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  • UN group condemns Israeli settlements

    The UN Human Rights Commission has passed a resolution condemning Israel's settlement of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, saying Israel should reverse the policy. In a 39-2 vote, with 12 abstentions, delegations passed the resolution on Thursday demanding that Israel should "prevent any new installation of settlers in the occupied territories". The.. More

  • Britain Plans Iraq Pullout

    Britain might start pulling its troops out of Iraq next year, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said yesterday. A timeframe for the withdrawal may be drawn up towards the end of this year. His comments come amid fierce campaigning ahead of the May 5 general election, with polls predicting Prime Minister Tony Blair's governing Labour Party will lose some.. More

  • Lebanon: No Opposition Candidate Yet

    A meeting of the Lebanese opposition to nominate a consensus prime minister candidate for next month's elections has ended inconclusively. Aljazeera's correspondent in Beirut reported that the meeting of opposition lawmakers on Thursday ended without an agreement being reached. The members of parliament are to resume their discussions again on Friday. Besi.. More

  • Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian, Abbas Orders Security Shake-Up

    Israeli occupation troops have shot dead a Palestinian resistance fighter in a raid in a refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus. An Israeli military source said soldiers shot the man, identified as a member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, when he opened fire on them while they were trying to arrest him in the Balata camp on Thursday. Ala Sanakra,.. More

  • More Car Bombs in Baghdad

    At least11 people have been killed and 20 wounded, mostly police officers, after two car bombs hit an Iraqi Interior Ministry complex in Baghdad's al-Jadiriyah neighbourhood. The bombers blew up their cars on Thursday morning near a fortified section of the ministry in central Baghdad, police said. The bombs detonated in quick succession about 200m.. More

  • Guantanamo Prisoner Goes Home

    With tears of joy, hugs and flowers, a family has welcomed home a 27-year-old Kuwaiti who spent more than three years in US custody after being arrested in Afghanistan. Hours earlier, on Wednesday, a criminal court in Kuwait city ordered the release on bail of Nasir al-Mutairi whom the United States captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and detainedat Guantanamo.. More

  • Killer Virus Sparks Alert

    The World Health Organisation issued a warning yesterday after a US institute sent to thousands of laboratories samples of a lethal flu virus that killed up to four million people in the late 1950s.The controversy revealed an apparent loophole in biosafety procedures, as the WHO and national health authorities ordered the labs to destroy the samples. "Ther.. More

  • Video Shows US Captive in Iraq

    An American citizen who was taken captive in Iraq on Sunday has pleaded for his life in a videobroadcast on Aljazeera. The tape on Wednesday showed a man sitting behind a wooden desk as three men pointed their guns towards him. He was holding what looked like a passport and a photo identification. The US embassy spokesman in Baghdad- Bob Callahan.. More

  • Karami Fails to Form New Government

    Lebanon's Prime Minister Umar Karami has said he was stepping down after failing to form a new government. "Today, and after many attempts ... once again we reached a dead end," he told a news conference at his residence in Beirut on Wednesday. "That's why I am confirming my decision to excuse myself." Pro-Syria Karami's decision to step down six.. More

  • Iraqi Police Killed near Kirkuk

    Twelve Iraqi police have been killed dismantling what appeared to be a decoy roadside bomb near Kirkuk when another bomb exploded. The policemen, including two officers, were killed on Wednesday when the device detonated near a fuel pipelinein the Badwan area about 15km north of Kirkuk, Iraqi police sources told Aljazeera. The violence came as Secretary.. More

  • Thousands Flee Indonesian Volcano

    More than 25,000 panicked residents have been evacuated from the slopes of a volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island and officials have raised the alert level as the mountain's activity intensifies. The heightened rumbling of Mount Talang coincided with a series of moderate earthquakes on Sumatra, which is still recovering from a massive 26 December.. More

  • Anti-Mubarak Protesters Detained

    Egyptian security personnel in the southern city of Asyut have detained five people during pro-reform demonstrations. Protesters from the Kifaya Movement, which has organised a number of demonstrations in Cairo against Husni Mubarak's rule, were on Tuesday prevented from holding a rally by riot police. "Two people from the Kifaya group who tried.. More

  • Aceh Peace Talks Begin

    Aceh representatives and an Indonesian government delegation have met to start the third round of peace talks aimed at bringing lasting peace to the province. The two sides met separately the mediator, former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, and each other later on Tuesday. Acehs leaders said before the talks they would demand Indonesian troops.. More

  • Iraqi Civilian Killed in US Air Attack

    Twenty Iraqis have been killed and 22 injured after US helicopters and heavy artillery bombed houses in al-Rummana village north of al-Qaim city. Seven children, six women andthree old men were among the dead,witnesses said, whilethe injured included 13 children, sevenwomen and twoold men. The witnesses added that the shelling started after US forces,.. More

  • Lebanon Fails to Announce New Leaders

    Lebanese leaders have failed to announce a long-awaited new government after a marathon meeting, still unable to break over a month of political stalemate before elections planned for May. Prime Minister-designate Umar Karami and parliament Speaker Nabih Birri left the presidential palace without speaking to reporters after a meeting of four hours.. More