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  • NATO Chief Leads Extraordinary Talks on Afghan Reinforcements

    NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has chaired an extraordinary meeting aimed at finding more troops to combat the tenacious insurgency in southern Afghanistan, but alliance members have so far ignored the appeal. The meeting on Monday with NATO ambassadors followed a call last week by the alliance's military chief, US General James Jones,.. More

  • Breakthrough in Palestinian Unity Talks

    Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and Ismail Haniya, the Palestinian prime minister, have reportedlyreached a breakthrough in negotiations that could see the formation of a new unity government within days. Sami Abu Zuhri, the official spokesman for Hamas, said after the two leaders held several hours of negotiations in Gaza City on Sunday:.. More

  • Iran Denies Offering to Suspend Nuclear Programme

    Confusion surrounds the outcome of weekend talks between Iran's top nuclear negotiator and the EU's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana. After the end of Sunday's session in Vienna, a spokesman for Ali Larijani said they'd cleared up some misunderstandings and would meet again in the coming week. However Iranian officials denied reports that Tehran.. More

  • Blast Kills Afghan Governor

    An Afghan provincial governor was assassinated by a suicide bomber on Sunday, as Nato said it killed 34 more Taliban fighters in its biggest offensive against the resurgent group. Hakim Taniwal, the governor of Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan, his nephew and chief bodyguard were killed in the suicide attack claimed by the Taliban. Taniwal,.. More

  • Lebanese Cleric Says Blair Unwelcome

    British prime minister, who is on a tour of the Middle East, is not welcome in Lebanon because of his support for Israel and the United States. Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah criticised Tony Blair for not calling for an early truceto endIsrael's 34-day war with Hezbollahand for allowing US weapons to be shipped via Britain to Israel for usein Lebanon. The.. More

  • Montenegro PM Claims Poll Victory

    Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic has claimed victory in the country's first general election since declaring independence. Djukanovic said his party had won an absolute majority in a "triumph of pro-European policy in Montenegro". The official results have not been announced, but a leading monitoring body said it projects a Djukanovic.. More

  • September 11 Remembered

    Americans will mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Monday with somber ceremonies across the country and at the sites of the devastation in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. The milestone has revived traumatic memories of the day when nearly 3,000 people were killed by al Qaeda and has sharpened an election-year debate.. More

  • Abbas Willing to Meet Israeli PM

    Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he isready to meet the Israeliprime minister without preconditions. Abbas told a press conference in Ram Allahon Sunday following talks with Tony Blair, the visiting British prime minister:"I stand fully ready to meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmertwithout prior conditions and we are ready to begin.. More

  • Five Killed in Baghdad Blast

    A roadside bomb has killed at leastfive people and wounded 17 in central Baghdad. Brigadier-General Abdul Karim Khalaf, an interior ministry spokesman, said the attack on Sunday took place at 11.20am (0720 GMT) near Baghdad's central Tayran Square. The bomb detonated near a mobile phone shop near the square, a popular commercial area with shops specializing.. More

  • Afghan Governor Assassinated

    A bomber has killed the governor of Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province, along with two other people, police say. Abdul Hakim Taniwal was driving from his office when the attacker, his body strapped with explosives, ran towards the car and detonated the bomb, said Abdul Annan Raufi, the local police chief. The other fatalities included one of.. More

  • Iran Nuclear Talks 'Constructive'

    Ali Larijani, Iran's nuclear negotiatorand Javier Solana, the EU foreign policy chief, have had "constructive" talks and will resume them on Sunday, both sides have said. The talks between Solana and Ali Larijani have widely been seen as possibly being the last chance to avert UN Security Council moves toimpose sanctions againstTehranover its atomic.. More

  • Olmert Ready to Meet Abbas

    Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, has toldTony Blair during talks in Jerusalem thatheis ready to meet the Palestinian president. But Olmert stressed that securing the release of Gilad Shalit,the Israeli soldierabducted by Palestinianfightersfrom the Gaza Strip in June,was top of the agenda ahead of any meeting with Mahmoud Abbas. Addressing.. More

  • Iraq Prime Minister to Visit Iran

    Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's Shi'a prime minister,is preparing tomake his first official visit to neighboring Shi'a Iran. Ali Dabhhagh, an Iraqi government spokesman, said that Maliki, a Shi'a, would discuss with fellow Islamist leaders in Iran, including president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,the "principle of no interference in internal affairs" during his.. More

  • Thousands Demonstrate in Tel Aviv

    More than 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv late on Saturday, demanding that the government back an independent inquiry into the Lebanon war and urging Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, to resign. The crowd - numbered at 25,000 by the police and described as tens of thousands by organizers - held Israeli flags and banners demanding.. More

  • Bush Seeking Iranian Lessons

    Just three days after branding its president a tyrant, George Bush has said that he is "interested in learning more" about the Iranian government. During an interview with the Wall Street Journal, made public on Friday, the US president said he personally approved granting a visa to Iran's former president, Mohammad Khatami, who made several speeches.. More