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  • Iran Nuclear Envoy Seeks China's Help

    Iran's top nuclear negotiator has begun talks in Beijing, hoping to fend off efforts by Western governments to see Tehran hauled before the UN Security Council. During a day of talks, Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's High Council of National Security, hoped to persuade Chinese leaders to use their country's Security Council veto to block possible.. More

  • Mubarak's Son Attacks Muslim Brotherhood

    A row has erupted in Egypt after the president's son suggested that electoral gains by the Muslim Brotherhood were won using illegal campaigntactics. Hosni Mubarak's son, Gamal, who heads the policies secretariat in the ruling party, said the Brotherhood's gainsstemmed from evasion of laws and the illegal exploitation of religion during campaigning... More

  • U.N. Helicopter Crashes in Darfur

    One person was missing after a U.N. helicopter carrying 16 people crashed on Wednesday while evacuating aid workers in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the United Nations said. A U.N. statement said none of the other passengers were seriously injured. Earlier the U.N. had said there were 13 people on board. The African Union, which is monitoring.. More

  • Counting Under Way in Palestinian Poll

    With counting under way andexit polls in the Palestinian elections indicating Hamas has come a close second to Fatah, the resistance movementis looking at how it could join the government. Shortly after voting ended on Wednesday, a Fatah official estimated that Fatah had won 46% of the vote, beating an estimated vote of more than 30% for Hamas. Ismail.. More

  • Egypt Farmer Dumps 10,000 Chicks in Bird Flu Flap

    An Egyptian farmer abandoned 10,000 newly hatched chicks to their fate on a desert road east of Cairo fearing they might be infected with the deadly bird flu virus, a police official said on Wednesday. Shocked motorists travelling on the road about 130 km (80 miles) east of Cairo contacted police after seeing the chicks running loose on the tarmac on.. More

  • Europe Knew about CIA Secret Prisoner Flights

    There is evidence the US sent terror suspects abroad for torture - that is one of the initial findings of a Council of Europe probe into allegations of secret CIA jails. Swiss Senator Dick Marty is leading the inquiry - he added it was highly unlikely that European governments did not now know what was going on. "The whole of Europe is concerned by.. More

  • Kuwait: Sheikh Sabah to Replace Ailing Saad

    Kuwait's cabinet has unanimously nominated Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as the new amir of the country, Ahmad Baqer, the Kuwaiti justice minister, said. Baqer told Reuters on Tuesday an official letter with the nomination will be sent to parliament on Wednesday. If confirmed by parliament, Sheikh Sabah, who as prime minister has been de facto ruler.. More

  • Grenade Blast at Indian Consulate in Afghan South

    Unidentified attackers threw a hand grenade at the Indian consulate in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar while two grenades were thrown on streets in the capital, Kabul, security officials said on Wednesday. The grenade was thrown at the Indian mission in Kandahar from a speeding vehicle Tuesday. No one was hurt, said deputy provincial police chief,.. More

  • Gunmen Attack Nigeria Oil Complex

    Unidentified gunmen have stormed the offices of Italian oil company Agip in Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria. At least nine people were killed in the assault. It is reported that seven of the dead were policemen and two were civilians working at the complex. The gunmen attacked the riverside offices on speedboats and made their escape in the same.. More

  • 6 Killed, many Wounded in Iran Blasts

    Six people have been killed in a double bomb attack in the restive southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, where a scheduled visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been cancelled at the last minute. State television said a first bomb in Ahvaz - dominated by ethnic minority Arabs and capital of the oil-rich Khuzestan province - exploded in front of.. More

  • German Citizens Kidnapped in Iraq

    Armed men have kidnapped two German engineers in the Iraqi industrial town of Baiji, according to Iraqi police. Lieutenant-Colonel Kadhem Abbas and the region's deputy governor said the two men worked at a detergent plant inside an industrial complex surrounding Baiji's oil refinery, the biggest in Iraq. At least six armed men, in two unmarked cars,.. More

  • Kuwait Emir Shaikh Saad Agrees to Abdicate

    The new emir of the Gulf state of Kuwait has agreed to abdicate in order to resolve a constitutional crisis in the royal family, officials say. The ailing Sheikh Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah, who became emir on 15 January, will step down in favour of PM Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Sheikh Saad was facing an unprecedented vote in parliament on Tuesday.. More

  • Canadians Elect Fragile Conservative Government

    Canadians elected their first Conservative government in 12 years, but gave the party a far-from-decisive mandate to push through its agenda of tax cuts, extra military spending and better ties with Washington. The Conservatives, led by economist Stephen Harper, will have some 125 seats in the Canadian Parliament, 30 below the 155 that form a majority,.. More

  • Dozens Die in Balkans Train Crash

    At least 39 people have been killed and more than 135 injured after a train derailed in Serbia-Montenegro. The accident happened at 4 p.m. local time on Monday, 10 kilometres north of the capital Podgorica. Its thought that the train's brakes failed and it plunged 100 metres into a ravine filled with rocks and stones. Seventy-five children are thought.. More

  • New Judge Appointed for Saddam Trial as Car Bomber Hits Iraqi Police Patrol

    The court trying Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi president, has appointed a new judge to preside over the next session. Raid Jouhi, a court spokesman, said on Monday: "The tribunal met today and decided that judge Raouf Abdel Rahman will head the court." The court has been in turmoil since Rizgar Amin, the chief judge, resigned earlier this month.. More