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    • 3 civilians killed in suicide bombing on Afghan army base
      Three civilians were killed and four Afghan soldiers were wounded today when a suicide car bomb exploded in front of an army base in southern Afghanistan, officials said.

    • Mayor wins sexist 'award'
      An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has won the top "award" for the most sexist public comment of the year.

    • Floods kill 17, displace 100,000

      The death toll from floods in southeastern Ethiopia has risen to 17 and more than 100,000 people have been left homeless, the government said on Friday.



    • 'LTTE a true friend of India'
      Asking India to withdraw all its military assistance to Sri Lankan forces against Tamil rebels, the LTTE has said the outfit was a "true" friend of New Delhi which must revoke the ban on it.

    • 6.0 magnitude strong quake strikes off Solomon Islands

      A strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands today, the US Geological Survey said.



    • Australian navy passengers people from sinking ship
      The Australian navy has rescued a group of suspected asylum-seekers found drifting off the country's northwest coast, plucking them to safety from their fast sinking ship, say the officials.

    • Hearing set on Cheney indictment
      A judge is scheduled to hear arguments on whether to dismiss indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

    • '52 LTTE men killed, airstrip falls to army'
      At least 52 LTTE militants were killed in pitched battles with the Sri Lankan security forces which overran rebel forward defence lines in the Jaffna peninsula and captured a Tamil Tigers' airstrip in nearby Kilinochchi.

    • 7 militants killed in Pakistan
      Pakistani gunships continued shelling today in the restive Bajaur tribal region, killing at least seven militants including a Taliban commander.

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    • Michael Jackson converts to Islam
      The 50-year-old star, pledged his allegiance to the Koran in a ceremony at a friend's mansion in Los Angeles, the Sun reported.

    • 'Osama' number plates banned in UK
      Licensing chiefs in Britain have banned all car registration numbers that resemble words associated with terrorism.

    • Honours for Japan Christian martyrs
      Samurai warriors, housewives and children were crucified and tortured but they refused to renounce their religion. Japan's history of Christian persecution is finally receiving recognition in a beatification of 188 martyrs.

    • Myanmar monk, comedian jailed
      Courts in military-ruled Myanmar handed long prison sentences on Friday to a prominent Buddhist monk and a popular comedian who are active in the country's pro-democracy movement.

    • Shanghai tower year's best skyscraper
      The Shanghai World Financial Center has been adjudged the world's the best skyscraper. The tower is world's second-tallest building.

    • Prince William to fight pirates
      According to a report published in 'The Sun', Prince William will experience how the Special Boat Service unit deals with drug runners and pirates during his deployment.

    • Al-Qaida may decay soon: Report
      Al-Qaida could soon be on the decline even as it remains a major threat with a strong presence in the tribal areas of Pakistan, a report by American intelligence agencies said.

    • 90 die in Zimbabwe cholera outbreak
      An outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe over the last month has now claimed at least 90 lives, including three deaths of Zimbabweans across the border in South Africa, officials have said.

    • 'China, India leading powers by 2025'
      US intelligence study says China and India may emerge atop a multipolar global system as the US economic and political clout declines over the next two decades.

    		  
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    The renegade general battling government forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has told Al Jazeera he accepts partial responsibility for the upheaval. But in the exclusive interview, Laurent Nkunda also defended the actions of his National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), saying they were "looking for a solution" to the country's many problems. "If you can compare Congo with other countries, there is no life, there is no economy, there is no salary, there is no administration, no justice - so how can we think we are destroying?" he asked. Nkunda's defence of the fighting came as the UN Security Council voted to send about 3,000 additional...


    • DR Congo rebels defend fighting
      The renegade general battling government forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has told Al Jazeera he accepts partial responsibility for the upheaval. But in the exclusive interview, Laurent Nkunda also defended the actions of his National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), saying they were "looking for a solution" to the country's many problems. "If you can compare Congo with other countries, there is no life, there is no economy, there is no salary, there is no administration, no justice - so how can we think we are destroying?" he asked. Nkunda's defence of the fighting came as the UN Security Council voted to send about 3,000 additional...

    • Putin vows to fight economic collapse in Russia
      : Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, mindful that Russians have already been traumatized by two financial crises in the last two decades, tried to assure the country on Thursday that it would be able to weather the current one. In a keynote speech to the governing party congress, Putin announced tax cuts to stimulate the economy and increased spending on social programs. With the steep fall in the price of oil, the economy has slowed significantly in recent months, and the Russian stock market has plummeted. "We will do everything in order to prevent a repetition of the collapses of past years in our country," Putin said. "We will do...

    • Bush to promote action plan to deal with crisis
      WASHINGTON—President George W. Bush, struggling to get ahead of a global financial crisis, hopes to win more converts for an action plan designed to demonstrate that governments have the will and the means to halt the turmoil. Embarking Friday on what could be his final overseas trip as president, Bush was headed to a summit of the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima, Peru. Bush and eight of the...

    • Japan stocks rise after losses earlier this week
      Japanese stocks gained Friday, boosted by a weakening yen and other Asian bourses rallying despite an overnight rout on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gained 207.75 points, or 2.7 percent, to close at 7,910.79 points on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, after losing nearly 7 percent the day before. The broader Topix index closed up...

    • Fierce gun battle rocks Mogadishu
      At least 15 people have been killed after insurgents attacked the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say. Heavily...

    • Pakistan protests deep missile attack
      ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan protested to the US ambassador yesterday over a deep cross-border missile strike, and a militant group threatened to target foreigners unless the attacks stop. Pakistani intelligence officials...

    • An option for Clinton: Enhanced Senate role
      : Democratic leaders in the Senate are prepared to give Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton a still-undefined leadership role there if she does not become Barack Obama's secretary of state, Democratic officials close to the situation said Thursday. The discussions about an enhanced position for Clinton are factoring into her deliberations over joining the cabinet, the officials said. Clinton, the junior senator from New York, is wrestling with whether to abandon her independence to become the nation's top diplomat or remain in a chamber where lack of seniority limits her influence. Clinton asked to join the Senate Democratic leadership after the Nov. 4 election, and party...

    • EU and US vehicle industry woes deepen
      By Caroline Jacobs and Gernot Heller Paris and Berlin - A fresh round of job cuts at Peugeot Citroën underscored the vehicle sector's woes yesterday as France's President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to help the struggling industry. A €2 billion (R26 billion) rescue package for the industry is planned by the European Investment Bank, according to a German government paper...

    • China says 19,000 students died in May quake
      It's the first official accounting of the death toll in region's schools During a memorial service in May, a mother holds a picture of her son who was killed in an earthquake at a primary school in Mianzhu, in China's southwest Sichuan province. var hasRelatedPhotos = 'true';if (hasRelatedPhotos=='true'){var vRPL = document.getElementById("viewRelatedPhotosLink");if (vRPL!=undefined) vRPL.style.display = "";var vLRPG = document.getElementById("linkRelatedPhotos");var vLIRPG = document.getElementById("linkImgRelatedPhotos");if (vLRPG) {if(vLIRPG)...

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    • Thousands of Iraqis protest U.S. pact

      Thousands of Iraqi Shiite protesters rally against the U.S.-Iraqi security pact near Firdous Square, Baghdad, on Friday.Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr converged on a central Baghdad square Friday for a mass prayer to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.




    • Report predicts U.S. decline, Russia rise
      Global warming could be a boon to Russia while the U.S. could further decline in importance during the next two decades, says a U.S. intelligence report with predictions for the world in 2025.

    • China IDs 19,000 of quake dead

      During a memorial service in May, a mother holds a picture of her son who was killed in an earthquake at a primary school in Mianzhu, in China's southwest Sichuan province. A little over a quarter of the 70,000 people who died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan in May have been identified, a Chinese official said Friday.




    • Blasts hit Pakistan funeral, mosque
      A blast killed at least six mourners Friday at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwest Pakistan who was gunned down hours earlier, police said.

    • Ex-child soldiers launch aid group
      Three former child soldiers from Africa announced the launch of a new U.N.-backed advocacy group Thursday to help other kids escape and heal from war.

    • Myanmar sends comedian, monk to prison
      Courts in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday handed long prison sentences to a prominent monk and a popular comedian active in the country's pro-democracy movement.

    • Leftist Sandinistas win Nicaragua vote

      A supporter of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front party, FSLN, fires homemade mortars into the air while waiting for a final report of the mayoral elections during a demonstration in front of the Supreme Electoral Council, in Managua, on Thursday.Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista party won the large majority of municipal races, including the capital Managua, in local elections that have sparked violent clashes and allegations of fraud.




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    • Cover-up alleged in missionary plane downing
      A classified CIA report on the 2001 shoot down of a small plane carrying American missionaries by the Peruvian air force suggests that U.S. officials may have misled Congress.


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