egyptian head of the International Atomic Energy Agency had endangered world peace by neglecting Iran's nuclear program. His comments come days before the IAEA is to publish its latest Iran report. Mr ElBaradei.. More

  • Bridge collapses in Dubai marina

    A bridge under construction has collapsed in Dubai, killing seven workers and injuring 15, police said. The bridge was being built in Dubai Marina, a new development in the United Arab Emirates city which is a regional business and tourism hub. A large number of ambulances were driving to the scene of the accident. Dubai's economy has boomed in.. More

  • 'Hundreds held' in Bhutto raids

    The party of Pakistan's former PM Benazir Bhutto has said hundreds of its members were arrested overnight ahead of a planned mass rally on Friday. Activists were taken from their homes in the latest crackdown under emergency rule measures brought in on Saturday by President Pervez Musharraf. The raids came hours after US President George W Bush.. More

  • Deadly rampage at Finland school

    A teenager at a school in Finland has shot dead seven classmates and the headmistress. Police identified 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen as the killer who was pronounced dead later on Wednesday after turning the gun on himself. "There was no hope," said Dr Eero Hirvensalo, chief of the Toolo hospital in central Helsinki. "His condition was critical.. More

  • Police break up Bhutto party rally

    Police in Pakistan have fired tear gas at supporters of Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad, after she called for demonstrations against a state of emergency imposed by the country's president. Hundreds of people allied to the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) met outside parliament on Wednesday to protest against Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president. "We had.. More

  • West Bank settlements 'expanding'

    Construction is continuing in dozens of Jewish settlements in the West Bank despite Israel's pledge to freeze their expansion, a campaign group has said. Peace Now says Jewish population growth is three times higher in the area occupied in 1967 than in Israel itself. It says settlers are bypassing a ban on using caravans to expand settlements by.. More

  • Sarkozy pledges support to US

    The French president says his country has a strong friendship and a strong alliance with the US. In a speech to the US congress on Wednesday, Nicolas Sarkozy said improved relations between the two countries should bring closer co-operation on issues such as Iran's nuclear program, the Middle East peace process and the stability of Lebanon. "Since.. More

  • Serbia war crimes tribunal opens

    The war crimes tribunal of Serbian ultra-nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj has opened at The Hague. Seselj denies the charges of murder, torture and the persecution of non-Serbs brought against him at the International War Crimes Tribunal. Seselj's Radical Party is the biggest party in Serbia's parliament. The trial, which is expected to.. More

  • Turkey to change controversial law

    Turkey has said it will change a law that was used to prosecute a Nobel laureate following criticism from the European Union that it overly curbed free speech. Turkey, which hopes to join the European Union, will soften a law that makes denigrating Turkish identity or insulting the country's institutions a crime punishable by up to three years in prison. Or.. More

  • Bhutto rallies against emergency

    Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister, has flown into the capital, Islamabad, to rally her supporters against the president and his emergency rule. She said her party had planned to hold an election rally in Rawalpindi on November 9, "but now we have decided it will be a protest meeting against imposition of emergency". Bhutto held talks.. More

  • '40 dead' in Afghan suicide blast

    At least 40 people have died in a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan, say hospital and provincial officials. At least six members of the Afghan parliament, and reportedly many schoolchildren, were killed in the blast in the province of Baghlan. The streets were left littered with bodies and awash with blood in one of the worst attacks in recent.. More

  • US 'to release' Iranians in Iraq

    The US military in Iraq says it intends to release nine Iranians being held there, including two detained on suspicion of helping Shia militias. They were among five Iranians who Tehran insists are diplomats seized in the Kurdish city of Irbil in January. The announcement came as Iran opened two consulates in northern Iraq to improve ties with the.. More

  • Top judge attacks Musharraf rule

    Pakistan's sacked chief justice has called for the people to "rise up" and restore the constitution. In a telephone address to lawyers in Islamabad, Iftikhar Chaudhry criticised President Pervez Musharraf, who imposed a state of emergency on Saturday. He said the constitution had been "ripped to shreds" by Gen Musharraf and added it was now "time.. More

  • Deaths after Mexican mudslide

    At least eight people have been buried alive and up to 16 others are missing after waves of mud and water engulfed a village in Mexico's southern Chiapas state. About 100 houses in the village of San Juan Grijalva were buried after a landslide struck a rain-swollen river on Monday and swept through the area. "This village practically disappeared,".. More