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  • Bangladesh Fire Leaves 22 Dead

    Bangladesh police say at least 22 people have been killed in a fire at a garment factory near capital, Dhaka. They said dozens more were injured in the fire that broke out at Shaan Knitting and Processing Limited at Siddirganj suburb on Thursday night. All the bodies were recovered early Friday after fire-fighters struggled for hours to put out.. More

  • Pakistani Tribesmen Attack Gas Pipeline

    A soldier has been killed and eight civilians wounded in a rocket attack by tribesmen on a gas installation in southwest Pakistan, officials said. Several rockets hit the facility at Sui, 320km southeast of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province which borders Afghanistan and Iran on Friday night. Paramilitary forces guarding the key installation.. More

  • UN Finds Evidence of Congo Massacre

    At least 30 civilians were killed in a massacre in eastern Congo believed to have been a reprisal for the killing of three renegade soldiers by a pro-government militia, the United Nations has said. A UN investigating team said dissident forces had attacked the village of Buramba on 17 December targeting civilians suspected of sympathising with pro-governme.. More

  • At Least Nine US Soldiers Killed in Last 24 Hours

    A US marine has been killed in al-Anbar province in western Iraq, the military said in a statement, bringing to nine the number of US troops killed on Thursday. "A marine assigned to First Marine Expeditionary Force was killed in action Thursday, 6 January, while conducting security and stability operations in the al-Anbar province," a military statement.. More

  • Israeli Police Arrests Palestinian Presidential Candidate

    One of the leading candidates in Sunday's Palestinian presidential election has been arrested by Israeli police on the last day of the campaign. Mustafa Barghouti was campaigning in East Jerusalem, an area that Palestinians hope to make the capital of a future state. The leading democracy campaigner was attempting to enter the al-Aqsa mosque for.. More

  • Chlorine-Filled Train Crashes in US Kills Eight

    A train loaded with chlorine gas has crashed in the southern US state of South Carolina, killing eight people, injuring 200 and triggering a state of emergency, police say. South Carolina governor Mark Sanford announced a state of emergency in Aiken county after Thursday's accident. He urged "everybody in the effected areas to stay inside with the.. More

  • Bahraini Ministry Officials to Visit Guantanamo Detainees

    A two-member security delegation from the Interior Ministry will leave tomorrow to the US to visit the six Bahrainis still being held at Guantanamo Bay. The delegation, headed by the Criminal Investigation Directorate's Financial Crime Fighting director Colonel Adel Al Fadhel, will meet with the detainees from Monday to Friday. "The objective of the.. More

  • Iraqi Police Academy Bombed in Hilla

    At least 22 people have been killed and others injured in a car bomb targeting a police academy in Babil district in Hilla, south of Baghdad. Hussain al-Haidari, an Iraqi journalist, told Aljazeera a booby-trapped Daewoo car exploded on Wednesday during a graduation ceremony at the police academy. Babil district police spokesman Hadi Hatif said the.. More

  • US Considers New Syria Sanctions

    Stepping up pressure on Syria, US officials have said they were considering new economic and other sanctions to push the Syrian government to stop suspected financial flows to Iraqi fighters. Among the sanctions being considered are restrictions that would effectively isolate Syria's banks and prohibit US financial institutions from dealing with them... More

  • India Minister to Visit Pakistan for Kashmir Talks

    India's foreign minister will visit Pakistan next month for talks on the nuclear rivals' 57-year-old dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, officials said yesterday. Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh will hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khursheed Kasuri and President General Pervez Musharraf during his visit in the first.. More

  • Hamas Hits Israeli Military Base

    Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades have claimed responsibility for firing two mortar shells at an Israeli military base, according to a statement. Aljazeera's correspondent in Palestine, Wail al-Dahduh, reporting from Gaza said Hamas' Izz al-Din al-Qassam had issued a statement claiming responsibility for attacking an Israeli military base near Nahal Oz,.. More

  • Yanukovych in Court Appeal

    Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych has lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court against the body which ran last month's presidential election. He complains that the Central Electoral Commission, which is yet to confirm the victory of his rival Viktor Yushchenko, has refused to invalidate the vote. Preliminary results show Yushchenko.. More

  • US Helicopters Bomb Arbil

    Four Iraqis have been injured after US helicopters bombed residential buildings in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, Aljazeera has learned. Aljazeera's correspondent in Iraq's Kurdistan, Ahmad al-Zawiti, said the bombing on Wednesday damaged the building where students of Salah al-Din University live, in the Sidawa neighbourhood. He said the building.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian at Border

    Israeli troops have shot dead a Palestinian fighter at the Erez border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. Israel said the Palestinian was killed on Wednesday in a fire fight that erupted after a group of resistance fighters infiltrated the Israeli part of the Erez terminal. Palestinian security sources confirmed the death and said Israeli.. More

  • Jakarta Summit to Tackle Tsunami Crisis

    As aid workers struggle to feed and shelter millions of survivors, world leaders have arrived in Jakarta to tackle Asia's tsunami crisis and a 2.3 billion US dollar humanitarian relief operation. World leaders will meet on Thursday to seek a way to prevent such a catastrophe - where survivors are still burying their dead 10 days after a tsunami killed.. More