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  • Iraqi Minister Escapes Bomb Attack

    Sevenpeoplehave beenwounded in a car-bomb attack on an Iraqi minister's convoy in Baghdad, Aljazeera said. Iraq's State Minister forprovincial affairs,Saad al-Hardan, escaped an attempt on his life in southern Baghdad on Wednesday. His convoy came under attack in al-Qadissiya district, south of Baghdad, Iraqi security sources told Aljzeera. The Sunni.. More

  • Pakistan Struggles to Get Quake Aid Effort Underway

    Pakistan struggled to haul food and shelter to millions of earthquake victims, as the United States promised more helicopters for the relief effort and urged NATO to divert resources from Afghanistan. The skies cleared after rains lashed devastated northeast Pakistan Tuesday, halting crucial airlifts and aid deliveries, but the misery continued for.. More

  • Iran is Training Basra Killers, Says London

    Fresh claims have emerged about Iran's involvement in the killing of British troops in southern Iraq's Basra region. According to defence sources, Iran's Revolutionary Guard trains bomb-makers in Iran and Lebanon who go to Basra to kill and teach others to do the same. If the allegations are true, then Iran's government, which has denied involvement,.. More

  • UN Race against Time for Flu Vaccine

    Drug companies may not be able to produce enough bird flu vaccine in time to combat a human pandemic, a top UN official warned yesterday as governments scrambled to contain the deadly virus. It could take six months to manufacture adequate vaccine stocks, and current stockpiles may be useless because the flu virus has mutated, said David Nabarro, UN.. More

  • Abbas-Sharon Summit Postponed

    An Israeli-Palestinian summit has been called off at the last minute. However, both sides on Monday remained open to talks. A spokesman for the Palestinian presidency, Nabil Abu Rudeina, announced the summit between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would be postponed until the end of October. Abu Rudeina's.. More

  • Pakistan Battling Huge Odds to Deliver Quake Aid

    Pakistan was battling huge odds to deliver aid to hungry and traumatised people marooned in the northeastern mountains after the weekend earthquake which killed up to 40,000 people. The authorities estimate over two million people were made homeless by Saturday's 7.6 magnitude quake which obliterated whole towns and villages in Pakistani-held Kashmir... More

  • Arab League Convoy Attacked in Iraq

    Armed men have fired on a convoy of cars carrying Arab League officials currently in Iraq in a bid topiece together a conference to reconcile Iraq's Shia, Sunnis and Kurds. Two of the Interior Ministry commandos guarding the delegation were killed and six others wounded in the attack on Monday, Aljazeera has learned. However, the head of the delegation,.. More

  • Israeli Wounded in Egyptian Border Firing

    Egyptian forces have shot and wounded an Israeliafter they opened fire on suspected smugglers along the border. The Israeli army said on Monday its troops treated a wounded Israeli civilian brought by a vehicle to a checkpoint near the Egyptian border and then transferred him to a hospital. An Egyptian official said in Cairo that security forces.. More

  • Bomb Attack Kills Six in Kandahar

    Two explosions in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar killed six people and wounded eight on Monday, officials say. On Sunday, a US soldier was killed and another hurt in an attack in the southern province of Zabul and two US soldiers were wounded on Monday in the eastern province of Kunar, the US military said. Officials said one bomber blew himself.. More

  • Pakistanis Search for Quake Survivors

    Rescuers continued to search frantically in the rubble of flattened towns and villages for survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 20,000 people in northern Pakistan and India. In worst-hit Pakistan, more than 24 hours after Saturday morning's quake, hundreds of children were trapped in collapsed schools and 150 people were buried in two.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Three Palestinians

    Israeli soldiers have shot dead three Palestinians near the Israel-Gaza Strip frontier, Palestinian paramedics say, and internal violence in Gaza has intensified, witharmed factions and security officers engaging in a gunfight. The Israeli army said troops early on Monday saw three Palestinians crawling near the Gaza border fence, one carrying a bag... More

  • African Peacekeepers Seized in Darfur

    Armed men kidnapped 18 African Union personnel in Sudan's restive region of Darfur on Sunday, but later released some of them, the AU says. The identities of those freed and the number still being held were unclear. The captives included civilian police, military observers, a US envoy and a rebel representative, the AU said. A spokesman said the.. More

  • Bird Flu Threat Spreads with outbreaks in Romania, Turkey

    Europe awaited confirmation of its first outbreak of the deadly bird flu strain as Romania and Turkey scrambled to cull infected birds and prevent the virus spreading to people. Anti-flu vaccines were being administered in Romania to thousands of people amid fears that the avian flu detected there Friday may be the deadly strain that has killed over.. More

  • Police Killed in New Baghdad Attack

    At least five Iraqi police officershave been killed and20 others wounded after the bombing of a police checkpoint in Baghdad. Aljazeera has learned that the blast in the capital's al-Ghazaliya district on Sunday was so powerful that it destroyed three vehicles and killed the bomber. A US military vehicle was also destroyed when an army patrol was.. More

  • Over 18,000 Dead in South Asian Quake

    Pakistan says over 18,000 people are dead and 41,000 injured from the huge earthquake that hit the region, describing it as the biggest disaster in the nation's history. Military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan also warned the number of casualties from Saturday's quake, which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale and also caused fatalities in India.. More