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  • US senators oppose Bush's Iraq plan

    Senators from both political parties have unveiled a non-binding resolution opposing the plan to increase US troop numbers in Iraq. The resolution symbolically puts the Senate on record as saying the US commitment in Iraq "can only be sustained" with popular support. George Bush, the US president, plans to send 21,500 more US troops to Iraq. Democrat.. More

  • Aid groups issue Darfur warning

    UN aid agencies have appealed to the warring parties to end the violence in Darfur, saying otherwise the aid keeping millions alive will be "irreversibly jeopardised". The statement issued jointly by 14 agencies said an influx of foreign aid was the only thing "holding the line" for 2.5 million refugees and over 1 million civilians in Darfur. The.. More

  • Greek students clash with police

    Greek police have used tear gas against students demonstrating against government plans to allow private universities. Demonstrators tried to break through a barricade near the Greek parliament building on Wednesday, prompting police to fire the gas. Another group of protesters threw firebombs at police motorcyclists. A car belonging to the embassy.. More

  • Head of Israeli military resigns

    Lieutenant-General Dan Halutz, the Israeli military chief, has tendered his resignation, the Israeli military reports, in a move seen as yielding to demands that he pay the price for Israel's botched summer war in Lebanon.Halutz's decision to step aside - reported early on Wednesday - increases the pressure on Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister,.. More

  • Bush criticizes Saddam hanging

    The US president has said the Iraqi government "fumbled" the execution of Saddam Hussein by making it look like a revenge killing. George Bush, in an interview on Tuesday with the US Public Broadcasting System, said he was disappointed in the way the government had carried out the hanging of the former Iraqi leader last month."I was pleased with the.. More

  • Taliban spokesman arrested

    Al Jazeera reports that Nato-led troops and Afghan forces arrested Muhammad Hanif, a Taliban spokesman, in Nangarhar province in the east after he crossed through a border checkpoint from Pakistan.Hanif, one of two spokesmen who often contacted journalists on behalf of the militia, was held at the border town of Torkham on Monday, said Sayed Ansari,.. More

  • Philippine militant leader 'killed'

    The Philippine military says it is trying to confirm whether a top al-Qaeda-linked separatist was killed in a clash at a remote jungle camp. Abu Sulaiman, a senior leader of the Abu Sayyaf group, was believed to have been fatally shot when army special forces raided his camp on the southern island of Jolo, a military spokesman said."All indications.. More

  • Scores killed in Baghdad university

    At least 65 people have been killed in the fourth bomb attack in Baghdad in the space of one day, following earlier attacks on police and near a Sunni mosque in the Iraqi capital. Students and staff were leaving Mustansiriya University when a booby-trapped car and a suicide bomber exploded outside. More than 100 people were injured. "The majority.. More

  • Israel and Syria 'held Golan talks'

    Uofficial negotiations between Syria and Israel took place between 2004 and 2006, producing agreements that both sides hoped could act as a framework for a future peace deal, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.The newspaper reported on Tuesday that a series of understandings had been reached. One of them required Israel to withdraw from the disputed.. More

  • Pakistan strikes camp in Waziristan

    The Pakistan army has launched an air attack on what it believes to be a camp for suspected fighters in Waziristan, a tribal area bordering Afghanistan.Major-General Shaukat Sultan, a spokesman for the military, said between 25 and 30 suspects were present at the time of the attack on Tuesday."The operation was carried out at around 6:55am (01:55.. More

  • UN and EU blast hanging of 2 Saddam aides

    United Nations and European Union leaders have condemned the executions in Baghdad of two of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's top aides. UN chief Ban Ki-Moon said he regretted the move, while a top EU official said it had damaged Iraqi reconciliation. The US and UK also expressed concern about the conduct of the executions. Barzan Ibrahim.. More

  • Somalia transitional president orders crackdown on media

    Somalia's government ordered four major media outlets to shut as the president named a team to take charge of Mogadishu, the war-torn capital. The interim government, newly equipped with emergency powers, ordered HornAfrik Media, Shabelle Media Network, the Koranic radio station IQK and Al Jazeera, to cease operations in Somalia on Monday. The broadcasters.. More

  • Asia steps up bird flu fight

    South-East Asian officials have stepped up their fight against the deadly bird flu virus, as the disease spreads across the region. Indonesia will soon ban the raising of non-commercial fowl in residential areas to battle the H5N1 virus, which killed four people last week, a senior official said on Tuesday. In Thailand, 1,900 ducks were culled in.. More

  • US to hunt foreign networks in Iraq

    The United States has said it plans to "go after" what it says are networks of Iranian and Syrian agents in Iraq. Washington also told the Iraqi public not to expect an instant improvement in security in the capital, Baghdad.This came in a joint press conference given by Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador to Iraq, and General George Casey, the outgoing.. More

  • Iran presses on with enrichment

    Iran has said it is pressing ahead with its nuclear program despite recent sanctions by the UN Security Council. An official said Iran is moving towards the industrial production of nuclear fuel, with the installation of 3,000 centrifuges for enriching uranium. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Reuters Iran was planning to expand its facilities.. More