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  • Anti-G8 protesters clash with police

    Police and anti-G8 protesters have clashed, after black-clad demonstrators smashed car windows, threw rocks and tried to block one of the main roads to the exclusive Gleneagles resort hosting the summit. More than 100 activists, many covering their faces with bandanas and wearing hoods, streamed from a makeshift campsite in Stirling, central Scotland,.. More

  • Meth Biggest US Drug Problem

    Methamphetamine has overtaken cocaine as the biggest drug problem in the US, according to a major crime survey across 45 states. A survey of 500 law enforcement agencies found meth-related arrests had gone up over the past three years. More than half of the police, sheriff departments and other agencies polled said the highly addictive substance.. More

  • Albanian Opposition Projected to Win Election

    Confident of victory, supporters of the opposition celebrated an unconfirmed triumph in Albania's general election. The Democratic Party faithful rallied around their leader Sali Berisha on Monday evening but the count is still going on. After slightly more than half the votes were counted, TV stations in the country were predicting a win for the party... More

  • Darfur Peace Outline in Place

    The Sudanese government and rebel groups from the Darfur region have agreed on a declaration of principles which will underline future political dialogue at their African Union-sponsored peace talks. The signing of the agreement on Tuesday marked the end of a bad-tempered fifth session of the Abuja conference, which will now break up, having made.. More

  • Israel to Crack down on Outposts

    Jewish settlers who try to set up outposts in the West Bank can now be prosecuted in civilian courts. Major-General Yair Naveh, head of the army's central command, signed an order last week that will, for the first time, allow anyone moving trailers or taking other steps to establish an outpost to be prosecuted. The instructions were issued by the.. More

  • African Leaders Unite on UN Seats Bid

    All 53 governments that make up the African Union have unanimously agreed to demandthe organisation's representationon the UN Security Council. Demanding two permanent seats with veto rights, African Union (AU)heads of state and officials in Libya on Tuesday said the organisation had already presented its demand to the UN. The text of the declaration.. More

  • Bahrain Envoy Attacked in Baghdad

    Bahrain's envoy in Iraq has been shot and slightly wounded by armed men in Baghdad. Four armed men opened fire on the envoy's car in the capital's upscale Mansour neighbourhood as he was being driven to work on Tuesday, a police source said. The driver was unharmed. A hospital source said the envoy, Hassan Malalla al-Ansari, was wounded in the right.. More

  • Hamas Rejects Unity Cabinet Offer

    Resistance group Hamas says it will not take part in a Palestinian national unity government as proposed by Prime Minister Ahmad Qureia. "Hamas has decided not to take part in a cabinet of national unity, but the movement insists that a unitary national committee be set up to supervise the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza," Mushir al-Masri, a spokesman.. More

  • Missing US Commandos Found Dead in Afghanistan

    US forces have recovered the bodies of two commandos who were part of a special forces group that went missing in rugged mountains in eastern Afghanistan a week ago, reports said. The dead soldiers were part of a four-man Navy Seal reconnaissance team that disappeared when an American helicopter sent to rescue them was shot down in Kunar province,.. More

  • Ahmadinejad Voices Hope on EU Ties

    President-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad said Monday he wants to develop ties with all countries, especially in Europe, provided they respect Iran’s ‘democratic choice’, the student-run news agency ISNA reported. ‘We want equitable and advancing relations with all countries in the world, particularly with the Europeans. But we advise Western countries.. More

  • Protesters, Police Clash ahead of G8

    Protests have been held in Scotland's capital, sparking scuffles between riot police and demonstrators two days before leaders of the world's richest nations hold a summit nearby. Several people were detained in Edinburgh, and at least two police officers were injured in clashes, while several people fainted in the crush. The demonstrations began.. More

  • Israelis Begin Leaving West Bank Settlements

    Families have begun leaving settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that are due to be emptied next month under Israel's pullout plan. Voting 18-3 on Sunday, the Israeli cabinetturned down a proposal to postpone the pullout for six months, thus clearing the way for the evacuation of all 21 settlements in Gaza and four in the West Bank to begin.. More

  • US Air Strike Killed 17 Afghan Civilians

    The air strike by US forces in eastern Afghanistan last week killed 17 civilians including women and children, a provincial governor has said. US planes had bombed Chechal village as part of a search for four missing US special forces servicemen. Assadullah Wafa, governor of Konar province, said the bombing was a "mistake" and called for a US inquiry... More

  • AU Summit to Open on Optimistic Note

    Forty leaders from around the continent are assembling in Libya for the fifth African Union summit, buoyed by a surge of global goodwill. Together with representativesof 13 other African nations, the summit is all set to get under way in the Libyan city of Sirte on Monday. The summit, among other things, isexpected to try to unite and push for at least.. More

  • Storms Lash Balkans

    Six people have died and a child is missing after severe floods in Romania. Many roads have been cut off by heavy rain over the past 24 hours, farmland has been flooded and houses and bridges have been swept away. Lightning killed two miners and four people have drowned. Meteorologists predict the rain will continue for another 24 hours. In Bulgaria,.. More