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  • Afghan Plane Goes Missing

    An Afghan passenger plane with 104 people on board is missing after being turned away from Kabul airport because of heavy snow, an airline official has said. The Boeing 737 belonging to private airline Kam Air was on a flight from the western city of Herat to the capitalon Thursday, said Atilla Kamgar, the airline's financial controller. He said.. More

  • Iraqi Employees on US Base Attacked

    An Iraqi employee on a US military base has beenshot deadand four of his colleagues wounded on their way to workin Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, a medical source says. One of the wounded men, Raid Rizuqi, said he and his friends were driving to work on Thursday whenfighters opened fire from another car. Baquba's general hospital confirmed they.. More

  • Cargo Plane Crashes in Sudan, Seven Crew Killed

    A Sudanese cargo plane crashed outside the capital Khartoum Thursday, killing one Sudanese and six people from former Soviet states in eastern Europe, Civil Aviation Minister Ali Tamim Fartak said. Sudanese radio said the dead included six Russians. It described the aircraft as a U.N. plane on its way to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast. "It.. More

  • IRA Withdraws Weapons Commitment

    The IRA has withdrawn its offer to complete the decommissioning process. In a statement, the organisation said it had taken the offer to put its weapons beyond use off the table. The IRA, which denies claims it was behind the £26.5m Belfast bank raid, said the British and Irish governments had "tried its patience to the limit". Last.. More

  • Egypt to Host Middle East Peace Talks

    Egyptian President Husni Mubarak is to hosta summit with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Sharm al-Shaikh next week, Sharon's office says. "Following the progress that has been made in the negotiations on security with the Palestinians, President Mubarak has invited Sharon and Abbas to a meeting next Tuesday.. More

  • Kabul Rejects UN Conditional Aid

    Afghanistan has rejected proposals by a senior UN drug official that aid given to the war-ravaged country should be linked to the results it shows in fighting opium production. The newly created Afghan counter-narcotics ministry in Kabul said on Wednesday it hadobjected to a recentstatement from the world body that createdconditions for investment. T.. More

  • Israel Arrests US Peace Activist

    A week after his arrest and detention with no formal charges, American peace activist Patrick O'Connor remains in Israeli custody and faces deportation. O'Connor, 41,was arrested by the Israeli secret police, Shin Bet, while planting olive tree seedlings in front of the illegal separation wall in the West Bank town of Biddu on 25 January. He came.. More

  • Fresh US Bid for Sanctions on Sudan

    The United States is renewing efforts to impose UN sanctions on Sudan's oil industry to force Khartoum to stop the violence in Darfur. Undeterred by the failure to win support for a similar move last year, the US Department of State on Tuesday said it hoped that a new UN report on atrocities committed in the western region of Darfur would prompt.. More

  • At Least Two Killed in Yemeni Firefight

    At least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in clashes between Yemeni tribesmen and security forces in a town east of the capital, Sanaa. A local official said six other people were wounded in the gun battles that erupted in Marib, 170km from Sanaa, involving members of the Ubeida tribe. Witnesses, however, said six people,.. More

  • Nepalese King Unveils New Cabinet

    Nepal's King Gyanendra has sworn in a new 10-member cabinet heavily dominated by royalists, a day after firing the government and seizing power in a move that has sparked international condemnation. Members of the new cabinet arrived at the royal palace on Wednesday in black official cars for the brief oath-of-office ceremony that followed Gyanendra's.. More

  • At Least Three US Marines Killed in Post-Poll Attacks

    At least three US marines have been killed in combat south of Baghdad, the US military says. "Three US marines were killed in action and two others wounded on 31 January while conducting security and stability operations in northern Babil province," the statement said on Monday. The latest deaths marked the first fatalities reported by the US.. More

  • Israeli Base Targeted for Girl's Killing

    An Israeli soldier has been wounded as Palestinian resistance fighterslaunched several attacks in response to the killing of a Palestinian 10-years old schoolgirl. Targeting an Israelimilitary basenear Bethlehem inthe occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Aljazeera has learned that onesoldier was injured in the attack. Hamas' military wing, Izz al-Din.. More

  • Tsunami Toll Passes Quarter Million

    The number of people presumed dead inDecember's Asian tsunami has risen to more than 289,000, Indonesian authorities say. Indonesia was hardest-hit by the 26 December quake and tsunami, with 236,012 people listed as dead or missing. According to the health ministryon Tuesday,the missing would only be confirmed dead after ayear. Thailand's.. More

  • US Guards Kill Iraqi Inmates in Riot

    US guards have opened fire on prisoners during a riot at a main detention facility,killing four detainees, the US command says. Six other prisoners were injured in the Monday riot that broke out shortly after noon at the Camp Bucca Theatre Internment Facility near Umm Qasr in southern Iraq. The US command statement said the riot occurred after.. More

  • Nepal King Sacks Government, Assumes Power

    Nepal's King Gyanendra sacked the government, declared a state of emergency and assumed power on Tuesday, saying the leadership had failed to hold elections or to restore peace amid an escalating civil war with Maoist rebels. The king had taken power for the next three years, and placed many politicians under house arrest, residents and Indian.. More