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  • At Least Five Palestinians Killed by Israeli Troops in Gaza

    Israeli raids across the Gaza Strip have killed five Palestinians, including three teenagers. Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli shell on Thursday near a rocket launcher in northern Gaza shortly after two make-shift rockets were fired into Israel, damaging a water pipe and a building. Palestinian residents and witnesses said the three.. More

  • AU to Extend Darfur Mandate

    The African Union has announcedthat it will extend the mandate of its peacekeeping forces in Darfur through the end of the year, ensuring that international troops will remain in the war-torn Sudanese province for now. The United Nations will also provide material and logistic support to the mission,Blaise Compaore, president of Burkina Faso andhead.. More

  • Ali Abdullah Saleh Wins Presidency with 82%

    Counting has started in the Yemeni elections, with Ali Abdullah Saleh, the country's incumbent president, looking set for re-election. Withfour percentof the country's 27,000 ballot boxes counted on Thursday, Saleh had 82 per centof the voteswith Faisal al-Shamlan, the leading opposition candidate, trailing with 16 per cent. Khalid Sharif, an officialin.. More

  • Peaceful Protests Mark Third Night of Hungary Crisis

    Minor skirmishes marred a mostly peaceful protest by thousands of Hungarians in their capital, Budapest. It is the third night of demonstrations sparked by the Prime Minister's admission that he lied to win the last election. The city was on edge after protests on previous nights turned violent in the most serious disturbances witnessed since the.. More

  • Judge Orders Saddam Out of Court

    Saddam Hussein has been ordered out of court by the new chief judge at his genocide trial in Baghdad. The former Iraqi leader refused to sit down in protest at the appointment of Muhammad al-Ureibi and was ejected. The entire team of defence lawyers then walked out as well and the court continued its proceedings without them. The previous trial.. More

  • Thai Coup Leader to Install New PM in Two Weeks

    Thailand's military coup leaders will choose a new prime minister within two weeks and step back from power, army chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin said on Wednesday. But, speaking less than 24 hours after he led a bloodless coup to oust billionaire Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Sonthi said it would take a year to produce a new constitution.. More

  • US Helicopters Intrude into North Waziristan

    Six US helicopters violated Pakistan’s air space by intruding into Lawara Mandi area of the North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday morning, officials and residents said. Eyewitnesses said that the US helicopter gunships had intruded into Lawara Mandi area, about 55 kilometres west of Miramshah after militants attacked allied forces in Pipali area of.. More

  • Bush and Ahmadinejad Cross Swords at UN

    The President of Iran has accused the West of manipulating the UN Security Council in a bid to prevent his country developing nuclear technology. In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended Iran's uranium enrichment activities, condemned by the West as a weapons programme. Tehran has ignored an ultimatum from the UN, demanding.. More

  • Israel, US Press Abbas to Reject Hamas

    The USand Israel have pressed the Palestinian presidentto reject any deal with a Hamas government that refuses to renounce violence, recognise past agreements with Israel and acknowledge itsrightto exist. Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, and Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister, told Mahmoud Abbas in separate talks in New York on Monday.. More

  • Opposition Presses Hungary PM to Quit after Riots

    Hungary's opposition parties called on Tuesday on Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany to quit after thousands of people took to the streets in a night of anti-government riots in which 150 people were injured. The riots, the worst in Hungary since the end of communism, were triggered by the leak of a tape on Sunday in which Gyurcsany said he and his.. More

  • Big German Parties Note NPD's Rise

    The success of the German far-right in the weekend's two state elections, and the mainstream parties weaknesses, have provoked reaction around the country today. Under the leadership of Udo Pastörs, the NPD won over seven percent of the vote in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with campaign slogans like "Tourists welcome, asylum cheats out". So the extreme.. More

  • Somali President Describes Attack

    The interim President of Somalia, Abdullahi Yusuf, has described how he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by a suicide bomber. President Yusuf told the BBC the bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a presidential convoy in the central town of Baidoa. Yusuf said he escaped his burning car, but added that his brother and three bodyguards.. More

  • Sanctions Slapped on North Korea

    Japan and Australia have imposed new financial sanctions against North Korea to put pressure on itto return to talks on ending its nuclear programme. Both countries have stopped the transfer of funds by those suspected of financing North Korea's weapons programme. Australia's foreign office released a list of 11 companies based in Pyongyang, North.. More

  • Bike-Bomber Hits NATO Afghan Convoy

    An unidentified bomber on a bicycle attacked a NATO patrol in southern Afghanistan on Monday killing several soldiers, Afghan police said, a day after NATO declared the Taliban free area. The Taliban, who have unleashed a wave of attacks on government and foreign troops this year, claimed responsibility for the blast in the Panjwai district of Kandahar.. More

  • Sri Lankan Muslims Found Dead

    The bodies of 11 Muslim civilians have been found in a remote area in eastern Sri Lanka, the military has said. The bodies of the men, who had apparently gone to repair an irrigation system, were found in Ampara district. Tamil Tiger rebels were suspected of being behind the attack, army spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe said. There was no comment.. More