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  • Fatal bus blasts rock Lebanon

    Three people are reported to have been killed and about 20 injured after bomb blasts tore through two buses near the Lebanese Christian mountain town of Bikfaya.Television footage showed at least one bus totally destroyed and ambulances carrying away people on Tuesday.Police sources had earlier put the death toll at about 12, but later reduced the figure.Bloo.. More

  • Series of blasts hit Algeria

    Bombs have exploded near four police stations east of the Algerian capital Algiers, killing six people and injuring at least 30, residents, police and officials have said. Some of the seven attacks Tuesday morning were car bombings, APS, the state-owned news agency said. Two of the dead were police officers, the agency said. It also reported 13.. More

  • Taha Yassin Ramadan sentenced to hang

    The Iraqi High Court has ruled that the former vice president of Iraq will hang despite appeals from the UN to spare his life. Taha Yassin Ramadan said "God knows I didn't do anything wrong" shortly before judge Ali al-Kahachi sentenced him to death. Ramadan was sentenced in November to life in jail for his role in the killing of 148 Shia men from.. More

  • Migrant ship docks in Mauritania

    Hundreds of Asian and African migrants have disembarked from their ship in the Mauritanian port of Nouadhibou, after being stranded at sea for a week. The stricken vessel was given clearance to dock after Spain, the migrants' intended destination, agreed to pay for their medical treatment and travel. Doctors were despatched to the Marine 1 while.. More

  • EU Ministers back UN plan For Kosovo's future

    The European Union has given its backing to a UN plan for the future status of Kosovo, which envisions greater autonomy for the province.EU foreign ministers, in a statement issued after a meeting in Brussels today, said it would strengthen regional stability, and expressed "full support" for the plan's author, former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. Th.. More

  • Scores killed in Baghdad blasts

    Twin car bombs in central Baghdad have killed up to 120 people and wounded more than 150.The blasts on Monday came on the first anniversary of the bombing of the Al Askari mosque in Samarra, north of the capital.The first car bomb exploded in a garage under a wholesale market in the Shorja district killing more than 40 people. A second explosion hit.. More

  • Iran president attacks US claims

    Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says US accusations Tehran is fomenting violence in Iraq are an attempt to hide Washington's own failures. Mr Ahmadinejad made the comments in a rare US television interview on Monday. US officials in Iraq had said they had evidence that Iran was providing weapons to Shia militias who attacked the US military... More

  • Russia seeks closer ties with Saudi

    Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has offered to help Saudi Arabia develop atomic energy and pledged to boost ties with the Islamic world.Putin listed the "development of atomic energy" as one of the potential areas of cooperation between Moscow and Riyadh, a key US ally, according to an Arabic interpretation of his remarks in Russian. The offer,.. More

  • Iranian bombs kill 170 in Iraq, say US officials

    Sophisticated Iranian-built bombs smuggled into Iraq have killed at least 170 US and allied soldiers since June 2004 and wounded 620 more, senior US defence officials said yesterday. The US believes orders to send components for the bombs came from the "highest levels" of the Iranian government. Three coalition officials met reporters to point the.. More

  • Robert Gates meets with Musharraf

    US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has held talks with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf amid a US push to line up support for a decisive spring offensive against the Taliban. Gates arrived here from Europe, where he appealed to Washington's allies to contribute more troops, equipment, and support personnel for the 35,000-strong NATO-led force in.. More

  • Afghan police killed by in fresh Taliban attack

    Taliban fighters have ambushed a truck carrying police in southern Afghanistan, killing four officers and injuring three others. Asmatullah Alizai, a provincial police chief, said the attack occurred on Friday evening near Talukan village in Kandahar province's Panjwayi district. Alizai said the three injured were in a serious condition. Taliban.. More

  • CIA kidnap Muslim cleric freed in Egypt

    The Egyptian authorities have released a Muslim cleric kidnapped in a suspected CIA operation in Italy and handed to Egypt. Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, was snatched from a Milan street in 2003 and flown to Egypt, where he said he was tortured by Egyptian agents who beat him and gave him electric shocks. Montasser al-Zayat,.. More

  • Iran insists on nuclear program

    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has insisted on Iran's right to develop nuclear fuel while staying within international rules. Mr Ahmadinejad accused the West of making false offers - calling for talks and then insisting that Tehran first halts its uranium enrichment work. The president was addressing a mass rally in Tehran, marking the 28th anniversary.. More

  • Iraqi police killed by truck bomb

    A bomber has detonated an animal feed truck packed with explosives outside a police station in northern Iraq. The attack has killed at least 30 people and wounded 50, while destroying the police station in the town of Dawr near Tikrit north of Baghdad, officials said on Sunday. Lieutenant-Colonel Hur Baz of the Dawr police station said that policemen.. More

  • Israel to continue excavation

    The Israeli cabinet has voted to continue excavations outside Jerusalem's al-Aqsa compound despite increasing domestic and international protests, a government official has said.The official said on Sunday: "All the ministers agreed the work being done does not harm Islamic holy sites in any way."Israel's archaeological authority is searching for ancient.. More