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  • China Sees 9th Bird Flu Death, Baku Fears Europe's First Victims

    China confirmed that a ninth person had died from bird flu, state media reported, while Azerbaijan said it was checking if two children may have died from the illness. As the inexorable spread of the disease continued -- with France, Germany, Greece, Poland, Romania and Switzerland all announcing new confirmed or suspected cases in birds -- authorities.. More

  • Iran Remains Defiant on Nuclear Row

    Iran has threatend full-scale uranium enrichment if its nuclear work is referred to the UN Security Council. Thedefiance came ahead of the UN atomic watchdog meeting in Vienna that is expected to clear the way for possible action against Tehran over suspicions that it's seeking nuclear weapons. Ali Larijani, the Islamic republic's top nuclear negotiator,.. More

  • Hamas Rejects al-Zawahiri’s Reprimand

    Hamas has rejected al-Qaida criticism for taking part in the Palestinian elections, saying the movement had contested the polls on the basis of "Islam as the solution". The comment was made by Mahmoud al-Zahar, the leader of the Hamas bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on Sunday. Al-Zahar was responding to the criticism by Ayman al-Zawahiri,.. More

  • US Rejects Iraq Pullout Reports

    Reports that Britain and the US are planning to withdraw all their forces fromIraq by the spring of 2007 are "completely false", the US military in Iraq has said, reiterating there is no timetable for withdrawal.Two British newspapers reported in their Sunday editions that the pull-out plan followed an acceptance by the two governments that the presence.. More

  • Anger in Nazareth over Church Attack

    "Christians and Muslims stand together" was one of the slogans shouted at a demonstration after an attack on a church in Israel.The gathering was organised by leaders of the Arab minority in Israel, which numbers more than a million people. Participants accused the Israeli government of being weak in the face of "anti-Arab aggression." Speakers included.. More

  • Many Killed in Afghanistan Blast

    A roadside bomb killed an intelligence official, three bodyguards and one other man in southern Afghanistan yesterday, officials said. The blast in Nadali district of Helmand province killed Mohammad Ali Borak, a local official of the National Security Administration, said. "It was a remote-controlled bomb," Sherzad said and blamed Taliban for the.. More

  • Iraqi President Opposes Second Al-Jafari Premiership

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said today he opposes a second term for Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'fari. Talabani said that the dominant Shi'ite coalition -- the United Iraqi Alliance -- must choose a candidate other than al-Ja'fari to form the next government, a candidate who is "unanimously agreed on by Iraqis." "The main mission now is to form.. More

  • Palestinian Teenager Killed by Israeli Sniper

    Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded a second person during an early morning raid in the West Bank city of Nablus. Amer Basyuni, 15, was shot in the neck while standing on the roof of his home when soldiers opened fire during the raid on the Ein Beit Elma camp in Nablus on Friday, witnesses said. They say he had gone.. More

  • Guantanamo Names to Be Released

    The US defence department has said it will release the names of inmates detained at its Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba later on Friday. However, the names will not appear as a simple list - they will be buried within 6,000 pages of documents to be posted on the Pentagon website. They are transcripts of tribunals in which the 500 detainees were.. More

  • Sudan Threatens to Pull out of AU

    A Sudanese minister has said his country might pull out of the African Union if the AU's Peace and Security Council approves replacement of the AU force in Darfur with a UN force, Aljazeera reports. Alsammani al-Wasilla, Sudan'sminister of state for foreign affairs, has reiterated Khartoum's rejection of the proposal for deployment of international.. More

  • Hamas Officials in Moscow for Talks

    Hamas officials have arrived in Russia for their first talks with a major foreign power and reaffirmed their refusal to recognise Israel. Mohammed Nazzal, a senior official, said that"the issue of recognition is a done issue. We are not going to recognise Israel". Nazzal, who is accompanying exiled Hamas politburo chief Khalid Mishaal, spoke to.. More

  • Canadian Troops Attacked in Afghanistan

    A bomber has detonated a car bomb near a Canadian armoured vehicle in southern Afghanistan, killing himself but causing no casualties to Canadian troops, the Afghan army said. The blast on Friday occurred in Daman district, about 15km south of the city of Kandahar and about 10km from the airport on Friday,where Canadian troops are based. General Rahmatullah.. More

  • Former Resistance Fighter Named Kosovo's Prime Minister

    A former senior commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army has been named as the province's new prime minister. Agim Ceku's appointment has provoked negative reactions in Belgrade, where he's been convicted of war crimes against Serbs. Ceku says he's ready to take on the role in Kosovo's interest, following the resignation of his predecessor Bajram Kosumi. St.. More

  • Blasts Hit Manila as Emergency Lifted

    Two blasts have rocked the Philippine capital minutes before the president lifted a state of emergency that has been in place for a week. Officials said there were two blasts near the offices of an elite police team in Manila on Friday, but the cause was not known. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the explosions in the.. More

  • Many Killed in Fresh Iraq Violence

    At least27 people have been killed and scores wounded in continuing violence across Iraq. A blast in a bus travelling in Baghdad's Sadr Citykilled five people and wounded eight on Thursday, police said. The sprawling slum is a stronghold of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia cleric who has reached across Iraq's sectarian divide and called for Sunni and Shia.. More