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  • Nato focuses on security

    Leaders from the 26 members of Nato are meeting in Riga for their second and final session before the summit breaks up, with the focus on topics other than their Afghan mission. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Nato's secretary-general, paid tribute to the 50,000 Nato soldiers serving around the world in missions such as Afghanistan. Discussions in the Latvian.. More

  • Iraqi children killed by US troops in Ramadi

    Five girls and a baby have been killed in a US raid on a house in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, the US military has told Al Jazeera. The US military said two armed men had opened fire from the roof of a house on a US patrol disarming a roadside bomb, prompting the soldiers to reply with tank fire on Tuesday. Following the pre-dawn barrage, US troops.. More

  • Al-Bashir rejects Darfur genocide

    Omar Al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, has said there is no humanitarian crisis in Darfur and that less than 9,000 people had been killed there during the four years of conflict. He disputed the findings of latest reports on the situation in the region, rejected talk of genocide and said violence stemmed from tribal tensions and drought. A UN report.. More

  • Kosovo protesters attack UN site

    UN police and local security forces have used teargas to disperse thousands of ethnic Albanian protesters in the Kosovan capital, Pristina. Protesters smashed windows and threw red paint at the Kosovo parliament, government building and UN compound. The pro-independence Vetvendosja (Self-Determination) movement held the rally to show opposition.. More

  • Baghdad hospital blasts kill four

    Two car bombs outside one of Baghdad's main hospitals have killed four people and injured at least seven others, Iraqi security officials say. Most were civilians waiting to collect relatives' bodies from the Yarmouk hospital mortuary, they said. Separately, northern Kirkuk province governor Abdul Rahman Mustafa survived a suicide bomb attack, police.. More

  • Israeli PM offers 'hand of peace'

    Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he hopes to revive long-stalled peace efforts with the Palestinians, as a ceasefire takes hold in the Gaza Strip. In a major policy speech, Mr Olmert pledged humanitarian and economic incentives if militants freed a captive Israeli soldier and violence ceased. The speech comes against a backdrop of increased.. More

  • US F-16 downed in Iraqi province

    A US F-16 fighter aircraft has gone down near the city of Fallujah in western Iraq. The US airforce said the plane's pilot was missing and an investigation into the cause of the incident had been launched. However, and Iraqi journalist said local residents had reported seeing the F-16 being shot down. Muthana Shakir, an Iraqi journalist in Baghdad.. More

  • Turkish PM to meet pope in Ankara

    Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, has agreed to meet Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, reversing an earlier decision. Erdogan had said he was unable to meet the pope due to his attendance at a Nato summit. He will now meet Benedict on the pontiff's arrival at Ankara airport before leaving for Latvia, said a Vatican spokesman. Benedict's.. More

  • Serb war criminal boycots trial

    The war crimes trial of the ultra-nationalist Serbian politician Vojislav Seselj has opened in his absence, after the hunger-striking defendant failed to appear in court. When Seselj, who has insisted on conducting his own defence, did not turn up for a preliminary hearing, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) appointed.. More

  • Israeli troops kill two Palestinians in West Bank

    A Palestinian fighter and a woman have been killed in an Israeli military operation near Jenin in the northern West Bank, Palestinian security and medical sources said. Abdel Razek Nasser, a local leader in the Popular Resistance Committees, died during an exchange of fire with Israeli soldiers in Kabatiyeh. The woman, a neighbour, was killed as.. More

  • Dozens killed in Iran plane crash

    Thirty-six people have been killed and two injured after an Iranian military aeroplane crashed at Tehran's airport. State television said that the Antonov-74 belonged to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and the military identified 30 of the dead as military personnel and six crew crew. "It crashed at the end of the runway. at 7:30 local time," Reza Jafarzadeh,.. More

  • Somali troops move towards Ethiopia

    The Islamic Courts Union that controls much of southern Somalia has dispatched thousands of troops to within 15km of the border with Ethiopia. The move on Sunday comes as the leaders of both the Islamic Courts and Ethiopia warn that the region is moving closer to war. "All our troops in the region are now ready at the front lines to face their enemy,".. More

  • Turkish protests at Pope's visit

    Thousands of Muslims have taken part in a protest in Istanbul against the Pope's forthcoming visit to Turkey. The crowds booed - and shouted slogans such as "Don't come Pope" - as pictures of Benedict XVI were shown on a giant screen in a square in the city suburbs. The Pope sparked outrage across the Muslim world in September, when he quoted a.. More

  • Berlusconi collapses during rally

    Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been taken ill during a speech to supporters in northern Italy. Mr Berlusconi, 70, slumped at the podium at a rally in Tuscany and collapsed into the arms of his aides. He was examined by a doctor, and a spokesman later said Mr Berlusconi had struggled with the heat and suffered a drop in blood.. More

  • Iraqi leader attacks politicians

    Iraq's prime minister says politicians, rather than insurgents, are the ones ultimately responsible for the deteriorating security situation. Taking an unusually tough stance, Nouri Maliki said only an end to political wrangling could end the bloodshed which on Thursday saw 200 killed in Baghdad. It was the deadliest series of attacks since the.. More