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  • Iran Offers to Share Nuclear Technology

    Iranhas offered to transfer nuclear technology to other countries, including Sudan, while warning that it will hide its nuclear programme if the West takes harsh measures. A UN Security Council deadline for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment expires this week. Beyond that, Ali Larijani, the top Iranian nuclear negotiator, on Tuesday also renewed the.. More

  • Zarqawi First Video Vows Defeat for US

    A man identifying himself as al-Qaeda's Iraq frontman Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has appeared in an internet video, vowing to defeat the United States in Iraq. "By God, America will be defeated in Iraq," said the man identified as al-Zarqawi in what would be the first public appearance of one world's most-wanted men in at least three years. In the past,.. More

  • Clashes at Egypt Judicial Protest

    Egyptian police have broken up a pro-reform protest at the Judges' Syndicate in Cairo, beating one senior judge and detaining 15 protesters. Fifty judges have been holding a sit-in at their headquarters to protest against the prosecution of two of their colleagues by the government. Police moved against demonstrators overnight and struck a judge.. More

  • Nepal Protesters Celebrate Victory

    Thousands of Nepali pro-democracy protesters have been celebrating through the night after King Gyanendra's announcement thathe was reinstating the kingdom's parliament. The king's climb-down came after nearly three weeks of often-violent mass protests and a general strike that has virtually crippled the country. Leaders from the seven-party opposition.. More

  • Six Dead in Colombo Blast

    At least six people have been killed and the head of the Sri Lankan army has beencritically injured after a female suicide bomber attacked the army's headquarters in Colombo. At least five bodyguards and the bomber were killed in the attack, which took place asthe car carryingthe army chief Lieutenant General Sareth Fonseka, arrived at the base. Dozens.. More

  • Many Killed in Fresh Iraqi Violence

    Car bombings and shootings have killed 15 people and wounded 100 in Baghdad. On Monday, unidentified men set off seven car bombs, two of them at a Baghdad university, security officials said. Five people died in the co-ordinated attack on the Mustansiriya University, and 25 were wounded. A car bomb in the north Baghdad neighbourhood of Bab al-Muhaddam.. More

  • Egypt Resort Blasts Kill 22

    Three explosions in the Egyptian resort of Dahab have killed22 people and wounded up to 150, security sources say. One witness of Monday's explosions, told Reutershe heard three blasts and saw smoke rising from the tourist bazaar area of Dahab. The interior ministry put the toll at 10 killed - four foreigners and six Egyptians - and 70 wounded. The.. More

  • Roadside Bomb Kills US Soldiers in Iraq

    At least three American soldiers were killed near Baghdad yesterday in a spree of violence that killed at least 27 Iraqis. At least 61 American service members have died in April, putting it on track to pass January - with 62 - as the deadliest month this year. The three solders were killed yesterday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb northwest.. More

  • Six Die in Cameroon Plane Crash

    Six people have died after a cargo plane crashed in Cameroon after failing to land at an airport in Ndjamena, capital of neighbouring Chad. The Ukrainian aircraft had been chartered by Libya to fly food and medical aid to Chad. It crashed into a riverbank and exploded as it tried to land. The BBC's Stephanie Hancock at the scene said smouldering.. More

  • New Bin Laden’s Tape Aired

    Aljazeerahas airedan audiotape attributed to Osama bin Laden in which he attacks the West for boycotting Hamas and accuses Western governmentsof waging a "crusader war" against Islam. In the recording, aired on Sunday, theal-Qaeda leader said theisolationand cutting off of aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian government reaffirmed that the West was at.. More

  • Iraqi Leaders end Deadlock

    Tough-talking Shi'ite Jawad Al Maliki was tasked to form a coalition government yesterday when Iraqi leaders ended four months of political paralysis and vowed to halt sectarian strife and avert any slide to civil war. "We are going to form a family that will not be based on sectarian or ethnic backgrounds," Maliki told reporters, seeking to shake off.. More

  • 4 Canadian Soldiers Killed in Afghan Blast

    Four Canadian soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan in an attack claimed by the Taliban. The Canadian troops travelling in a convoy were returning from a patrol in Gumbad village of Shah Wali Kot district, some 75 kilometres (45 miles) north of Kandahar city when the incident occurred, he said. A self-styled spokesman for.. More

  • Iran Not to Halt Oil Exports

    Iran will not cut its oil exports in a dispute with the West over its nuclear programme, the Iranian oil minister has said. Oil prices have risen to record highs over $75 a barrel on concern shipments from Iran, the world's fourth biggest oil exporter, may be held back in the dispute. "We strongly believe there is no reason for sanctions but in any.. More

  • Hamas, Fatah Agree to End Violence

    Palestinian government and President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group have agreed to try to end tensions between them after their supporters clashed in the worst internal fighting in months. The armed confrontations in Gaza on Saturday, which wounded 20 people, followed the condemnation by exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal of Abbas's veto of a new Gaza.. More

  • Jaafari Ally New Nominee for Iraq PM

    Iraq's Shia politicians have agreed to nominate Jawad al-Maliki as their new candidate for prime minister. Al-Maliki is a close ally of previous nominee Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the acting Iraqi prime minister, whose candidacy led to months of political deadlock after it was strongly opposed by Sunni and Kurdish politicians. Sunni and Kurdish politicians.. More