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  • Lebanon Opposition Lays out Demands

    Lebanese opposition leaders have called for the resignation of the country's security chiefs and for Syria's President Bashar al-Asad to make an official announcement on a Syrian pullout. They demandedon Wednesday the "immediate" resignation of Lebanon's public prosecutor and six top security officials to ensure the integrity of the probe into.. More

  • Indonesian Cleric Jailed for 30 Months

    Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakr Bashir, accused of leading an al-Qaida linked group blamed for bombings across Asia, has been jailed for two and a half years at the end of his trial. On Thursday, Bashir was cleared of terrorism allegations but was jailed by a five-member panel of judges after being found guilty of involvement in a "sinister conspiracy".. More

  • TV Film Exposes UK Asylum Abuse

    A BBC television documentary has shown British immigration staff abusing failed asylum seekers. The British Home Office said ministers would review the footage aired on Wednesday, before deciding what action to take. An undercover BBC reporter spent three months working at an asylum centre near Cambridge, eastern England, for failed asylum seekers.. More

  • Up to 20 Dead after Blast near School in China

    Up to 20 people, including children, were killed in northern China when explosives stored in the home of a mine operator blew up near a school. Local press reports said at least 20 children died and the Beixinzhuang elementary school was badly damaged in the Wednesday afternoon blast in Huogou village, Shanxi province. However, the Communist.. More

  • Iraqi judge reported killed near home

    A judge on the special tribunal that will put Saddam Hussein and members of his former regime on trial has been killed in the Iraqi capital, according to an Iraqi police official and a media report. Judge Barawiz Muhammad Mahmud and a relative were killed on Tuesday in northern Baghdad's al-Adhamyiah district, the official said on Wednesday on condition.. More

  • UN Forces Kill 50 Congo Militiamen in Gunbattle

    U.N. Pakistani peacekeepers killed at least 50 militiamen in a clash in northeastern Congo on Tuesday, a week after nine Bangladeshi U.N. troops were killed there, senior U.N. sources said on Wednesday. The U.N. sources said the militia fighters opened fire on Pakistani peacekeepers hunting those responsible for attacks on civilians, wounding two.. More

  • Syrian Pullout Soon, Says Asad

    Syrian President Bashar al-Asad says his troops are most likely to pull out of Lebanon in a few months. Syria has 14,000 troops in Lebanon, but its dominant role in the country has come under increasing scrutiny as a result of mass demonstrations sparked by the assassination last month of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri. "The withdrawal.. More

  • Several Iraqis Die in US Attacks

    US forces in Iraq have in the last few days killed several Iraqis - including a woman and her children - during the course of an extensive military operation in al-Anbar province. The situation is tense since the US forces launched Operation River Blitz on Tuesday, Aljazeera has learned. In the province's city of Ramadi, two Iraqis including.. More

  • Security Reforms Vowed by Abbas

    Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas told an international conference yesterday that he would reform the Palestinian Authority's unwieldy and competing security services - a key demand of Israel and world donors - and promised to track down and punish the perpetrators of last week's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. Palestinian Finance Minister Salam.. More

  • Afghan Drug Production Reported Rising

    Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has soared to near-record levels in 2004, posing a serious threat to the country's stability, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) says. Production of opium poppies rose from 3200 tonnes in 2003 to 4200 tonnes last year, approaching levels last seen when the Taliban was in power, INCB president.. More

  • Rebels Die in Nepal Gun Battles

    At least 70 Maoist rebels have been killed in clashes with government forces in Nepal, the army says. Four soldiers and some policemen are also said to have died in the gun battle which took place in two districts close to the Indian border. Correspondents say the clash is one of the heaviest in recent weeks. It comes after Nepal's King Gyanendra.. More

  • Israel: Tel Aviv Blast Killed Soldiers

    The Israeli press has reportedthat three of the five people killed in the bomb attack in Tel Aviv on Friday were members of an elite Israeli army unit serving in the West Bank. The Jerusalem Post reported the elite unit was invited to celebrate a party for one of its soldiers, and stood at the entrance to the stage club when the bomber.. More

  • New Push for Korean Talks

    The United States and its allies could grant North Korea its wish for direct talks with the United States but only within six-way negotiations aimed at ending its nuclear ambitions, a South Korean negotiator said yesterday. North Korea said publicly for the first time on February 10 it had atomic weapons and was indefinitely suspending participation.. More

  • More than 100 Killed in Iraqi Car Blast

    At least106 people have been killed and130 injuredin a car bombing near a medical centrein al-Hilla, south of Baghdad, police sources say. The attack,which happened at 9.30am (0630 GMT) on Monday is the deadliest single attack in Iraq in a year. "We spoke to our branch office there an hour ago and they told us there are more than 100 killed,".. More

  • Lebanon Lawmakers Meet amid Protest

    Lebanon's parliament has opened a session to vote on a no-confidence motion over the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri after protesters defied a ban on demonstrations to urge Syria to withdraw its troops. Banks, schools and businesses closed on Monday, following an opposition call for a general strike to coincide with the debate... More