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  • UN N-Team Visits Iranian Military Site

    UN nuclear inspectors have visited the Parchin military site in Iran, an International Atomic Energy Agency spokesman said. "I confirm that a team of IAEA inspectors is today conducting an inspection at Parchin, including the taking of environmental samples," spokesman Mark Gwozedecky said on Thursday. Environmental samples are swipes taken to.. More

  • Foreigners Seized, Bank Robbed in Iraq

    Two foreigners have been seized in separate incidents in Iraq and armed men have stolen millions from a Ramadi bank in a day of widespread violence. At 6.30am (0330 GMT)on Thursday, armed men opened fire on a minibus that had gone to pick up a Turkish businessman from the Bakhan Hotel in central Baghdad. All six on board were killed, police.. More

  • Israeli Army Kills Palestinians in Gaza

    Israeli occupation forces have killed two Palestinians, including a man who was driving his pregnant wife to hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian hospital and security sources said. Alaa Hassuna, 23, was shot in the Bait Lahya area on Thursday shortly after leaving the family home in a nearby Beduin village around dawn. His.. More

  • UN Asks Jakarta to Clarify Restrictions

    The United Nations fears restrictions on aid workers in Aceh could hinder international relief operations in the Indonesian province devastated by last month's tsunami. The United States also said on Wednesday that it was seeking clarification on news that Indonesia wanted all foreign troops helping in relief to leave the region by the end of March... More

  • Arab League Averts Crisis over Reform

    The Arab League appears to have averted a crisis after Algeria withdrew a proposal for reform of the international body to introduce a rotating leadership system. The organisation's so-called summit follow-up committee met in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss the reforms, in advance of an extraordinary foreign ministers meeting to finalise proposals on.. More

  • Russia Denies Syrian Missiles Deal

    Russia has denied it has any plans to sell missiles to Syria amid media reports and the US cautioning Moscow that such a move could invite sanctions. US State Department spokesman Richard Boucher on Wednesday said Washington could consider sanctions against Russia if the reported sale of the sophisticated SS-26 Iskander missiles with ability to hit.. More

  • Palestinians Killed in New Israeli Raids

    Two Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank hours after Israeli troops, tanks and helicopters raided a Gaza district in the first reported deaths since Mahmud Abbas was elected president. Both Palestinians were shot dead in an exchange with Israeli occupation troops near Ram Allah in the occupied West Bank. Meanwhile, helicopters launched two.. More

  • Thousands Starving in Tsunami-Hit Somalia

    More than 50,000 people are in need of food aid in parts of Somalia hit by the tsunami. At least 114 people died and hundreds more - mainly fishermen - are still missing after the disaster. Supplies have begun arriving by truck and air in some parts but isolated areas may have to wait days for help. Somalia was among a handful of East African countries.. More

  • Darfur Fighting Spreading, Says UN Envoy

    Fighting is spreading in Sudan's Darfur region and may intensify in the short run, a senior UN official says. Jan Pronk, the special UN envoy to Sudan, said on Tuesday arms were flooding into the troubled western region, violence was spreading beyond camps for the homeless, banditry was increasing and rebel groups were launching attacks in the area.. More

  • US Ends Fruitless Iraq WMD Search

    The search for illusive weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has officially ended, the Washington Post says. The daily reported on Wednesday that officials who served with the group charged with hunting banned weapons said insecurity in Iraq and a lack of new information had led them to fold up the effort shortly before Christmas. Charles Duelfer,.. More

  • Three Killed as Storms Batter UK

    Three motorists were killed as storms with winds up to 124mph hit Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. Some 60,000 people were left without electricity in Scotland after winds downed trees and telegraph poles. Two lorries were blown over in Scotland and Northern Ireland, killing one driver and another motorist. A separate Scotland crash.. More

  • China Denies Reports of Zhao Ziyang Death

    Deposed Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang is "stable" after medical treatment, the foreign ministry said, but denied reports he was dead. Zhao, who was ousted after opposing the military crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, fell ill recently, the ministry said. "Zhao Ziyang is an old man in his 80s. He recently became ill. After undergoing.. More

  • Iraqi Police Killed by Car bomb in Tikrit as Ukraine Orders Pullout

    Six Iraqi policemen have been killed in a car bomb blast in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, in northern Iraq, the US military says. Aljazeera reported the bomb exploded in front of Iraqi police headquarters in Tikrit city, which lies 175km north of Baghdad. "At approximately 9.30am (0630 GMT) on 11 January in northern Tikrit, anti-Iraqi forces.. More

  • Abbas Offers Hand of Peace to Israel

    Fresh from his presidential election victory, Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has extended a hand of peace to Israel. During his meeting with international observation teams, Abbas, who wants to resume peace talks with Israel, expressed hopes that his offer would be acceptable to Tel Aviv. He said: "We are ready to make peace based on justice and.. More

  • Armed Men Kill Two in Kuwait

    Gunmen killed two state security personnel pursuing them in Kuwait City, the Interior Ministry and security sources said. Security sources told Reuters that one of the suspects, a wanted Kuwaiti man identified as Fawaz al-Otaibi, died later in hospital of his wounds. Two state security officers were wounded in the shootout that took place on Monday. Shortl.. More