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  • More help for Greece as fire toll rises above 60

    More international help was set arrive in Greece on Monday to fight the deadliest forest fires in the past 150 years, amid growing suspicion that many of the blazes which have killed over 60 people were arson. Greek authorities on Sunday offered rewards of up to one million euros (1.4 million dollars) for help catching arsonists, as the fires also.. More

  • Blast kills Somali children

    A roadside explosion has killed two children as they walking to school in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses said. An elderly man was also wounded in the blast in Gupta district of northern Mogadishu when on Sunday. "The two were torn into pieces and an old man who was walking nearby was also seriously injured," Hirabe Mohamed, a witness.. More

  • Sudan lets expelled EU envoy stay after EU apology

    Sudan has said an EU envoy who on Thursday was ordered to leave the country will now be allowed to remain until his term expires in three weeks. Sweden's Kent Degerfelt and Canadian diplomat Nuala Lawlor were declared persona non grata after they were accused of political interference. A spokesman for President Omar al-Bashir has said the envoy.. More

  • Lebanon army resumes camp assault

    Lebanese army helicopters and tanks have resumed their bombardment of a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the country where Fatah al-Islam fighters are hiding, a day after their relatives were evacuated. An estimated 70 fighters now remain deep inside the Nahr al-Bared camp, which is just outside the northern port city of Tripoli. A senior.. More

  • Fires prompt Greek national alert

    A nationwide state of emergency has been declared in Greece, amid a rising death toll from raging forest fires. Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis said the country had to "mobilise all means and forces to face this disaster". Officials say 47 people have died and many others may be trapped on the Peloponnesian peninsula. Police suspect many fires.. More

  • Fighters killed at Gaza crossing

    Two Palestinian fighters have been shot dead as they attempted to cross into Israel from the Gaza Strip. An Israeli soldier was also wounded when fighting broke out on Saturday after the two fighters opened fire on an Israeli office at the Erez border crossing in the north of the territory. A Israeli spokesman confirmed that soldiers from the Golani.. More

  • Curfew imposed in Iraqi capital

    The Iraqi government has imposed a partial travel ban in Baghdad and the outskirts of the capital ahead of a major Shia festival next week. Two-wheelers and hand carts, but not cars, will be banned in Baghdad and its outskirts from 1800 (1400 GMT) on Saturday, an army official said. The curfew aims to curb attacks against up to two million Shia.. More

  • Deadly explosions hit Indian city

    At least 34 people have been killed in two blasts, minutes apart, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, officials say. One explosion rocked an amusement park, killing at least nine people, while another blast hit a popular eating place miles away. Some 50 people were injured in the incidents, in Andhra Pradesh state. Andhra Pradesh chief minister,.. More

  • Gul faces second presidency vote

    Turkey's parliament is preparing for a second vote on the presidential candidacy of Abdullah Gul, the foreign minister. Gul is unlikely to win Friday's vote because his Justice and Development party (AFP) lacks the two-thirds majority needed to be elected in this round. But his victory is almost certain on August 28, when only a simple parliamentary.. More

  • Sudan expels Western diplomats

    Sudan has expelled the European Commission (EC) envoy and the Canadian charge d'affaires, citing interference in the country's affairs. The reasons for the expulsions, reported by Sudan's state news agency on Thursday, were not immediately clear, but Western diplomats have been critical of Khartoum's role in the Darfur region. Ali al-Sadek, a foreign.. More

  • Bomb hits Spain police barracks

    A car bomb has exploded outside a police barracks in northern Spain, in an attack that police said is suspected of being carried out by the separatist Eta group which ended a ceasefire in June. Two police officers were wounded in the blast early on Friday at the Guardia Civil barracks in the town of Durango in the Basque region. "Everything.. More

  • Afghan blast kills Canadian troops

    Two Canadian soldiers and an Afghan interpreter have died after a powerful explosion struck an armoured vehicle in southern Afghanistan, according to officials. The vehicle hit a roadside bomb on Wednesday in Zhari district of Kandahar, Nato Brigadier-General Guy Larochea said at the province's airfield. Kandahar that has seen a surge in attacks by.. More

  • Lebanese soldiers die in clashes

    Two Lebanese soldiers have been killed in clashes with Muslim fighters from the Fatah al-Islam group, which has been battling the army in north Lebanon for more than three months now. The soldiers died of wounds sustained on Wednesday at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, a security source said on Thursday. The army has now lost.. More

  • Eight dead as floods plague central U.S

    Rivers from Nebraska east to Ohio climbed out of their banks on Wednesday, swollen from thunderstorms that soaked the central United States for days and killed at least eight people. The situation appeared to be worsening in Ohio where 21 counties battled high water, with officials declaring a state of emergency in nine of them in the north-central.. More

  • Bush pledges support for al-Maliki

    The US president has reiterated his support for Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, a day after he said US critics were "frustrated" by the slow progress in Iraq.In Wednesday's address to the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization, Bush also made comparisons between the campaign in Iraq and the Vietnam war.Voicing his support for the Iraqi prime.. More