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  • Afghanistan ICRC workers seized

    Two foreigners and two Afghans working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been kidnapped in central Afghanistan, police say. They say that the abductions took place in Wardak province. They were reported to have taken place after the Red Cross officials traveled to meet Taleban militants to discuss the release of a German.. More

  • Pakistan's Musharraf nominated for presidential vote

    Pakistan's military president, Pervez Musharraf, registered on Thursday to run in an October 6 presidential election as the Supreme Court prepared to rule on whether his bid for power is legal. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and ruling party leaders filed Musharraf's nomination at the Election Commission, across an avenue from the Supreme Court which.. More

  • Burmese troops raid monasteries

    Witnesses say security forces in Burma have launched raids on six monasteries and arrested hundreds of monks, as they try to stem a rising tide of protests. About 200 Buddhist monks were reported to have been held when two monasteries in the east of the main city, Rangoon, were stormed overnight, witnesses said. It comes a day after five people.. More

  • Mugabe hits out at 'hypocrite' Bush

    Attacks against the US president have dominated speeches by world leaders for the third straight day at the UN General Assembly. Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's president, led the lambasting on Wednesday, saying George Bush, with Iraqi blood on his hands, had "much to atone for and little to lecture us on". Mugabe, 83, himself accused of extensive human.. More

  • Israeli strikes kill Palestinians

    Two separate Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have killed at least eight people, Palestinian officials have said. Twenty-five Palestinians were also wounded, hospital officials said, in what was the bloodiest day in the Gaza Strip since Israel declared it a "hostile territory". An air strike on a car in Gaza City on Wednesday left at least four.. More

  • Pentagon seeks $190bn war funds

    US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is set to ask Congress to approve a request for nearly $190bn to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In prepared remarks, he said the money would help pay for armored vehicles to protect US troops from roadside bombs. The request for the 2008 fiscal year, which starts in October, has risen more than a third.. More

  • Dozens killed in Iraq attacks

    At least 57 people have been killed and more than 120 wounded in bomb attacks across Iraq, police have said. In a mainly Shia district of southwest Baghdad, two car bombs on Wednesday killed about 32 people in one of the deadliest attacks to hit the Iraq capital in weeks. The bombs detonated shortly before sunset in the district of Bayaa as most.. More

  • Cholera 'spreading in Iraq'

    More than two-thirds of confirmed cholera cases are in the northern province of Kirkuk. More than 2,000 people in Iraq are suffering from cholera, which is spreading across the country, the World Health Organisation has said. Eleven people have died and new cases of the disease have been confirmed in Baghdad, Basra and for the first time.. More

  • Bridge collapses in Vietnam, at least 60 dead

    A bridge under construction collapsed in southern Vietnam on Wednesday, killing at least 60 workers, and 100 others were missing, a contractor and police said. State-run Vietnam TV showed footage of the damage to the collapsed concrete and steel structure in Can Tho City and reported that people were still trapped in the rubble. A contractor.. More

  • Iran launches scathing attack on US

    Iran's president has launched a blistering attack on the US and the UN Security Council, but says his country is ready for constructive talks with anyone. In his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also said the issue of Iran's nuclear program was "closed" and a matter to be handled by the UN nuclear watchdog. Ahmadinejad.. More

  • Musharraf details election terms

    Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will stay on as head of the army if he is not elected for another presidential term, his lawyer says. Speaking in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, the lawyer was clarifying the general's conditional promise to remove his military uniform. The court will decide if he can stand for election while holding both posts... More

  • UN chief for collective action

    The UN secretary-general has said that the world faces "a daunting array of challenges," including global warming and poverty, and vowed to leave no stone unturned to resolve Darfur's "tragedy". Ban Ki Moon on Tuesday also urged the military government in Myanmar to exercise restraint in dealing with pro-democracy protests. Speaking at the 62nd session.. More

  • Lebanon adjourns presidential vote

    Lebanon's parliament has adjourned a session to elect a new president after the opposition stayed away. There was heavy security at the parliament building in Beirut on Tuesday but, in the absence of a consensus candidate to succeed Emile Lahoud, the planned vote did not materialize. Lahoud, the current president, is due to end his term on November.. More

  • UN: Climate must top world agenda

    The UN secretary-general has called for climate change to be put at the top of the global agenda. Ban Ki-moon kicked off the United Nations Climate Change meeting on Monday by telling the more than 80 world leaders gathered that they must act now to stem global warming. "Together we must ensure that our grandchildren will not have to ask why we.. More

  • Protests at Ahmadinejad NYC visit

    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's president, has faced protests and tabloid headlines calling him "evil" and a "madman," ahead of an address to New York's Columbia University. Lee Bollinger, Columbia's president, said Ahmadinejad's appearance was a question of free speech and academic freedom. Ahmadinejad is to speak and answer questions at the university.. More