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  • Many Killed in Kirkuk Car Bomb Blast

    A car bomb has exploded outside the Iraqi national guard headquarters in the northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least 23 people and wounding many others. The blast tore through a crowd waiting to apply for jobs in the force on Saturday, said National Guard General Anwar Muhammad Amin. The attack wounded 53 people, some of whom are in critical condition,.. More

  • Somalia in Crisis as Militias Clash

    At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded in clashes in volatile southern Somalia, deepening a political crisis in a country trying to form a new government. Rival militias have for weeks been preparing to fight for Somalia's main southern trading centre, Kismayo port. The latest fighting broke out this week at Bulo Haji, about 100.. More

  • Darfur Talks end with Little Progress

    Blaming US meddling and the intransigence of the south Sudan rebels, the Khartoum government declares peace talks in Nigeria terminated. Sudan's government on Friday said three-week-old peace talks with Darfur rebels in the Nigerian capital Abuja were over, accusing the US of increasing the rebels' resolve to avoid a compromise. Rebels are due to.. More

  • US Urged to Scrap Guantanamo Trials

    US military commissions trying detainees at Guantanamo Bay are fatally flawed and should be scrapped, Human Rights Watch has said. In an open letter to US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the New York-based rights watchdog on Thursday said hearings at the US Naval Base in Cuba in August had failed to meet basic standards for fair trials. "The.. More

  • Up to 20 Dead as Hurricane 'Ivan' Hits US

    Hurricane Ivan may have quickly deteriorated into a tropical storm after slamming into the southern United States but that is of little comfort to those who have lost everything. Ivan is being blamed for up to 20 deaths, most of them in Florida. Houses were ripped off their foundations and bridges were sliced in half. Millions of people have lost.. More

  • No Sign of Compromise in Northern Ireland Talks

    The British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern are facing an uphill struggle in forging agreement between Northern Ireland's political leaders. They have portrayed the negotiations as a last chance to save the Good Friday peace agreement upon which Northern Ireland's devolved parliament is founded. But the assembly has.. More

  • Karzai Aborts Visit after Rocket Attack

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeast province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just before he was due to land by helicopter. The rocket exploded near a school about 2km from where the US military helicopter in which he was travelling was preparing to touch down. There were no injuries. Karzai.. More

  • Briton, Two Americans Kidnapped in Baghdad

    Two Americans and a Briton were abducted from their home in a plush Baghdad district at dawn Thursday, in the latest blow in Iraq's five-month-old foreign hostage crisis, the interior ministry said. "Two Americans and a British civilian were kidnapped from their house in the Mansur district in Baghdad this morning around 6:00 (0200 GMT)," ministry.. More

  • Israeli Troops Kill Ten Palestinians in West Bank

    Ten Palestinians, including a young schoolgirl, were killed in separate army raids in the West Bank as Israel tightened security for the beginning of the Jewish new year holiday. Six people, including the 11-year-old girl, were killed during an early morning offensive in the main northern city of Nablus before four Palestinian activists were shot dead.. More

  • Many Dead in Fresh Iraqi Clashes

    Up to 10 people have been killed in clashes between Iraqi fighters and US marines in Ramadi, while a car blast south of Baghdad has left two dead. Aljazeera has learnt that armed men attacked a US convoy in the centre of the city of Ramadia, west of Baghdad, on Wednesday. US forces responded with heavy gunfire. "Ten people were killed and six wounded.. More

  • Sudanese Peace Talks Collapse

    Peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebel groups have collapsed and could be suspended for weeks. On Wednesday Muhammad Ahmad Tugod, the chief negotiator for Sudanese group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), said: "Negotiations have already collapsed because there are differences, strong differences between us and the Sudanese government.".. More

  • Dozens Killed in Massive Baghdad Blast

    At least one huge explosion has torn through a crowded Baghdad market close to a police station, leaving up to 47 people dead. Health Ministry spokesman Saad al-Amili reportedly said at least 47 people were killed and 114 others wounded. Officials are saying the blast was caused by at least two simultaneous car bombs. However, witnesses and police.. More

  • Israel Intensifies Land Seizures

    Israel has stepped up annexation of Palestinian farms and fields in various parts of the West Bank, ignoring a landmark ruling by the International Court of Justice in the Hague. A decision by Israel's own High Court of Justice had likewise urged the Israeli Government to put an end to land seizures in the name of erecting the separation barrier. Yet.. More

  • US Troops Abused Prisoners in Mosul

    A British lawyer says he has uncovered evidence that US troops mistreated detainees in the Iraqi city of Mosul, suggesting abuse had spread far beyond the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. On Tuesday Phil Shiner sent Reuters statements by two Iraqis who said they were hooded, stripped naked, beaten and doused with cold water at lengthy torture.. More

  • Evacuees Flee New Orleans Ahead of 'Ivan'

    More than 1.2 million people in metropolitan New Orleans were warned to get out Tuesday as 140-mph Hurricane Ivan churned toward the Gulf Coast, threatening to submerge this below-sea-level city in what could be the most disastrous storm to hit in nearly 40 years. Residents streamed inland in bumper-to-bumper traffic in an agonizingly slow exodus amid.. More