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  • US plans base on Iraq-Iran border

    The Pentagon plans to build a military base near the Iran-Iraq border, according to the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper quoted a senior US army commander as saying that the base will be used to try and prevent the flow of weapons by Shia fighters into Iraq. Major-General Rick Lynch, the commander of the US army’s 3rd Infantry Division, said.. More

  • Lebanon militant 'escaped siege'

    DNA tests on a body earlier identified as the leader of Islamist militants in a refugee camp stormed by the Lebanese army last week have proved negative. Prosecutor-general Saeed Mirza said the tests countered the identification of Fatah al-Islam leader Sheikh Shaker al-Abssi's body by his wife last week. Mr Mirza said he now believed Abssi fled.. More

  • Pakistan deports Nawaz Sharif on return

    Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's former prime minister, has been deported to Saudi Arabia amid high drama hours after arriving in Islamabad from a seven year exile. An official in the office of General Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president, confirmed has been Sharif deported but did not divulge his destination. Sharif had arrived from London hours earlier.. More

  • Gunmen free 10 Afghan deminers

    Gunmen on Monday freed 10 of 13 Afghan deminers abducted last week and the remaining three will be released soon, officials said. No ransom was paid and freedom for the 10, who were seized on Thursday, was being negotiated by tribal elders, he said. The deminers belonging to Afghan Technical Consultants were abducted while traveling in a convoy in.. More

  • Bridge horror in Hayderabad

    More than 15 people were killed when part of a flyover under construction collapsed in India's southern IT hub of Hyderabad yesterday evening.Ten people were also injured in the mishap, which occurred in the busy Nagarjuna Circle area in the heart of the Andhra Pradesh capital amid heavy rains. Huge concrete slabs and equipment fell on the vehicles.. More

  • Sharif firm on Pakistan return

    Nawaz Sharif, the former Pakistani prime minister, has vowed he will return to Pakistan, ignoring a call from Saudi Arabia for him to remain in exile. Sharif said on Saturday that both he and his brother, Shahbaz, would return to Pakistan on September 10, despite suggestions that they could both be arrested on corruption charges. Earlier Muqrin bin.. More

  • Iraq seeks stronger regional ties

    A meeting between the countries which neighbor Iraq, including Syria and Iran, has opened in Baghdad. The countries' foreign ministers or their appointees are there, along with envoys from the UN Security Council. The gathering, which follows one six months ago in the Iraqi capital, is also being attended by the Arab League and G8, which includes.. More

  • 'Gunfire' cuts short Karzai speech

    Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, has been forced to cut short a speech at a Kabul stadium after sounds that seemed liked gunshots were heard. Witnesses said Karzai was hastily led away from the ceremony at the sports stadium by his US-trained bodyguards. A government official urged the audience to be calm, saying that stones were thrown by people.. More

  • Apec plea to resolve Doha deadlock

    Leaders of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum have called for a speedy resolution to the stalled Doha round of trade talks. John Howard, Australia's prime minister, said that Sunday's call was part of the final declaration at the end of a two-day meeting of Apec leaders in Sydney. The declaration included a "statement.. More

  • Conservative party in Morocco win

    Morocco's conservative Istiqlal (Independence) party, a member of the ruling coalition, appears to have won the most seats in parliamentary elections, initial results indicate. Istiqlal had 52 seats, ahead of Islamic Justice and Development Party (PJD) with 47 seats and the People's Party with 43, Al Jazeera's correspondents said on Saturday. In.. More

  • Deadly bomb rocks Algerian base

    At least 22 people are believed to have been killed and about 60 others wounded in a suicide lorry bomb attack on a naval barracks in Algeria. Security sources said the bomb went off on Saturday in the coastal town of Dellys, about 50km from the capital, Algiers. The blast comes two days after an explosion in Batna, a town in the east of the country,.. More

  • Bin Laden threatens Iraq escalation

    Osama bin Laden has used his first videotape message in nearly three years to threaten to escalate the violence in Iraq and attack the US government. The video, which was released just days before the sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, urges Americans to turn to Islam if they want the Iraq war to end. Bin Laden derides George.. More

  • Petraeus 'ponders limited pullback'

    The US commander is Iraq could accept the withdrawal of about 4,000 troops from Iraq early next year, according to US media reports ahead of General David Petraeus's testimony to the US congress. The report in The New York Times came as the US military announced the deaths of seven soldiers in two separate attacks in Iraq on Thursday. Petraeus.. More

  • Libya to host Darfur peace talks

    Rebels in Sudan and Darfur are to hold new peace talks with the Sudanese government, the UN and Khartoum have announced. The announcement came ahead of the expected deployment of a 26,000-strong peace force in Darfur as Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, finished a three day visit to Sudan. Ban said on Thursday the talks would be held on October.. More

  • Saudis freed from Guantanamo Bay

    Sixteen Saudis have arrived in Riyadh after being released by US authorities from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. More than 90 Saudi detainees have now been sent home from the camp in Cuba. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz said he hoped this would lead to the release of the remaining Saudis - believed to number 37. About.. More