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  • Sudan Row Overshadows Africa Summit

    The African Union summit has opened in Khartoum overshadowedby arowover Sudan's bidto take over the chairmanship of the53-nation body. As delegates gathered for the inaugural meeting on Monday, an AU official saidfive heads of state had met Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashirand told him "there was a consensus that he should withdraw" Sudan's.. More

  • French Bird Flu Case is Negative

    A French woman tested for bird flu in a southern French hospital after returning from Turkey does not have the disease, the health ministry has said. Two rounds of tests were carried out on Sunday to rule out the presence of the deadly H5N1 virus, it said. The woman had spent two weeks in Turkey, but in a region not known to have been affected,.. More

  • Blast Clouds Sri Lanka Peace Push

    A powerful landmine blast in eastern Sri Lanka has threatened to overshadow a renewed Norwegian drive to reignite the country’s floundering peace process. The blast, which killed three soldiers and wounded two, came as Norwegian peace envoy Eric Solheim arrived in Colombo on a mission to prevent the island nation from slipping back into full-blown.. More

  • Jailed Barghuthi Courts Hamas in Unity Call

    Marwan al-Barghuthi, the jailed Palestinian leader, has extended a hand to Hamas and called for all parties to join in a broad national coalition after the Palestinian election this week. Al-Barghuthi, who was speaking to Aljazeera from an Israeli prison, heads the candidate list of the mainstream Fatah faction. Fatah, the party of Mahmoud Abbas,.. More

  • Israel Hints at Military Strike on Iran

    Shaul Mofaz, the Israeli defence minister (born in Iran in 1948), has hinted that his country is preparing for military action to stop Iran's nuclear programme, but said international diplomacy must be the first course of action. Mofaz's comments, made at a prestigious academic conference in the coastal town of Herzliya, stopped short of overtly threatening.. More

  • Fund Set up for HIV Children in Libya

    An international fund has been set up to help HIV-infected Libyan children, whose plight originally led to death sentences for five Bulgarian nurses. Families of the victims are seeking a total of 4.3 billion euros in what they see as compensation, a definition rejected by Bulgaria which says the nurses are not guilty of infecting the children. Charitable.. More

  • Protest in Athens over Secret Abduction Claims

    A protest has taken place in Athens over allegations that Pakistanis were abducted by Greek and British security officials after the bomb attacks in London last July. The claims have been denied by Greece and Britain. The protesters were made up of members of an anti-war group and the Pakistani community. "We will continue until we receive justice,".. More

  • Nepal Maoist Clash Leaves 20 Dead

    Twenty people have been killed in a clash in central Nepal, officials say. Six security forces and 14 Maoist rebels were found dead following an attack on an army patrol on Saturday night, the army said. Meanwhile Nepalese opposition parties called for three more days of protests after scores of people were arrested in clashes in the capital on.. More

  • Kosovo's President Rugova Dies of Cancer

    Kosovo media have announced the death of President Ibrahim Rugova. The 61-year-old was diagnosed with lung cancer in September 2005 and had been undergoing treatment at his residence in Pristina. His death comes just days before the United Nations is due to launch negotiations to decide whether Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians win the outright independence.. More

  • Palestinian Security Forces Vote in Polls

    Palestinian security forces have cast ballots for parliamentary candidates in the official start of this week's Palestinian elections. The 58,700 security personnel, who will be permitted to vote through Monday, are being deployed on Wednesday, the election day, to prevent possible political violence. Walid al-Umari, Aljazeera's Palestine bureau.. More

  • Zawahiri Tape Praises Fighters

    An audio tape said to be by al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been posted on a website - a week after an alleged US air strike targeting him. The speaker praises Islamic fighters in Afghanistan but does not mention the strike - on a Pakistani village. The posting came a day after Arabic TV station al-Jazeera broadcast a message thought.. More

  • Assad to Discuss Reform in Syria

    The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, was due focus on the domestic reform process in Syria in a speech to Arab lawyers. The address comes just days after the release of five prominent opposition figures and was to be delivered at the opening of a legalconference in Damascus. On Wednesday, five opposition figures including MPs Riad Seif and Maamun.. More

  • Former Pentagon Expert Given 12 Year Term for Giving Secrets to Israel

    A US court sentenced a former Defense Department specialist to 12 years and seven months in prison for giving classified information to an Israeli diplomat and two pro-Israeli lobbyists. Lawrence Franklin, who had worked as a top US analyst on Iran, was also fined 10,000 dollars. But he has been cooperating with government investigators and will.. More

  • Pope Attempted Assassin Ali Agca Re-Arrested

    The man who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II is being sent back to jail. It comes after the Turkish Supreme Court overturned the decision made last week to release Mehmet Ali Agca. The Turkish Justice Ministry had appealed against the ruling to set him free. Agca's motives for shooting and seriously injuring the Pope back in 1981 remain a mystery,.. More

  • Kuwait PM to Be de Facto Ruler

    Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait, has accepted the responsibility of running the country in light of the poor health of the newly named Amir. Shaikh Sabah, who has run Kuwait's day-to-day affairs for years, will continue as de facto leader under Shaikh Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, who was named Amir on Sunday. Aljazeera.. More