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  • Hundreds arrested in Danish clashes

    At least 188 people are reported to have been arrested during a second night of violent protests in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Protesters erected burning barricades and set cars ablaze as hundreds of police officers in riot gear used tear gas to disperse demonstrators protesting against the eviction of squatters from a building.The violence.. More

  • Bodies of Iraqi policemen 'found'

    Iraqi officials say they have found the bodies of 14 policemen who went missing shortly after leaving their base north of the capital, Baghdad. The bodies were found in the Diyala province, close to where the policemen disappeared on Thursday, officials say. Earlier, an al-Qaeda-linked group claimed it had kidnapped 18 interior ministry employees.. More

  • 'Progress' in Iran sanction talks

    The US has reported progress in talks with major powers on imposing further sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment. US state department officials said most of the issues had been resolved during a conference call between the US, UK, Germany, China, Russia and France. Ambassadors could start drafting a new UN resolution.. More

  • Somali capital rocked by blasts

    Six explosions have hit the Somali capital, Mogadishu, seriously injuring six civilians - a day after Ugandan peacekeepers left for Somalia. Two children were among those injured in a market where some of the mortars exploded during Friday prayers. Dozens have been killed by insurgents since the Ethiopian-backed government forces defeated Islamists.. More

  • Two killed in Afghan bombing, doctor found dead

    A bomb targeting a provincial police chief's vehicle in western Afghanistan killed two people and wounded 53 Thursday while authorities found the bullet-riddled body of a kidnapped doctor. The remotely detonated bomb exploded in the centre of the town of Farah, capital of the province of the same name, at a point where labourers had gathered for day.. More

  • 'Mossad' trial resumes in Cairo

    The trial has resumed in Cairo of an Egyptian accused of spying for Israel. Defendant Mohammed al-Attar, who has dual Canadian citizenship, denies charges of being a Mossad agent. The 31-year-old says a confession he made was extracted under torture by Egypt's intelligence services and has asked the Canadian government for help. Three Israelis.. More

  • UN criticizes US Guantanamo action

    The UN human-rights chief has expressed serious "concern" about recent US legislative and judicial decisions that leave hundreds of Guantanamo detainees without any way to challenge their indefinite imprisonment. Louise Arbour said the inmates had "no credible mechanism to ascertain the validity of ... suspicions or allegations". Speaking at a news.. More

  • US accused on 'missing' prisoners

    Thirty eight people believed to have been held in secret CIA prisons - or black sites - are missing, according to a report by a US human rights group. The Human Rights Watch (HRW) report also details allegations of torture by a terror suspect who was held in secret custody for more than two years. The group has asked US President George W Bush to.. More

  • Israel kills Islamic Jihad fighters

    Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank have shot dead three Palestinian fighters in Jenin, while in Nablus they have resumed raids halted one day before.An undercover Israeli unit on Wednesday killed Ashraf al-Saadi, leader of al-Quds Brigades in the West Bank, and two other activists in Jenin, Al Jazeera's correspondent said.Al-Quds Brigades is the.. More

  • Car bomb kills 10 in Baghdad

    A car bomb has killed at least 10 people and wounded 21 near a vegetable market in Baghdad, Iraqi police said. Also on Wednesday, two brothers of a prominent Sunni politician were killed in Muqdadiya, north of Baghdad, police and the politician said.The latest bombing comes amid a security crackdown launched two weeks ago in Baghdad by US and Iraqi.. More

  • Israeli police ban Muslim-Christian conference on holy site

    Israeli police on Wednesday banned a press-conference by Muslim and Christian opponents to Israeli excavation work near the Al-Aqsa mosque. Police went to the Commodore Hotel in east Jerusalem and delivered an order canceling the event. The mufti of Jerusalem, the leader of Israel's Islamic Movement and a Roman Orthodox archbishop in the city were.. More

  • Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade re-elected

    Senegal's veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade has won a second term in the country's presidential elections, according to provisional results. But one of the leading opposition parties, the Socialist Party, which ruled the country for four decades before being ousted by Wade in 2000 elections, said it was contesting the poll outcome. Figures from the west.. More

  • Canada quits anti-terrorism laws

    The Canadian parliament has refused to extend controversial anti-terrorism legislation enacted after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US which allows for preventive arrests and compels testimony. The motion by Stephen Harper, the prime minister, was defeated 159-124 in the House of Commons on Tuesday. The ruling conservative government had wanted.. More

  • Israeli raids resume in Nablus

    Dozens of armoured vehicles, jeeps and bulldozers have raided Nablus, a day after the Israeli army had ceased the now four-day operation in the West Bank Palestinian city. An Israeli military spokeswoman said troops were "continuing operations against terrorist infrastructure" in the city. In the West Bank city of Jenin, Israeli troops shot dead.. More

  • Sudan defiant on Darfur suspects

    Sudan says it will not hand over two men named by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court as war crimes suspects in the Darfur region. The ICC named Humanitarian Affairs Minister Ahmed Haroun and Janjaweed militia leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb. Sudan said the ICC had no jurisdiction to try Sudanese and.. More