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  • Hamas Decries Strings to Aid

    The Hamas-led Palestinian government has welcomed steps taken by the Middle East Quartet to resume payments but criticised anenduring political boycott. Ghazi Hamad, the government spokesman, said in a statement that: "The government appreciates the efforts deployed by the international parties to alleviate the economic siege imposed on the Palestinian.. More

  • US Oil Executive Killed in Nigeria

    An executive of US oil service company Baker Hughes has been shot dead in an apparently planned assassination in Nigeria's oil heartland, authorities said. It was not immediately clear if the killing in the oil city of Port Harcourt was related to a five-month campaign by militants to cripple the oil industry in the world's eighth largest exporter.Late.. More

  • Iranian President Visits Indonesia

    Indonesia has warmly welcomed the Iranian president as hebegan a five-day trip duringwhich he may askhis hoststo mediate with the West in talks over the nuclear row. Media Indonesia newspaper quoted Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesia's foreign minister, as saying on Tuesday that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit "will be the first opportunity for us to hear directly.. More

  • Australian Guantanamo Prisoner May Serve Term in Australia

    Australian Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Hicks may be transferred home to serve out any sentence he receives, the government in Canberra has said. Mr Hicks has been held at the US base in Cuba for four years, since he was captured in Afghanistan in late 2001. The 30-year-old Muslim convert, often dubbed the "Australian Taleban", has been accused.. More

  • Many Palestinians Wounded at Funeral

    Three bystanders have been wounded in fresh clashesbetween followers of Fatah and Hamas during funerals for two of the victims of yesterday's violence in the southern Gaza Strip. Hospital officials said the three unarmed people were not seriously hurt on Tuesday. The funeral was for a Fatah member killed in a clash with Hamas on Monday. Fatah officials.. More

  • Mogadishu Clashes Kill Dozens

    The latest clashes between rival militia in Somalia's capital have killed at least 57 people and wounded 103. Fighting, which many believe is being fuelled by US support for the commanders of the newly formed Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism, continued for a third day on Tuesday in the run-down Siisii area of Mogadishu. The.. More

  • World Powers Fail to Agree on Iran

    Foreign ministers of major powers have failed to agree a strategy to deal with Iranduring a late-night meeting in New York. Philippe Douste-Blazy, the French foreign minister, saidthe US-hosted meeting on Monday did not reach agreement. "We are still considering our work," he told reporters after thetalks. An official who asked not be named said.. More

  • Lawmakers Object as Bush Picks Hayden for CIA

    President George W. Bush named Michael Hayden to lead the CIA, despite lawmakers' objections to a military general heading the civilian spy agency. Bush called on the US Senate to "promptly" confirm the air force general. Hayden, currently Negroponte's deputy, was nominated after Porter Goss abruptly resigned as the CIA director on Friday, after.. More

  • Interpreter Dies in Darfur Camp Protest

    A Sudanese interpreter has been killed in Darfur when an angry protest turned violent during a senior UN official's visit to a camp for displaced Sudanese. The man was killed in an African Union (AU) police station on Monday after Jan Egeland, the UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs, and his entourage beat a hasty retreat from the Kalma camp.. More

  • Car Bombs Continue to Shake Baghdad

    Iraq hassuffered another violent day with many people being killed in different incidents across the country, including two car bombs in the capital. An interior ministry source said that a car bomb went off near a court in western Baghdad on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 10. Police said that an earliercar bomb exploded near a.. More

  • Fatah-Hamas Clash Kills Three Palestinians

    At least three Palestinians were killed on Monday during a gun battle between members of the rival Hamas and Fatah groups in the Gaza Strip, paramedics said. It was the most serious internal Palestinian violence since Hamas defeated the long-dominant Fatah faction in a January election and formed a government. Paramedics said three gunmen, two from.. More

  • Additional Australian Troops to Afghanistan

    Australia is to send 240 additional troops to Afghanistan to work alongside Dutch forces on a reconstruction project in the country's troubled south. The Australian troops will be part of Nato's operations. Howard said the deployment was a "further reminder of our very strong commitment to the coalition effort in Afghanistan". The announcement means.. More

  • Sudan Urged to Improve Aid Access

    The top UN humanitarian official called on Sunday for aid workers to be given better access to Sudan's Darfur region. Jan Egeland, the UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs on his first visit to Darfur since Sudan barred him from visiting last month, said he would press rebel leaders outside the peace agreement to join it. Sudan's government.. More

  • Many Killed in Fresh Iraq Car Bombs

    Dozens of people were killed in three car bomb attacks in Iraq on Sunday,officials say. Acar bomb in the holy city of Karbala, southwest ofthe capital, Baghdad,has killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens ofothers,local officials said. The bomb reportedlywent off near the city's central bus station. Smoke could be seen rising from the blast.. More

  • Muslim Indonesia March Backs Palestinians

    More than 10,000 Indonesians have marched in Jakarta in supportof the Palestinians and in protest at US and EU decisions to cut aid following the election of Hamas. The marchers waved Palestinian flags and banners and collected donations on Sunday. Others held banners with slogans such as: "Stop the embargo, save Palestine" and "One man, one dollar.. More