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  • Drug gang sentenced to death in Indonesia

    A court in Indonesia has sentenced nine men to death for producing millions of pills of the drug ecstasy in what police said was one of the biggest illegal drug production plants ever uncovered. The convicted men include five Chinese nationals, a Frenchman a Dutchman and two Indonesians. The sentence handed down on Tuesday was harsher than that rendered.. More

  • Afghan protest claims 13 lives

    Thirteen people were killed and 35 wounded in Afghanistan yesterday when police opened fire to break up a violent protest against a provincial governor, witnesses said. More than 1,000 people were protesting to demand the removal of Juma Khan Hamdard, governor of the northern province of Jowzjan, and were throwing stones at several government offices.. More

  • Six hurt in Pakistan court blast

    At least six people have been wounded in a car bomb blast outside the high court in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say. One of the injured is reported to be in a serious condition. The wounded have been taken to hospital. Police say it is not clear who planted the device. A series of blasts have hit Peshawar over the past.. More

  • Solana confirms Iran nuclear talks Thursday

    EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana confirmed on Tuesday that he would meet Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani this week for the latest round of talks on Iran's nuclear program. Previous meetings have failed to persuade Tehran to obey U.N. resolutions demanding that it halt uranium enrichment, which the West suspects is intended to produce a.. More

  • Hamburg police battle protesters

    German police have clashed with hundreds of anti-globalisation demonstrators in the northern city of Hamburg, arresting 21 people. Police used water cannon and baton charges against protesters, who pelted them with bottles and stones. The violence followed a march by about 4,000 activists angered by what they saw as excessive security for a meeting.. More

  • Vote ends in Israel party primary

    Voting has ended in the Israeli Labor Party's leadership election, a contest which could determine the fate of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government. Early exit polls indicate that the defense minister, Amir Peretz, has lost his bid to remain head of the party. But neither former Prime Minister Ehud Barak nor the former head of Shin Bet, Ami Ayalon,.. More

  • Iraq car bomb kills at least 20

    A car bomb in the Iraqi capital Baghdad near one of the city's most revered Sunni mosques killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens more, police said. The bomb went off at 1400 (1000 GMT) in the Sinak commercial district on the eastern bank of the Tigris River. At least two traffic policemen were among the injured and several civilian cars were.. More

  • US warns Iran over arming Iraqis

    The US has called on Iran to stop arming militants in Iraq at the first bilateral public talks between the two countries in almost 30 years. US envoy Ryan Crocker said his Iranian counterpart had rejected the charges at the four-hour talks in Baghdad, which focused exclusively on Iraq's security. Both countries agreed that a secure and stable.. More

  • More U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq

    Two U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Sunday, pushing May to the brink of becoming the deadliest month for U.S. forces this year. A total of 103 U.S. soldiers have been killed so far in May, one fewer than in April, which so far was the worst month this year for U.S. military deaths. The U.S. military has said it anticipated.. More

  • Policemen die in Taleban attack

    Taleban militants in Afghanistan have killed six police officers in an attack on their convoy in the south-eastern Paktika province, reports say. A government spokesman said the militants detonated several bombs as the convoy passed by, and opened fire. In another incident, three Afghan security guards working for the US-led coalition were killed.. More

  • Gunfire breaks Lebanon lull

    Sporadic gunfire has erupted in the refugee camp in northern Lebanon, despite a truce between government forces and Palestinian fighters. Alan Fisher, Al Jazeera's correspondent reporting from Tripoli, said that shots had been ringing out in the darkness amid unconfirmed reports of the Nahr al-Bared camp being shelled again by Lebanese forces. The.. More

  • Blair's anti-terror policy rapped

    Civil rights and community groups last night criticised a proposal by British Prime Minister Tony Blair to give police broad powers to stop and question people as part of a new anti-terrorism law. Critics said the proposed measure risked alienating the Muslim community whose support the government needed to combat militants and an opposition politician.. More

  • Israel PM vows more Gaza action

    Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says a crackdown against Hamas will continue, after an Israeli man was killed by a rocket fired from Gaza. "No-one involved in terror has immunity," Mr Olmert told his Cabinet. The Israeli man died after shrapnel hit him in the neck in the town of Sderot. Hamas militants said they had carried out the rocket attack... More

  • US and Iran to hold key meeting

    Iran and the United States are due to hold their first bilateral public talks for decades in Baghdad on Monday to discuss the future security of Iraq. Both sides will be represented by their ambassadors in Iraq, Ryan Crocker and Hassan Kazemi Qomi. The US is expected to present claims that Iran is providing technology and other support to Iraqi.. More

  • US and British forces hit Sadr men

    British and US forces in Iraq have clashed with armed supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia leader. At least five people were killed in a pre-dawn raid in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad on Saturday, while in the southern city of Basra "a number" of al-Mahdi army fighters died in an air strike. The Basra air strike came after a British military.. More