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  • Dominican Republic Prison Fire Kills 134

    A prison fire that killed 134 inmates, one of the deadliest in Latin American prisons, has cast a harsh spotlight on conditions in this country's cells. The Dominican Republic has the most overcrowded jails in the Western Hemisphere, according to U.N. figures, and the fire early Monday in the eastern city of Higuey happened at one of its worst. The.. More

  • Iraqi Forces Killed in Baquba Attacks

    Armed fighters have killed 12 people, including 11 members of Iraq's security forces, and wounded 28 in clashes near the town of Baquba, Aljazeera has learned. Fighters on Monday attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint in the al-Muradiya area west of Baquba at about 7am (0400 GMT) with machine guns and grenades, killing five, said an Iraqi soldier who.. More

  • CIA Jets Detainees to Torture Nations'

    The CIA uses a secret jet to ferry terror suspects for interrogation to countries known to use torture, according to a television report. The CBSnetwork's 60 Minutes programme, aired on Sunday, videotaped the Boeing 737 on a runway at Glasgow Airport in Scotland, saying it was able to trace it through a series of companies and executives that apparently.. More

  • Afghan Guards Disperse Protestors

    Afghan guards have fired in the air to disperse nearly 1000 protesters who tried to storm the governor's residence in the southern province of Kandahar, witnesses said. A few demonstrators were injured in stone-throwing incidents protesting against corrupt officials and rising crime, including child kidnapping, witness said on Monday. "We want.. More

  • Minister: Syrian Pullout Starts Monday

    Syria will starta pullout of itsforces in Lebanon to the Bekaa Valley on Monday, Lebanese Defence Minister Abd al-Rahim Murad said. "The withdrawal starts tomorrow," Murad said on Sunday, adding that forces would retreat from northern Lebanon and Mount Lebanon in accordance with the Taif Accord that ended Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war. He said the.. More

  • Rabbis Urge Fast against Gaza Pullout

    Israel's pro-settler rabbis have made a rare call for a national fast on 17 March to protest against a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, The date 17 March is also the day the Knesset is to deliberate on the pullout plan introduced by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Emily Amrusy of the Yesha Settler Council said on Sunday the day was chosen.. More

  • Indonesia-Malaysia Tensions Build

    Four Indonesian F-16 fighter jetshave beendespatched to a border region amid rising tensions with neighbouring Malaysia. The development came on the eve ofIndonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to the disputed area, a military commander said. "The president will go to the border, therefore we are preparing everything for his security,".. More

  • Nuclear Row: Iran Warns of Oil Crisis

    Iran's top nuclear official has warned the US and Europe of the danger of an oil crisis if Tehran is sent before the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme. Tehran has argued that it wants to enrich uranium to generate atomic energy purely for civilian use, and argues such work is authorised by the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Hasan.. More

  • Jordan Questions Israel over Prisoners

    Jordan's Foreign Minister Hani Fawzi al-Mulki has said he would press Israel to release Jordanian prisoners. Hours ahead of a scheduled visit to Israel, al-Mulki said freeing Jordanian prisoners was "a basic demand" in line with Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. "Every prisoner occupies a paramount importance in our hearts. We cannot speak ….. More

  • US Releases Iraq Abuse Documents

    Videos from Iraq compiled by a Florida National Guardsman and called Ramadi Madness showed abuses, yet US army investigators found no cause to charge anyone, according to army documents. One soldier is shown kicking a wounded, cuffedIraqi detaineeand another striking a detainee with a rifle butt, according to US military documents.The videos were.. More

  • Palestinians Clash in West Bank

    Palestinian fighters have opened fire on a police station in Nablus, sparking a firefight in the centre of the West Bank's largest city. The incident occurred on Friday when a member of the al-Awda Brigades, part of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement, was refused permissionto visit his jailed brother. The fighter shouted threats.. More

  • Asad to Order Pullout, Officials Say

    Syrian President Bashar al-Asad is poised to announce major troop redeployment in neighbouring Lebanon, officials have said. But it was unclear how far the pullback would go to meet UN demands for a complete withdrawal. A Lebanese minister on Friday said Syria was seeking "guarantees" from the international community before agreeing to a full.. More

  • Blix urges nuclear-free Middle East

    Iraq's nuclear past and Iran's possible nuclear future should spur the world to make the Middle East- including Israel- a zone free of weapons of mass destruction, arms expert Hans Blix says. Even without Saddam Hussein, the "new" Iraq still has the technical know-how to resurrect its nuclear bomb programme if it feels threatened by neighbours, Blix.. More

  • 66 Stand Trial for Abusing Children in France

    One of France's biggest-ever criminal trials - a case in which 66 men and women are accused of raping children "sold" by their parents for pitiful sums of money and cigarettes - opened yesterday in the western city of Angers. The case is expected to last four months and is being heard in a specially constructed wooden hall in the law courts built to.. More

  • Police Killed by Baghdad Car Bombs

    Two car bombs have exploded outside the main entrance to Iraq's Interior Ministry, killing five police officersand wounding five others, security officials and an eyewitness said. The two vehicles blew up on Thursday at 7.30am (0430 GMT), with the first vehicle apparently serving as a decoy for the second. "There was a Kia vehicle that tried.. More