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  • Earthquake Toll Leaps to 73,000

    Pakistan says more than 73,000 people died in the 8 October quake that devastated its north and Kashmir. Official figures a day earlier had put the death toll at about 57,000. No reason was given for the sudden jump. The government has proceeded cautiously in its count so far. The new figures tally closer to local estimates of 80,000 which are several.. More

  • Syria is Defiant

    Syria vowed yesterday to co-operate with a UN inquiry into the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri after a Security Council resolution demanded that Damascus help or face the consequences. However, defiant officials and hundreds of Syrians who turned out to protest in the aftermath of the resolution maintained Damascus' innocence.. More

  • Paris Rioting Spreads

    Rioting in Paris is spreading across several poor suburbs and causing mounting strain on France's conservative government. This was the sixth night in a row of violence, with clashes now in eastern parts of the capital. At Aulnay-sous-Bois gangs of youths burned cars and threw stones at police, security forces responded firing rubber bullets, thirty.. More

  • Israel Conducts Mass Arrest Campaign

    Israeli occupation forces have detained more than 20 Palestinians in an overnight raid across the West Bank. Aljazeera's correspondent reports that Israeli troops, backed by 50 military vehicles, raided Jenin and detained Palestinians who they say are on Israel's "most-wanted" list. Ten members of Islamic Jihad, the resistance group that said it.. More

  • Many Killed in Basra Car Bomb Blast

    Basra was in a state of shock on Tuesday morning after acar bomb killed more than 20 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market on Monday night. Director of the Sawt al-Arab radio station in Iraq told Aljazeera that there was an air of sadness hanging over Basra on Tuesday morning, and that British helicopters continued to hover over the city. An.. More

  • Bird Flu Fears already Affecting Economies

    Fears about avian influenza were already damaging some Asian economies and the impact of a full-scale pandemic would be "catastrophic", a conference of international health officials has been told. Officials from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies met to discuss how to cope with the nightmare scenario of a bird flu virus that.. More

  • Military Truck Explodes in South Korean Tunnel

    A military truck carrying missile parts exploded inside a South Korean highway tunnel on Tuesday, YTN television reported. The truck was in a four-vehicle convoy when its brakes failed on the highway linking the southern city of Taegu and Masan, just west of Pusan where a summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is scheduled for.. More

  • CIA Scandal Sparks Calls for White House Shake-Up

    Former US ambassador Joseph Wilson has called for a top White House official to be fired over the CIA leak scandal. Wilson's wife's identity as a CIA agent was revealed to the media shortly after he accused the Bush administration of twisting intelligence to support the war in Iraq. The ex-diplamat claims White House aide Karl Rove deliberately leaked.. More

  • Roadside Bombs Kill Seven Marines in Iraq, as Many Iraqis Die in US Air Strike

    Seven US troops have been killed in three roadside bombings near Baghdad, the military said, making October the bloodiest month for Americans in Iraq since January. In the far west, where US marines say theyhave been fighting for months to stem a flow of foreign Arab fighters and funds from Syria, local doctors and tribal leaders accused American.. More

  • Security Council Adopts Syria Resolution

    The UN Security Council hasvoted unanimously in favour of a tough resolution demanding Syria cooperate with a UN investigation into the death of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri or face possible punitive measures. The resolution was adopted 15-0 after the principal drafters, the United States and France, agreed to delete a specific reference.. More

  • Israeli army kills three Palestinians

    The Israeli occupation army has continued its onslaught in the West Bank shooting dead three Palestinians. Soldiers shot and killeda man said to be planting a bomb in Qabatya overnight on Monday, bringing to three the number of Palestinians killed in the northern West Bank town within 24 hours. Troops operating in Qabatya noticed several Palestinians.. More

  • Thousands Will Die without Aid

    Thousands of people could die unnecessarily from disease, diarrhea and untreated injuries if a disaster-weary world doesn't help quake-ravaged Pakistan, Unicef's chief warned during a helicopter tour of the region yesterday. Ann Veneman said the window of opportunity to act is closing, with winter rolling rapidly. Forecasters are predicting a colder.. More

  • Bahraini Detainees at Guantanamo to Be Freed

    Some of the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay are to be freed over Eid. US authorities have told the Foreign Ministry that "a number" of the detainees will be released over the holiday. It is hoped the rest will also be released soon, an official ministry source said in a statement released yesterday. But it did not say how many or who would.. More

  • Protests as Ivory Coast Leader Refuses to Stand Down

    Already it is a country divided. Now tension has increased further, with angry protests at the president's resolve to remain in power. Midnight on Sunday was when the mandate of Ivory Coast's leader was due to come to an end, but in a broadcast to the nation, Laurent Gbagbo made clear he was staying put. He said he was acting according to the constitution.. More

  • Syrian FM Heads to UN Meeting

    Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa headed to New York to attend a UN Security Council meeting expected to adopt a resolution that could threaten sanctions againstSyria. Meanwhile on Sunday, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Moallem was touring Gulf countries in what appeared to be an effort to rally Arab support ahead of the meeting scheduled.. More