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  • Israel's president should face rape charge

    Moshe Katsav, Israel's president, should be charged with rape and sexual harrassment, police have recommended. "There is sufficient evidence indicating that in several cases ... the president carried out acts of rape, forced sexual acts, sexual acts without consent and sexual harassment," the Israeli police said in a statement. The recommendation.. More

  • Spain hails Syria's stance on Lebanon

    Miguel Angel Moratinos, Spain's foreign minister, has described as "very positive" Syria's attitude to a two-month-old truce in Lebanon which Spanish troops are helping enforce. Moratinos said: "We got a very positive response from the Syrian authorities that they want to cooperate and be constructive in the consolidation of implementation of UN Security.. More

  • Human error behind France rail crash

    Human error was to blame in a deadly head-on train collision earlier this week near France's border with Luxembourg, railway authorities from both countries have said. A joint statement by France and Luxembourg's national railroad companies on Sunday said an error at the rail traffic control centre in Bettembourg, Luxembourg, was responsible for Wednesday's.. More

  • Six hurt in Beirut rocket attack

    Six civilians have been injured after rockets smashed into a building next to the UN headquarters and the prime minister's offices in central Beirut. Police said one rocket smashed through a window of the building and injured people inside, a second exploded against a wall leaving while a third exploded on the pavement, damaging two cars. The building.. More

  • At least nine Palestinians killed by Israeli troops

    Israeli troops have killednine Palestinianfighters in the Gaza Strip amid a surge in violence in the coastal territory. In the past three days, 21 Palestinians have been killed in fighting in Gaza and two dozen have been wounded. The latestfighter killed was from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a wing of Abbas's Fatah movement. His car was struck by.. More

  • North Korea rejects UN resolution

    The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its claimed nuclear test in a resolution that Pyongyang immediately rejected. The US-drafted resolution, which said the communist state's action was a "clear threat to international peace and security," allows nations to stop cargo going to and.. More

  • Sudan signs eastern peace deal

    Sudan and eastern rebelshave signed a peace agreement in the Eritrean capital,ending years of fighting. Saturday'sdeal comes after negotiations between the Khartoum government and a coalition of rebel groups known as the Eastern Front. Omar al-Bashir,Sudan's president,called thepeace deal an example of "Africans solving an African problemwithout.. More

  • US: Radiation at N Korea test site

    An air sample taken after North Korea's claimed nuclear test has detected radioactive debris consistent with an atomic explosion, Bush administration and congressional officials have said. "There is a preliminary analysis that suggests that the event in North Korea was consistent with a nuclear explosion," a US official said on Friday. The official.. More

  • Battle rages for Somalia seaport

    Fighters of the Islamic Courts Union and pro-government forces have clashed on the outskirts of Kismayo, Somalia's third largest town and strategic seaport, according to witness reports. Pro-government forces loyal to Colonel Barre Hirale Aden Shire, the Somalian defense minister, tried to recapture Kismayo late on Friday, three weeks after losing.. More

  • Iraqi police commander dies in blast

    A bomb has exploded in a police station in the Iraqi city of Hilla, killing the commander of an Iraqi special police force responsible for tackling the growing violence. Colonel Salam al-Maamuri, head of the US-trained Iraqi police special intervention team, died along with his deputy in a blast that left at leasteight other officers injured, Iraqi.. More

  • Israeli air strike adds to Gaza toll

    Israeli forces have killed four Palestinians, three of them Hamas fighters, in an air strike on their car in the Gaza Strip. The air assault followed the death of a woman who was shot by a sniperin the south of Gaza. Thirteen Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours. Palestinians said an Israeli missile struck the.. More

  • Bangladeshi bank wins Nobel prize

    The Nobel peace prize has been jointly awarded to the economist Muhammad Yunus and the bank he founded, which provides loans to the rural poor of Bangladesh. The Grameen bank and its creator were praised by the Nobel committee for their efforts to help "create economic and social development from below" in their home country by using innovative economic.. More

  • Israel accused of using 'Dime' bombs

    A team ofItalianjournalistsinvestigating Israeli weaponsis claiming thatan experimental weaponhas been used against thePalestinians in recent months. The weapon is believed to have caused more than 300 serious injuries leading to 62 amputations and 200 deaths between the months of June and July, doctors told Aljazeera.It is widely believed the weapon.. More

  • Assailants storm killing TV staff in Baghdad

    Armed men have raided the offices of an Iraqi satellite channel in Baghdad and killed several guards and employees. Reuters quoted Hasan Kamil, executive manager of Shaabiya, as saying that the assailants had stormed the station's office in eastern Zayuna district at 7am (0400 GMT) on Thursday, killing two guards and five other staff, including the.. More

  • Seven wounded in Afghan blasts

    At least seven people have been wounded in two explosions in eastern Afghanistan, police say. An unidentified bomber blew himself up near a vehicle carrying Afghan troops in Khost province, killing himself and injuring at least three others. In another blast, four people were hurt when a bomb went off near a vehicle carrying US troops in the same.. More