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  • Earth Quake Hits North California

    A major earthquake has struck off the coast of northern California, briefly prompting a tsunami warning along the US Pacific coast. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The magnitude 7 quake struck at about 7.50pm (2350 GMT) on Tuesday, southwest of the coastal community of Crescent City and 480km northwest of San Francisco, according.. More

  • Egypt Frees Brotherhood Detainees

    Egyptian authorities have released 137 members of theMuslim Brotherhood movement, a judicial source said. Those freed on Tuesday were among hundreds detained in a crackdown on the opposition during May protests. Egyptian forcesarrested hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood members during the protests for political reform and then jailed hundreds more in.. More

  • Darfur Peace Talks Stuck

    Darfur peace talks can't get started because of disagreements and objections on both sidesover the wording of the text and the involvement of other countries. Mediators from the 53-member African Unionshuttled among Sudanese government officials and Darfur rebels on Tuesday to try overcome the snagin the fifth round of talks on the conflict in Sudan's.. More

  • Many Iraqis Killed in Bomb Attacks

    At least 28 people have been killed in two separate bomb attacks in Iraq, while13 bodies found in Khaldiya have been taken to Baghdad. In the first of Tuesday's bombs, 10 Iraqis, including two children, were killed and seven wounded by a car bomb north of Baghdad, according to a toll provided by security and hospital sources. "Ten people were killed.. More

  • Joint Gaza security committee to meet

    The joint Israeli-Palestinian committee for coordinating Israel's forthcoming withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is to meet for the first time, Israel army and public radios have reported. Israel's Deputy Chief-of-Staff Moshe Kaplinsky will meet Palestinian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Abu Zeid on Tuesday morning to discuss the implementation of the.. More

  • Sudan to Try 162 over Darfur Crimes

    Sudan's Justice Minister Ali Mohammed Yassin has confirmed that 162 suspects will appear before a special Sudanese court set up to try alleged Darfur war criminals. Sudanese officials said the special court would open on Tuesday, after Khartoum criticised international attempts to investigate atrocities in the troubled region. A five-member prosecution.. More

  • 7.9 Quake Hits Chile

    The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake’s magnitude as 7.9, while local geologists said it was weaker. The quake caused landslides and knocked out power. Communications were down in much of the most affected areas, so determining the extent of injuries and damage was difficult. Emergency crews were responding to reports of collapsed houses... More

  • Blast Hits US Convoy in Afghanistan

    A bomb blast has hit a US military convoy outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, and the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack. The US military said at least four US soldiers were wounded, while Afghanistan police said at least five Americans died. "The initial report we have indicates an improvised explosive device hit a coalition.. More

  • Iraqi Police Men Killed by Car Bombs

    At least five Iraqi police officershave been killedin two separatecar bomb attacks. The first car bomb attack struck a joint US-Iraqi patrol north of Baghdad, killing three Iraqi police officersand wounding five, police said on Monday. A huge blast rocked eastern Samarra's al-Khadra neighbourhood at about 9am as an American-Iraqi patrol was passing.. More

  • Aoun Wins in Key Districts

    Polling stations in Lebanon have closed with initial results showing former general Michel Aoun winningfierce electoral battles againstrival anti-Syrian opposition groups in key districts. At stake in the third round of parliamentary elections are 35 seats representing the central Mount Lebanon district and another 23 for the eastern Bekaa Valley... More

  • Somali Government Set to Return Home

    East African countries have called on the United Nations to lift an arms embargo on Somalia to enable African peacekeepers to deploy in the country as its new government prepares to return home. Somalia's new government is scheduled to begin returning home on Monday after a nine-month delay. Its parliament swore in several ministers and held its.. More

  • Voting Starts in Key Lebanon Regions

    Voters have begun trickling into polling stations in central and eastern Lebanon to decide nearly half the legislative seats, in the third stage of staggered parliamentary elections. A total of 1.25 million people are eligible to vote in the Mount Lebanon and eastern Bekaa Valley regions on Sunday in the penultimate stage of Lebanon's first national.. More

  • Several Killed in Iranian Province

    Several people have been killed and more injured by a series of bombs that targeted government buildings in southwestern Iran. The explosions rocked Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan province bordering Iraq, and damaged several buildings. Interior Ministry spokesman Jahanbaksh Khanjani told journalists there were up to four attacks and "several dead"... More

  • Blast Derails Moscow-Bound Train

    A Russian passenger train travelling from the Chechen capital to Moscow has been derailed by an explosion, according to the Interfax news agency. Emergencies Ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov said two carriages went off the track about 150km from Moscow, causing injury to about 10 passengers – two of whom need hospital treatment. Earlier reports.. More

  • Death Toll from Flash Flood in China Rises

    The death toll from a devastating flood that swept through an elementary school in northeastern China has risen to 91, including 87 elementary school students. The flash flood swamped the Shalan Village Central Elementary School in Ningan township, Heilongjiang province, on Friday afternoon, leaving many students aged from six to 14 with no escape.. More