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  • Explosions rock Algerian capital

    Two blasts in Algeria's capital Algiers have killed at least 23 people and injured 160 - one exploding near the prime minister's office. A caller claiming to represent al-Qaeda in the Maghreb told an Arabic TV channel that his group had carried out the attacks. There has been no independent verification of the claim. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem,.. More

  • US extends troops' tour of duty

    US troops will now serve up to 15 months in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of the usual 12-month tours under new Defense Department rules. The move is designed to help the military supply enough troops for ongoing operations. Soldiers will be allowed a minimum of 12 months at home bases upon return. The extended tours apply to troops currently in.. More

  • Clashes threaten Somali ceasefire

    Fighting overnight in Somalia's capital has continued into Wednesday morning threatening a lasting ceasefire. A resident Zamzam Abdulrahman told the BBC heavy shelling was taking place in Fagah in northern Mogadishu. Two people died in the clashes as talks between clan elders and Ethiopian commanders were delayed again. But a Hawiye clan spokesman.. More

  • Chad apologizes to Sudan for deadly border clash

    Chad on Tuesday admitted its forces fought a deadly border battle with Sudanese forces as its foreign minister apologised to Khartoum's envoy over what he claimed were unintentional clashes. Government spokesman Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor said the troops were chasing Chadian rebels they had been fighting earlier Monday, and accused Sudan of providing.. More

  • EU warns Tehran over nuclear row

    The European Union yesterday urged Tehran not to defy the United Nations, increasing international diplomatic pressure after its claim that it could enrich uranium on an industrial scale. "The Presidency of the European Union has noted with great concern the announcement by Iran that it intends to begin uranium enrichment on an industrial scale," said.. More

  • UN urged to set up Hariri tribunal

    Fouad Siniora, the Lebanese prime minister, has written to the UN asking it to set up a special court to try suspects in the killing of Rafiq al-Hariri, former prime minister, Lebanese officials say. In the letter, Siniora requested that the Security Council move on with the tribunal after efforts to get the Lebanese parliament to approve the court.. More

  • N. Korea wants to delay reactor shutdown

    North Korea's key condition for halting nuclear weapons development has been met now that frozen funds have been released, but it wants to delay a weekend deadline for shutting down its atomic reactor by a month, a U.S. official said Wednesday. North Korea will invite back U.N. weapons inspectors as soon as it can access the money from bank accounts.. More

  • Australia to double Afghan force

    Australia plans to almost double its troop numbers in Afghanistan by next year amid warnings that the Taleban resistance shows no sign of weakening. Prime Minister John Howard said without an extra effort, the fight against the militants would not be won. He warned the country to prepare for casualties. Six Canadian soldiers died at the weekend.. More

  • Chad admits battle inside Sudan

    Chad's government has admitted that its forces crossed the border with Sudan, where it clashed with the army. A minister said Chadian soldiers were in "hot pursuit" of rebels who crossed the border and then came into contact with Sudanese soldiers. Sudan has condemned the raid, saying 17 soldiers were killed and has reportedly summoned the Chad.. More

  • 'Hijacker seizes Turkish plane'

    A hijacker who seized a Turkish plane on an internal flight has given himself up to the authorities, officials say. The plane, with 178 people on board, including three babies, had been forced to land in Ankara. It had been flying from the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in south-eastern Turkey to Istanbul. According to plane's operators,.. More

  • Many Iraqis killed in fresh bomb attack

    An unidentified woman wearing an explosive belt has blown herself up at a police station in a mainly Sunni town in the province of Diyala, killing 15 people, AFP reports quoting an Iraqi interior ministry spokesman. Reuters reported quoting Iraqi police that a suicide bomber killed 14 people outside a police recruitment centre on Tuesday. They said.. More

  • Iran rules out nuclear suspension

    Iran will not accept any suspension of its sensitive nuclear activities, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday, urging world powers to accept the "new reality" of its industrial uranium enrichment. Iran said on Tuesday it is still seeking to hugely expand its nuclear programme by installing 50,000 uranium-enriching centrifuges at a nuclear.. More

  • Mogadishu clashes killed 1000

    More than 1,000 people have been killed in recent clashes in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, according to elders from the city's main clan. Hawiye clan spokesman Hussein Aden Korgab also said more than 4,000 had been injured in some of the heaviest fighting in 15 years. The clashes came as the government and Ethiopian soldiers battled insurgents.. More

  • Iran 'enters new nuclear phase'

    Iran can now produce nuclear fuel on an industrial scale, President Ahmadinejad has announced, in a move likely to further strain tensions with the West He gave no details of Iran's capacity, but some officials said 3,000 uranium gas enrichment centrifuges were running at the Natanz plant in central Iran. Mr Ahmadinejad's speech came as Iran celebrated.. More

  • US accused of using neutron bombs

    The former commander of Iraq's Republican Guard has accused the US of using non-conventional weapons in its war against the Middle East country. Saifeddin Fulayh Hassan Taha al-Rawi told Al Jazeera that US forces used neutron and phosphorus bombs during their assault on Baghdad airport before the April 9 capture of the Iraqi capital.Al-Rawi is one.. More