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  • Ethiopia launches attack on Somalia

    Ethiopian aircraft have dropped bombs and fired missiles on several towns in Somalia in what a government spokesman described as a "counter-attack" against the Islamic Courts Union. Somali government forces have been fighting the Islamic Courts for six days, but this is the first time Ethiopia has admitted to becoming involved.Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian.. More

  • Iraqi police deaths 'hit 12,000'

    Some 12,000 police officers in Iraq have died in the line of duty since the US-led invasion in 2003, Interior Minister Jawad Bolani said. The figure is from a total force of about 190,000 officers, he said. The announcement follows a suicide bomb attack that killed seven policemen and wounded 20 others during a morning parade at a base north of.. More

  • Egyptian woman dies of bird flu

    An Egyptian woman has died after contracting the bird flu virus, officials at the World Health Organistaion [WHO] have said. The thirty-year-old woman died in a hospital in Cairo on Sunday, shortly after tests confirmed that she and two members of her extended family had contracted the H5N1 virus. Hassan el-Bushra, a WHO regional adviser for communicable.. More

  • Fresh upsurge in Somalia fighting

    Fighting has intensified in Somalia, with reports of Ethiopian troops and aircraft attacking positions deep inside the country. Ethiopia backs the weak government, which has lost control of much of Somalia to the Islamic militiamen. Witnesses say Ethiopian fighters have bombarded the town of Beledweyne near the Ethiopian border. Heavy fighting.. More

  • Israel to release Palestinian funds

    The Israeli prime minister has agreed to release $100 million in tax rebates to the Palestinians and ease travel restrictions in the West Bank, a senior Palestinian negotiator has said. Ehud Olmert made the pledges in a meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, on Saturday, said Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. No agreement was reached.. More

  • Malaysia floods displace thousands

    Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced after Malaysia's worst floods in 37 years, with food shortages and looting reported. Six people, all in the worst-hit southern Malaysian state of Johor, have now died in the floods, which the government described as the worst since 1969. Malaysian weathermen warned the floods could spread to the central and.. More

  • Iran thumbs its nose at sanctions

    Iran has said it will start installing 3,000 centrifuges from Sunday at its Natanz uranium enrichment plant as an immediate reaction to the UN Security Council resolution.Ali Larijani,Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator, told the Kayhan newspaper: "We will start our installation activities at the Natanz facility."Earlier, Iran denounced UN sanctions.. More

  • Islamic Courts seek to expand war

    A Somali Islamic Courts defense chief has for the first time called on foreign Muslim fighters to join his movement's war against Ethiopia. "We're saying our country is open to Muslims worldwide. Let them fight in Somalia and wage jihad, and God willing, attack Addis Ababa," Yusuf Mohamed Siad, known as Inda'ade, said. "We want anyone who can help.. More

  • UN set to vote on Iran sanctions

    The UN Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution imposing trade sanctions against Iran over its failure to halt uranium enrichment. Such measures would ban the supply of nuclear-related technology and materials, freeze certain assets and ban travel for specific individuals. The draft has been amended several times to accommodate.. More

  • Fatah security officer shot

    A senior Palestinian security officer loyal to Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party is critically wounded after being shot by masked men in the southern Gaza Strip. Two other people, including a seven-year-old girl, were wounded in the attack on Saturday in the Rafah refugee camp near the Egyptian border, witnesses said. At least 10 Palestinians have been.. More

  • US military: Taliban leader killed

    US-led forces say they have killed a close associate of Osama bin Laden in an air strike in southern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan. Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani was killed on December 19 while travelling by vehicle in a deserted area in the southern province of Helmand, the US military said on Saturday.Osmani was the Taliban's chief.. More

  • Somali civilians flee fighting

    Somalian government forces backed by Ethiopian troops have used artillery against Islamic Court fighters advancing on Baidoa, the transitional government's only stronghold. Thousands of Somali civilians fled their homes as hundreds of troops and trucks moved towards the front lines on Friday, after a night of artillery and mortar fire. Both the.. More

  • Hamas and Fatah clash in Gaza

    It was not immediately clear if the fighting involved Fatah, Hamas's rivals.Early reports said that men loyal to a local clan had attacked al-Zahar's house.The number of casualties was not immediately clear.Clashes between Fatah and Hamas fighters were also reported in the northerth West Bank city of Nablus. Al Jazeera's correspondent said that a.. More

  • Al-Sadr set to rejoin government

    Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shia cleric, has agreed to allow his supporters to rejoin the Iraqi government after a three-week boycott. The cleric pulled out of the government three weeks ago to protest against the Iraqi prime minister's meeting with George Bush, the US President, officials close to the militia leader said late on Thursday. "The main.. More

  • Somalis 'at war' with Ethiopia

    The leader of the Union of Islamic Courts, which controls the capital and much of southern Somalia, says they are in a state of war with Ethiopia. "All Somalis should take part in this struggle against Ethiopia," Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys said from Mogadishu. Fresh heavy fighting is reported near the weak Somali government's Baidoa base, amid fears.. More