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  • Israel Calls up Thousands of Reservists

    Israel has called up army reservists but an Israeli military source has ruled out a mass invasion of Lebanon. The Israeli army told 3,000 reserves to report for duty, an Israeli military source said on Friday, a day after Amir Peretz, the defence minister, refused to rule out a land offensive. Peretz said: "There is no intention of occupying Lebanon,.. More

  • Bomb Attacks Kill Six Afghans, Two Coalition Soldiers

    Two bombers who blew themselves up in the Afghan city of Kandahar have killed two coalition soldiers and at least six civilians. The first attack occurred at around 5.45pm on Saturday when a military convoy was rammed by a car bomber. A coalition spokesman, Major Scott Lundy, said two soldiers were killed and eight wounded. A second bomber blew.. More

  • Tsunami Death Toll Rises to 650

    The death toll in the tsunami that struck the Indonesian island of Java has risen to more than 650. Around 100 new bodies have been found in recent days, the national disaster agency said. More than 300 people are still missing after Monday's disaster. The tsunami, triggered by an undersea earthquake, struck a 200km (125-mile) stretch of Java's.. More

  • Hezbollah Stands Fast, Says Nasrallah

    Hezbollah’s leader has told Aljazeera that its leadership remains functioning, despite Israeli claims. In an interview with the TV channel, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said that the two Israeli soldiers captured byHezbollah would not be released even"if the whole universe comes against us". He said that the soldiers would be freed only as part of a.. More

  • Baghdad Curfew Extended

    A daytime curfew on Baghdad has been extended in an apparent effort tocut violence after one of the bloodiest weeks this year. Iraqi state television announced that a four-hour traffic ban in force every Friday to curb bomb attacks on mosques during weekly prayers would be extended through most of the day. The regular Friday ban on traffic in Baghdad.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill more Palestinians

    The Israeli army has killed one Hamas fighter and four civilians in central Gaza. The five Palestinians died when Israeli shells hit their house in Gaza City's Shijia district on Monday morning, medics and Hamas members said. The Israeli attack killed the Hamas fighter and four of his relatives, including his mother and two of her grandchildren. The.. More

  • Sunnis Kidnapped in Baghdad

    Twenty employees of a government agency that looks after Sunni mosques and shrines across Iraq have been kidnapped in two attacks in Baghdad. The two attacks happened in the same place in Baghdadin the past two days, a spokesman for the agency said on Wednesday. A total of20staff were abducted, firstfrom a minibus on Tuesday,and then from a car.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill 14 Palestinians

    Israeli troops have killedat least 14Palestinians and injured dozens of people, including an Aljazeera technician, in the occupied Palestinian territories. An Israeli military spokesman said troops on an arrest raid had opened fire at fighters in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday. Aljazeera's correspondent in Nablus saida group of Palestinians.. More

  • Lebanon Torn to Shreds, Says PM

    Lebanon's prime minister has told foreign ambassadors thathis country"has been torn to shreds". Fuad Siniora said: "Can the international community stand by while such callous retribution by the state ofIsrael is inflicted on us? "You want to support the government of Lebanon? Let me tell you ... no government can survive on the ruins of a nation. "I.. More

  • Islamists Close in on Somali Government

    Somalia's transitional government is on alert after Islamist militias, which control much of the south of the country, moved closer to their base in the north. Witnesses said fighters from the Islamic Courts Union were in the town of Bur Haqaba, 60km from the government's base of Baidoa. A militia official said that his forces will soon seize the.. More

  • Indonesia Bird Flu Deaths Hit 42

    Indonesia has recorded its 42nd human bird flu death, bringing the country level with Vietnam as the worst affected by the disease. Tests by the World Health Organization showed that a 44-year-old man who died last week had the H5N1 virus, health ministry officials said. Indonesia has registered more bird flu deaths this year than any other nation... More

  • Japanese Troops Withdraw from Iraq

    About 200 Japanese troops previously based in southern Iraq have left an air base in Kuwait on their way home. Japan ended its mission in the city of Samawa earlier this week when the security of the southern province of al-Muthanna was handed over to the Iraqi forces. The troops had been carrying out reconstruction and humanitarian work in the province. T.. More

  • Israel to Send Ground Troops into Lebanon

    Israelhas saidit may send ground forces into Lebanon, raising doubts about the chances of growing international efforts to broker an immediate ceasefire. Major-General Moshe Kaplinsky, the army's deputy chief of staff, said Israel had not ruled out deploying "massive ground forces" in the country. "If we have to do this, we will. We are not ruling.. More

  • Java Tsunami Toll Passes 500

    An aftershock sent hundreds scrambling for high ground on Wednesday in fear of more giant waves, as rescuers pulled bodies from the debris and aid trickled into this Indonesian town two days after a tsunami. While the death toll jumped to 525, a search continued for 273 people still missing after huge waves smashed into a 300-km (186 mile) stretch.. More

  • Catastrophe Looms in Lebanon Warns UN

    The UN last night warned of a humanitarian "catastrophe" in Lebanon as Israel launched more deadly air attacks on the seventh day of an assault that has killed at least 245 and displaced half a million people. Helicopters, ferries and cruise liners began taking foreign nationals to safety but Lebanese civilians remained trapped in a cycle of violence.. More