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  • UN Suspends Pakistan Aid Flights

    The UN has stopped aid flights to some earthquake survivors in Pakistan administered Kashmir after dozens of people stormed two of its helicopters. The people had been demanding evacuation to nearby cities. Deputy humanitarian coordinator Larry Hollingworth told the BBC that flights into the Lipa Valley area would be suspended to ensure the crews'.. More

  • Sharon Has further Brain Scan

    Doctors attending Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister who remains in a drug-induced coma after a massive brain haemorrhage, have carried out another brain scan. A spokesman for the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem said that the latest scan, on Saturday, had been planned in advance and did not indicate any worsening of his situation. Medical sources.. More

  • Starvation Looms in African Horn

    Millions of people could face starvation in the Horn of Africa, the United Nations food agency has warned. The FAO says Somalia has been worst hit by a drought in the region, where 2m need urgent food aid. The harvest there could be the lowest in a decade. There are also food shortages in parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti. Some 11 million.. More

  • Suicide Attack on Sri Lankan Navy

    A supected Tamil Tiger suicide bombing has sunk a naval patrol boat off Sri Lanka's east coast, and 13 of the 15 crew are missing, the navy says. The attack on Saturdaywas the worst at sea since a truce halted civil war in 2002. Fishermen pulled two sailors alive from the water after the pre-dawn attack on the Israeli-built fast patrol boat just outside.. More

  • Third Turkish Dead in Bird Flu Case

    A third child from the same family is reported to have died after being treated for bird fluand a further 25 people are in hospital in eastern Turkeyshowing possible syptoms of the disease. The Anatolian state news agency named the dead child as 11-year-old Hulya Kocyigit. Hulya was the sister of Mehmet Ali, 14, who died last weekend, and of Fatma,.. More

  • Boycott of Israeli Goods Backed by Norway’s Finance Minister

    Norway's Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen is backing a planned consumer boycott of Israeli goods, contradicting the coalition government's policy. Ms Halvorsen voiced support for a campaign of solidarity with the Palestinians, due to be launched by her Socialist Left party this month. "It is a long time since I bought any Israeli products," she.. More

  • Wife of War Crimes Suspect Shot Dead in Bosnia

    The wife of a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect has been killed in a shoot-out during a raid by European Union peacekeepers. Police say suspect Dragomir Abazovic and the couple's 11-year-old son were wounded, and are now being treated in hospital. The man is said to have serious head injuries, while the child's condition is not reported to be life-threatening... More

  • Iran Won't Bow to Western Bullies, Says Ahmadinejad

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday reiterated his tough stance on pursuing the country's controversial nuclear programme, after plans to resume fuel research were criticised by the international community. He said Iran would not bow to Western "bullies" which already have nuclear arsenals. "Those who have nuclear weapons and have used.. More

  • More than 100 Killed in Fresh Violence

    Bombers have targeted Shia in the south and police recruits in central Iraq, killing at least 120 people and woundingmore than200. Thursday's blast near the Imam Hussein shrine in central Karbala, 80km south of Baghdad, killed 49 people and injured 52, police said. Hospital sources said a bomber detonated his explosive belt on a crowded street near.. More

  • At Least 15 Pilgrims Die in Hotel Collaps

    At least 15 pilgrimshave beenkilled and 39 injuredaftera building near the Grand Mosque in Makka collapsed on them just after they returned from midday prayers, the Saudi Interior Ministry said. A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry, quoting Major-General Saad al-Tweijery, head of Makka's civil defence team, said the death toll could reach 20.. More

  • Egypt Delays Deportation of Refugees

    Egypt has delayed a plan to deport more than 600 Sudanese refugees amid continued wrangling over a raid against Sudanese protesters that left 28 people dead. The UN refugee agency said on Wednesday that Egypt had agreed to delay by three days the deportations of more than 600 Sudanese after rights groupscondemned the plan. Egypt, facing an unwelcome.. More

  • Danish Step over Cartoons Eases Muslim Anger

    Muslim leaders welcomed steps by Denmark on Wednesday to defuse a diplomatic row over newspaper cartoons that portrayed Prophet Mohammad (may Allah Exalt his Mention) as a terrorist. A Muslim community spokesman and Egypt's ambassador in Copenhagen welcomed Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's New Year address, in which he defended free speech but.. More

  • Turkey Diagnoses Human Bird Flu

    At least two people in eastern Turkey have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, reports say. The country's health minister said a 14-year-old boy who died last weekend was found to have the disease, despite earlier results indicating otherwise. The boy's sister, who is seriously ill in hospital, also tested positive. A third sibling.. More

  • Sharon Critical after Stroke as Bush Prays for Recover

    Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has suffered a ‘significant’ stroke and is undergoing an operation, doctors at Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital say. Officials said the 77-year-old leader was unconscious and had experienced a "massive" brain haemorrhage. The Israeli leader's powers have been transferred to his deputy Ehud Olmert. It is Sharon's.. More

  • Dozens Iraqis Killed in New Bloodbath

    At least 36 people have been killed and40 wounded in a bomb attackon a Shia funeral, the bloodiest single attack in Iraq in weeks. More than 100 mourners took cover in a cemetery in Muqdadiya, 100km northeast of Baghdad, after they came under fire from mortars on Wednesday, an Iraqi security official said. Abomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself.. More