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  • Israel launches raids into Gaza

    Israel has launched air raids in Gaza and deployed tanks and infantry across the border after it vowed a severe response to rocket attacks on its soil. It said its land force was small and had been deployed as a deterrent. At least three militants were killed in four separate air raids, one of which targeted Hamas offices in Gaza City. The Israeli.. More

  • Sarkozy names ally Fillon as PM

    Francois Fillon, a key ally of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been appointed the country's new prime minister in a ceremony in Paris. Mr Fillon, 53, a moderate conservative senator, helped direct Mr Sarkozy's successful election campaign. He is expected to play a leading role in the president's plans to reform France's employment and welfare.. More

  • Bush and Blair defend war record

    Tony Blair and George W Bush have reaffirmed the decisions they took over war in Iraq and said their countries would stay united against terrorism. The British prime minister is on a final trip to Washington before stepping down at the end of June. The two men - close allies for six years - praised each other's record. Mr Bush called the British.. More

  • Blasts kill Afghan police officers

    Two bomb blasts minutes apart on a road in the southern city of Kandahar have killed several police officers and wounded many people, Al Jazeera says. First, a remote control bomb blast killed four officers inside a police vehicle on Thursday, Gul Zaman, the police official, said. About 15 minutes later, a secondary blast hit police attending to the.. More

  • Algeria votes for new parliament

    Polls have opened for elections in Algeria a day after two bomb explosions in the country left one person dead and several injured. About 18.8 million Algerians are registered to vote on Thursday for a new parliament that is expected to be dominated by the three parties of a ruling coalition. Many observers fear a low-turnout on Thursday. More than.. More

  • Gordon Brown will be the next British Prime Minister

    So it is official - there will be no competition, but rather, a coronation. Britain's Finance Minister Gordon Brown has won the backing of a large majority of Labour deputies, ensuring he will automatically become the next Prime Minister when Tony Blair steps down at the end of June. Brown has 308 nominations, prompting his only rival, left-winger.. More

  • Panic as quake hits Laos

    A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck western Laos near the border with Thailand yesterday, sending people screaming for cover as far away as Bangkok and Hanoi.The quake hit at 0857 GMT, in the heart of the Golden Triangle where Thailand, Myanmar and Laos meet, in what was once a notorious opium smuggling route. Officials in those countries.. More

  • Gaza faction boosts police ranks

    About 500 Fatah loyalists have returned to Gaza from police training in Egypt as factional fighting escalates with Fatah's main Palestinian rival, Hamas. Ten people have died in the latest violence, including eight in an attack on a Fatah security base - the worst incident in three days of bloodshed. A Fatah official denied the returning force would.. More

  • Many killed in Pakistan bombing

    A powerful bomb blast in a hotel in the centre of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 24 people, police and officials say. The ground-floor blast demolished parts of the four-storey Marhaba hotel near a busy market, trapping people inside. Up to 30 people were injured, officials said. Ambulances and hand-pushed carts.. More

  • Ethiopia warned on Somali pullout

    The US and the African Union have warned Ethiopia not to withdraw its troops from Somalia before peacekeepers are deployed to replace them. AU commission chief Alpha Oumar Konare says it would be a "catastrophe" if Ethiopia pulled out too soon. US Africa envoy Jendayi Frazer said it would probably be several months before the full peacekeeping force.. More

  • Stop hunt for U.S. soldiers say kidnappers

    An al-Qaida front group warned the United States on Monday to halt its expanding search for three missing American soldiers "if you want their safety." The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time it believes the servicemen are in al-Qaida hands. The statements came as thousands of U.S. and Iraqi troops swept through farmhouses, fields and palm groves.. More

  • Somalia aid not reaching needy

    Humanitarian aid is failing to reach almost two-thirds of those affected by recent fighting in the Somali capital, a key UN official has warned. The country now represents a worse displacement crisis than Sudan's Darfur region, John Holmes said. Aid groups estimate 1,300 people have died and 300,000 have fled Mogadishu since fighting flared in March... More

  • Wolfowitz broke World Bank laws

    A panel of executives at the World Bank says its President Paul Wolfowitz broke bank rules in awarding a substantial pay rise to his girlfriend. The directors said the full board of the World Bank should consider whether Wolfowitz was still able to provide effective leadership. He is due to appear before the full 24-member board in Washington. The.. More

  • US deputy attorney-general quits

    The US deputy attorney-general has announced his resignation, becoming the highest-ranking Bush administration casualty in the furor over the firing of several prosecutors. Paul McNulty, who served 18 months as the justice department's second-in-command, announced his plans at a private meeting of US attorneys in San Antonio on Monday. He told them.. More

  • Gaza crisis prompts security push

    The Palestinian Authority has mobilized all of its security forces in an attempt to end a fierce upsurge in factional fighting in the Gaza Strip. Information Minister Mustapha Barghouti urged members of rival factions Hamas and Fatah to unite behind the effort but gun battles have continued all day. Mr Barghouti said that Prime Minister Ismail Haniya.. More