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  • NATO Banned from the Skies over Uzbekistan

    Uzbekistan has refused to allow European members of NATO to use its airspace or territory for operations linked to peacekeeping in neighbouring Afghanistan. The ban comes into force on January the first. It is in response to an EU decision to impose visa bans and an arms embargo on the central Asian state over the deaths of hundreds of people during.. More

  • WHO to Send Mission to China Bird Flu Province

    The World Health Organisation will send a mission to an eastern Chinese province that has reported two human deaths from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, a spokesman said on Thursday. China said on Wednesday that a second person had died of H5N1 in Anhui province, bringing to three the total number of confirmed cases in the world's largest poultry.. More

  • UN Envoy Prepares for Talks on Kosovo

    The United Nations moved closer to starting talks on the future of Kosovo, perhaps the most intractable issue remaining from the Balkan wars of the 1990s, with a visit by the its chief negotiator to the region this week. Martti Ahtissari, formerly president of Finland and now the UN envoy to the region, met with Albanian and Serbian leaders of Kosovo.. More

  • Press Groups Seek Answers on Al-Jazeera Memo

    Journalists' rights groups are urging the United States and Britain to provide clarification of areport that suggests US President GeorgeBush sought to bomb Aljazeera. The controversy surrounds details of a leaked British government memo published by a UK newspaper, the Daily Mirror, earlier this week. "This is a very serious charge with grave implications.. More

  • Israel, Hezbullah Clash over Incursion

    Israeli soldiers have fought with Hezbullah fighters toenable the escape of an Israeli who floated into Lebanon in a hang-glider and landed a few metres across the border. The clash occurred on Wednesday hours after Israel dropped thousands of anti-Hezbollah leaflets over Lebanon, and two days after a cross-border shootout that saw some of the heaviest.. More

  • Sunni Parliamentary Candidate Killed In Baghdad as Bomb Kills 12 in Kirkuk

    Reports from Baghdad say gunmen wearing Iraqi Army uniforms broke into the home of a Sunni parliamentary candidate overnight, killing him, his three sons, and his son-in-law. According to his brother and an official at the Interior Ministry, Khadim Sarhid al-Hemaiyem and his family died in a spray of machine-gun fire. The gunmen, who escaped, apparently.. More

  • Palestinian Children, Troops Scuffle in West Bank

    Palestinian schoolchildren have scuffled with Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebronbefore soldiers fired teargas to disperse the crowd, witnesses say. The children, upset that Israeli occupation soldiers searched bags and madethem lift their shirts before passing through the checkpoint on their way to school, refused to.. More

  • US Soldier, Afghan Killed by Roadside Bomb

    A U.S. soldier and an Afghan interpreter were killed when a roadside bomb hit their armored vehicle in Afghanistan in the latest spate of violence involving Taliban guerrillas. The two were in a convoy re-supplying U.S.-led forces during an operation against militants in the central province of Uruzgan when the incident happened on Tuesday, the U.S... More

  • Nestle Recalls Millions of Litres of Baby Milk

    Swiss food giant Nestle has recalled millions of litres of baby milk in Italy, France, Spain and Portugal after reports it had been contaminated with ink. The company says the traces found do not pose a health risk but the police said it was not immediately clear whether the substance was toxic. Tests are being carried out to see if babies given the.. More

  • Iran Urges Iraq to Set Pullout Timetable

    Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called on visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to press for a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq. On Tuesday, Khamenei also argued it was the US that was to blame for the ongoing violence in Iraq, amid efforts by Talabani to win Iranian help in combatting the fighting ravaging.. More

  • Israel and Hizbullah Clash on Border

    The Israeli air force has launched a fresh raid against a Hizbullah position in South Lebanon shortly after heavy exchanges of fire across the border. "This attack targeted a position used by Hizbullah to fire rockets and mortar shells at the north of Israel,"an Israeli militaryspokesman said without giving further details of Tuesday's air strike. On.. More

  • More Time for Iran in Nuclear Row

    The US and three major European nations are to postpone moves to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, diplomats have said. The UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, is due to meet in Vienna on Thursday. Iran's parliament voted on Sunday to end co-operation with UN inspectors and press ahead with uranium enrichment if it is.. More

  • US Vacates Uzbekistan Military Base

    The last 90 US troops have leftan air base in Uzbekistan, the Pentagon says. The move on Monday came after the US military was evicted by the Central Asian nation in human rights dispute and ends a four-year stay at the facility. Uzbekistan, a former Soviet republic, had permitted US forces to use the Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, called K-2, to support.. More

  • European Peacekeepers to Remain in Bosnia for another Year

    The UN Security Council has voted to extend the mandate for European peacekeepers in Bosnia, by another year. The aim is to ensure the continuity of the peace process, begun ten years ago with the signing of the Dayton accords. Last December, nearly 7,000 European Union troops took over peackeeping duties from the Nato-led force which had helped end.. More

  • Iraqi Politicians Agree on Resistance Right

    Iraqi politicians have saved a reconciliation conference in Cairo from collapse with compromise language saying all peoples have a right to resist, Sunni Arab politicians say. On Monday, all parties to the three-day meeting called by the Cairo-based Arab League agreed to the formula: "Resistance is a legitimate right of all peoples", said Mezher al-Dulaimi,.. More