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  • Saddam sons reburied near father

    The bodies of Saddam Hussein's two sons and his grandson have been reburied near the former Iraqi leader's grave in his hometown, tribal leaders said. Uday and Qusay Hussein, and 14-year-old Mustafa Hussein, died in a gun battle with US troops months after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003. They were moved to the courtyard of Saddam Hussein's.. More

  • Mugabe opponents 'will pay a price'

    The government of Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, has warned the opposition will pay "a heavy price" for what it called a campaign of violence to remove it from power.Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change opposition, was treated in intensive care after suffering a suspected skull fracture in police custody.Sikhanyiso.. More

  • GI says commander ordered him to kill Iraq prisoners

    A US soldier has testified that his commander ordered him to kill three Iraqi detainees, then cut him with a knife to make it look as if there had been a struggle. Specialist William Hunsaker told a court martial for Ray Girouard on Tuesday that the staff sergeant ordered him and another soldier to free the men, then shoot them as they ran. "They're.. More

  • UK soldiers cleared of Iraqi death

    Two British soldiers have been cleared over the death of an Iraqi prisoner at the end of a six-month trial, the third costly prosecution in a row to collapse. Major Michael Peebles and Mark Davies, an officer, were cleared of neglecting their duties on Tuesday, three weeks after the judge ordered charges to be dropped against five of them. During.. More

  • Suspected cholera deaths in Somalia

    At least 42 people, most of them children, have died from a suspected cholera outbreak in southern Somalia, doctors said. More than 240 people are being treated in hopsital for cholera-like symptoms, doctors said on Tuesday, adding that a lack of proper medicines and medical facilities makes it likely that many more will die. "The children are dying.. More

  • Security post stalls unity talks

    The question of who will control security services in the Palestinian occupied territories is hindering the completion of negotiations over the formation of a unity government. An aide to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, told reporters in Ramallah on Tuesday that the interior ministry is proving a "real obstacle" to a final deal.Abbas of the.. More

  • Al-Maliki in surprise Ramadi visit

    Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has made an unusual and unexpected visit to Ramadi, the Sunni stronghold west of Baghdad. Al-Maliki, who is Shia, flew into the capital of Anbar province on Tuesday aboard a US military helicopter to meet tribal leaders, local government officials and commanders of Iraqi and US security forces."I haven't been.. More

  • Somali president's home attacked

    Insurgents have fired mortars at the Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf's residence in Mogadishu, a few hours after his arrival in the capital. President Yusuf is unharmed but a boy died when some of the mortars landed on a house nearby. A BBC correspondent says gun battles between Ethiopian troops and insurgents erupted soon after the attack. Ethiopian.. More

  • Mauritania's presidential elections go to a second round

    Voters in Mauritania's election to reinstate a civilian President will have to go to the polls again in a second ballot. Results of yesterday's initial vote reveal that none of the 19 candidates has secured more than 50 per cent support. So now there'll be another vote on Sunday week between the two leading candidates. It will be a head-to-head contest.. More

  • U.N. envoys draw closer on Iran

    Six major powers negotiating U.N. sanctions Iran for its nuclear ambitions said on Monday they were closer to a deal but needed more time to produce a Security Council resolution. "The target is to get this done by the end of the week," including a vote, said Alejandro Wolff, a U.S. ambassador after emerging from talks with ambassadors from Britain,.. More

  • US to build Libyan nuclear plant

    The US is to help Libya build its first-ever nuclear power plant according to the African nation's official news agency, Jana. Jana said on Monday that the General People's Committee, the Libyan parliamentary body, had given approval for the foreign ministry to sign a deal with the US the day before. There was no immediate confirmation of the deal.. More

  • Pakistan lawyers protest against Musharraf

    Thousands of lawyers have clashed with baton-wielding riot police during a nationwide day of action against the sacking of the country's top judge. Lawyers boycotted courts across Pakistan on Monday to protest the removal of Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, the country's top judge, a move the main opposition party claims is politically motivated. Chaudhry.. More

  • Somalia MPs back Mogadishu move

    Somalia's parliament has voted unanimously for the cabinet to relocate to the capital, Mogadishu. Some 170 MPs voted for the ministers to relocate starting next week, at a session in Baidoa, the government's temporary seat. The approval comes after Ugandan troops took control of the airport in Mogadishu from Ethiopian forces. The Ugandans are.. More

  • Top US Army doctor out in scandal

    The US army's top doctor, Lt Gen Kevin Kiley, has retired in the wake of a scandal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the flagship US Army hospital. Gen Kiley becomes the third top-ranking official to lose his job over Walter Reed conditions, which were highlighted last month by the Washington Post. President Bush has said he is "deeply troubled".. More

  • Dubai airport shut after accident

    Dubai international airport was forced to close for more than seven hours after a Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane aborted its take-off on the runway. Up to 15 people were slightly injured in the accident, in which the plane's nose suddenly dived towards the ground and it skidded to a halt. One unconfirmed report said the accident was caused by a.. More