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  • Palestinians Killed in Israeli Army Raids

    An Israeli helicopter has killed two Palestinians in a refugee camp in the occupied Gaza Strip, bringing the toll in the latest military incursion to 11. Medics said the victims were killed in a missile attack on Khan Yunus in southern Gaza early on Friday, but were unable as yet to name the dead. The latest deaths come just hours after an unmanned.. More

  • Ukraine PM Yanukovich Resigns

    Ukraine's Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich has resigned from his post, admitting his appeals over a presidential rerun vote were unlikely to be granted. However, he stopped short of conceding the poll to opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. "I have made a decision and am formally submitting my resignation," he said in a televised address on Friday. .. More

  • US Draws Up New Torture Memo

    The US department of justice has released a new memo to replace a document outlining how to avoid violating US and international torture statutes while interrogating prisoners. In a new memorandum released on Friday, the department stepped back from its August 2002 position that only the most severe types of torture were not permissible under US and.. More

  • Mosul Poll Panel Staff Quit

    The entire staff of the independent electoral commission in the Iraqi northern city of Mosul, amounting to about 700 employees, have resigned amid growing violence in the country. Staff members said on Thursday their resignation followed threats they received in the past few days. The withdrawal of the Iraqi Islamic Party from the election also figured.. More

  • Tsunami Toll over 120,000

    Millions of people around the Indian Ocean are in need of food and clean water as the threat of disease and hunger becomes as big a threat as the most devastating tsunami on record that struck on Sunday. The official toll crossed 123,000 on Wednesday, but the true scale of the disaster may not be known for days, or even weeks, as rescuers struggle.. More

  • Sudan, SLA to Sign Truce Deal

    Sudan's government and southern rebels will agree on a permanent ceasefire on Friday at peace talks hosted by the Kenyan government. A Kenyan foreign ministry official said on Thursday the accord would not be a final peace deal to end Africa's longest-running civil war. The official said a final, formal peace agreement would be signed "sometime in.. More

  • Yushchenko Moves to Form Cabinet

    Ukraine's West-leaning opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko is forging ahead with thrashing out a new government, brushing off a last-ditch legal challenge by his defeated pro-Moscow rival. The Supreme Court rejected two complaints about the conduct of the election from defeated candidate Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich and said it expected to rule.. More

  • Twin Car Bombs Rock Saudi Capital

    A car bomb has exploded near the Interior Ministry in the Saudi capital Riyadh, followed by a similar attack outside a security camp. There is no immediate word about casualties and a security source could not provide further details. Witnesses reported hearing two large blasts near the ministry building as well as gunfire. The blasts were felt up.. More

  • Israel Shells Palestinian Refugee Camp

    Israeli occupation forces have fired tank shells into the heavily populated Khan Yunus refugee camp in southern Gaza, wounding at least 13 Palestinians. A 13-year-old boy and a girl aged about 10 were among those injured by the shelling on Tuesday, which the Israeli military said was aimed at a source of mortar fire on the illegal Gush Khatif settlement... More

  • UN Sends Somali Wave Victims Aid

    More than 30 tons of United Nations food aid is being sent to the Somali island of Hafun - battered by Sunday's Indian Ocean tsunami. It is being transported to the 2,000 islanders by a bridge accessible during low tide, the UN says. Waves that swept 7,000km (4,000 miles) from the epicentre left a trail of smashed buildings and boats along the East.. More

  • Bosnian Serb Arrested for War Crimes

    A former Bosnian Serb policeman has been arrested in connection with war crimes against civilians during the country's 1992-95 civil war. The police said Konstantin Simeunovic was arrested on Tuesday from Brcko district at the request of the local court in Bosnia's autonomous northern district. Simeunovic, a former Bosnian Serb policeman, was during.. More

  • Multiple Tikrit Blasts Kill many Police

    At least 18 Iraqi policemen have been killed and many others injured in attacks on police stations and checkpoints around Tikrit. Aljazeera said police stations and a checkpoint south of the city were attacked by fighters at about 7.30am (0430 GMT). "They attacked with heavy weapons," Major Ali al-Tikriti said. "It was not clear if the attackers.. More

  • Uzbek Elections Deemed Unfair

    Uzbekistan's parliamentary elections have fallen significantly short of international standards, according to Europe's main human rights body. Featuring only parties loyal to President Islam Karimov, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Monday there had been little improvement since similarly unfair elections in 1999. The.. More

  • Gas Blast Kills 17 in France

    A gas explosion tore through a five-storey apartment building, killing 17 people and injuring another 15 in eastern France, authorities said yesterday. Most of the deaths were caused by the collapse of three floors above where the blast took place on Sunday, officials said. The victims ranged in age from 15 to 60, they said. Locating the missing was.. More

  • Horror of Asian Earthquake Disaster Escalating as Death Toll Soars

    The full horror of the destruction caused by the largest earthquake in 40 years across swathes of Asia emerged as the death toll soared over 17,000 and hopes faded for many thousands still missing. A relief and rescue operation covering a vast area was underway, with hundreds of bloated and bloodied bodies piling up in makeshift morgues at coastal.. More