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  • UN: Darfur Abuses not Genocide

    A UN report on Sudan's troubled Darfur region has concluded that the Sudanese government is guilty of gross human rights violations but stopped short of labelling the violence as genocide. The "crucial element of genocidal intent appears to be missing", said the report, released on Monday. It recommended that the rights abuses be dealt with.. More

  • 10-Year-Old Schoolgirl Dies in Israeli Tank Fire

    A 10-year-old Palestinian girl was killed on the grounds of her United Nations school in a Gaza refugee camp yesterday by what Palestinian officials said was Israeli tank fire. The Palestinian girl, Norhan Deeb, was killed in the Rafah refugee camp, on the border between Gaza and Egypt, a frequent flashpoint of violence between Israeli troops.. More

  • Baghdad Witnesses Low Voter Turnout

    Electionreports from Baghdadhave indicated that turnout was particularly low in the capital and come asIraq's election commission backtracks on a statement that 72% of registered voters countrywide cast their ballots. Iraqi journalist Ziyad al-Samarrai told Aljazeera on Monday that voter turnout in Baghdad was poor,especially inthe al-Yarmuk, al-Amiriya,.. More

  • Gunmen Shoot Dead Pakistan Sunni Scholar

    Two gunmen riding a motorbike shot dead a leading Sunni Muslim scholar and his bodyguard yesterday in Pakistan's restive southern city of Karachi, police said. "Maulana Haroon Al Qasmi and his guard have been killed in an ambush," city police chief Tariq Jamil said, describing the victim as a noted scholar. Dozens of angry youths went on the rampage.. More

  • Several Killed in Kuwait Gun Battle

    Several armed men have beenkilled and others wounded in a gun battlein a residential area of southern Kuwait. Four fighters were killed, three arrested and three wounded in al-Qurain region south of Kuwait City. Three security men were also injured, ministry spokesman Adil al-Hashshashtold state television on Monday. The fighting ended after.. More

  • Car Bomb Rocks Tajik Capital

    A powerful blast has rocked the centre of the Tajik capital Dushanbe in what appears to be a car bomb placed near the central Asian state's emergencies ministry. Onereporter said on Monday he had seenthe head of man lying on the road and car parts scatteredall around. Four people in a taxi were also caught up in the blastand suffered concussions.. More

  • Confusion Surrounds Iraq Poll Turnout

    Confusion surroundsturnout statistics in Iraq's election, with the country's election commission backtracking on a statement that 72% had voted andtop politicians insisting the turnout was high. The commission said its initial tally had been little more than a guess based on local estimates. "Turnout figures recently announced represent the enormous.. More

  • Attacks Plague Iraqi Election Day

    At least 24 people have been killed and dozens injured in numerous attacks in Iraq as polls opened across the country. A man strapped with explosives blew himself up and killed at least two policemen outside a polling station in Baghdad on Sunday. It was the seventh such attack on voting stations in the capital during the election, a government official.. More

  • Mine Blast Kills Afghan Soldiers

    Nine Afghan soldiers died and another was seriously injured when a mine exploded near their vehicle. An Afghan commander said on Saturday that the troops were travelling close to the Pakistan border. A spokesman for the Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, one of the bloodiest in months. The 10 soldiers from a border guard unit were aboard.. More

  • UN Agency Applauds Iran Cooperation

    The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said yesterday he lacked useful intelligence on Iran's nuclear programme and urged states that accuse Tehran of seeking a bomb to provide the evidence. Mohammed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, voiced frustration at countries such as the US and Israel that charge Iran is secretly trying.. More

  • US Embassy Hit Day before Iraqi Elections

    A rocket hit the U.S. embassy inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Saturday, killing two people and wounding at least six, a diplomatic source said. An explosion could be heard across the city center and sirens sounded in the Green Zone shortly after the blast. A U.S. embassy official confirmed the blast. "It was a rocket. Two people are.. More

  • Protesters Killed in Port Sudan Demonstration

    Sudanese police havekilled up to 17 people and injured 20 after they opened fire on a march in the eastern city of Port Sudan, a hospital source said. An official source said the death toll on Saturday was lower. "This started since last (Friday) night, but most of them were this morning- they were all gunshot wounds," the source at the hospital.. More

  • Landmines Kill Russian Soldiers in Chechnya

    Landmine blasts have killed nine soldiers in Russia's occupied republic of Chechnya. Local interior ministry troops were driving on the main Caucasus highway in two light vehicles on Friday when several explosive devices were detonated by remote control, Tass news agency quoted officials as saying. The Chechen interior ministry in Grozny, however,.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Handicapped Palestinian

    A mentally handicapped Palestinian man has died after being shot by Israeli soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip, hospital sources said. Ibrahim al-Shawas, 36, died on Saturday after being shot in the head near Khan Yunus on Friday, they said. Witnesses said he was approaching a border fence near the town when a shot rang out from the Israeli side. His.. More

  • Putin: Syria Deal Still on the Table

    Russian President Vladimir Putin hassaid the proposed sale of missiles to Syria was still under discussion despite US and Israeli opposition, in an interview published in an Israeli daily. Putin told the English language Jerusalem Post that Russia would never upset the Middle East's regional balance but said any sale of the controversial anti-aircraft.. More