MADRID (AFP) - Spanish police have smashed a suspected Islamist terror cell, arresting 14 people and recovering bomb-making equipment in overnight raids in Barcelona, the interior minister said on Saturday.
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January 19, 2008
Millions mark Shi'ite ritual in Iraq after clashes
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces imposed tight security on the city of Kerbala as 2.5 million pilgrims marked the climax of a major Shi'ite rite on Saturday, a day after gunmen attacked worshippers and police in other southern cities.
Egypt police kill African migrant on border
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptian police shot dead a man from Ivory Coast and detained two other African migrants who were trying to cross illegally into Israel on Saturday, security officials said.
Protests, police at Suharto's hospital
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian anti-riot police briefly clashed with about 100 demonstrators on Saturday as they called for former Indonesian president Suharto to be brought to justice.
Britain, China boost links on tackling climate change
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Britain and China are entering a new era of environmental cooperation and will lead the world in creating a sustainable future, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday as he ended a two-day visit.
Sri Lanka says 32 killed in fresh violence
COLOMBO : At least 31 Sri Lankan guerrillas and one soldier were killed in heavy fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels across the embattled north, the defence ministry said on Saturday.
January 18, 2008
Bulgaria, Russia sign gas pipeline deal
SOFIA (AFP) - Bulgaria and Russia signed a deal Friday for the 10 billion euros (14.7 billion dollars) South Stream pipeline to carry Russian gas to Europe, giving Moscow an even greater say on European energy supplies.
Pakistan kills dozens of militants in Bhutto suspect's den
ISLAMABAD : Pakistani soldiers killed up to 90 Islamist militants near the Afghan border Friday, as the chief of the CIA linked the leader of the extremists in the region to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Chess legend Bobby Fischer dead at 64
REYKJAVIK (AFP) - Chess legend Bobby Fischer, whose tortured genius earned him both worldwide acclaim and disdain, has died at the age of 64 at his home in Iceland.
Civil society groups stage march to call on Arroyo to step down
MANILA: Civil society groups and militant activists in the Philippines continue to call for President Gloria Arroyo's resignation.
Belarus jails Prophet Mohammad cartoon publisher
BELARUS (Reuters) - Belarus on Friday jailed for three years an editor of an independent newspaper who reproduced cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that first appeared in Denmark in 2005 and caused mass demonstrations across the Muslim world.
Putin lands key pipeline deal on second day of Bulgarian trip
SOFIA (AFP) - Russia and Bulgaria agreed a landmark gas pipeline deal on Friday that will strengthen Russia's grip on Europe's energy markets on the second day of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to the country.
UN Security Council criticises Myanmar for slow pace of democratic reforms
NEW YORK : The UN Security Council has criticised Myanmar for the slow pace of democratic reforms.
Indian court gives green light to world's cheapest car plant
KOLKATA, India (AFP) - An Indian court gave the green light Friday to the controversial acquisition of land for a Tata Motor plant to build the world's cheapest car, the Nano.
No improvement in N.Korea human rights: UN official
TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea continues to violate human rights systematically by torturing, publicly prosecuting and oppressing its citizens, a United Nations envoy for human rights in the communist state said on Friday. "There are many grave negative situations," Vitit Muntarbhorn, a U.N. special rapporteur, told reporters in Tokyo.
January 17, 2008
Sri Lanka bombs Tamil Tiger leaders: military
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's military said Thursday its war planes had "completely destroyed" a hideout where Tamil Tiger leaders were meeting, a day after its truce with the rebels officially ended.
Canada places U.S., Israel on torture watch list
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's foreign ministry has put the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured and also classifies some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Thursday.
WHO warning over Indian bird flu outbreak
KOLKATA, India : The World Health Organisation on Thursday warned that an outbreak of bird flu in eastern India was far more serious than two previous outbreaks, as officials reported more poultry deaths.
Police shoot dead seven protesters in Kenya: opposition leader
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga told a news conference Thursday that police had shot seven people dead in protests in Nairobi slums.
Israel says carries out missile launching test
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel carried out a missile test on Thursday, the Defence Ministry said, raising speculation the launch was part of a program to develop longer-range weapons or improve an anti-missile defence system.
Britain slams Russia after closing culture offices
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain accused Russia of Cold War tactics on Thursday after what it called a campaign of intimidation by security services forced its cultural centers in two Russian cities to halt operations.
China cites Tiananmen protests in obituary praise
BEIJING (Reuters) - An official Chinese obituary praised a late Communist Party city boss on Thursday for "maintaining stability" during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in a rare mention of a subject that remains taboo to this day.
Manila warns against fresh wave of militant attacks
MANILA (Reuters) - Muslim separatists angered at stalled peace talks with the Philippine government could start a bombing campaign in the south of the archipelago, analysts said on Thursday.
East Timor president asks nation to forgive Suharto
DILI (Reuters) - East Timor's president urged Timorese to pray for Suharto, the former Indonesian president who ordered the brutal invasion of East Timor in 1975 and who now lies critically ill in hospital.
January 16, 2008
French court faults Total, three others over Erika oil disaster
PARIS (AFP) - A French court on Wednesday found Total guilty of negligence and ordered the oil giant and three other parties to pay nearly 200 million euros in damages for the 1999 Erika oil spill, one of France's worst environmental disasters.
Cuba's Castro says too weak to speak in public
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Wednesday he is not strong enough to speak in public more than 17 months after stomach surgery forced him to hand over power to his brother.
Oil prices fall sharply as Bush pressures OPEC
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices extended losses Wednesday, falling sharply as US President George W. Bush pressured OPEC to increase crude output to help cut the cost of energy.
Zimbabwe at risk of more southern Africa floods
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe faces the threat of renewed flooding which has destroyed homes and put new pressure on the country's ailing economy, disaster management authorities said on Wednesday.
U.N. says Iraq lacks spirit of reconciliation
PARIS (Reuters) - Iraq lacks any true spirit of reconciliation despite parliament's decision to let former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party return to government jobs, the United Nations' Baghdad envoy said on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka bus blast kills 26 as truce scrapped
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A roadside bomb ripped through a Sri Lankan bus killing 26 people and wounding dozens on Wednesday, officials said, as a six-year ceasefire between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels officially expired.
Police tear gas Kenya demonstrators
NAIROBI (AFP) - Police fired tear gas to break up demonstrating youths in the Kenyan city of Mombasa on Wednesday as the opposition sought to launch new protests against President Mwai Kibaki.
January 15, 2008
U.S., Poland hopeful of missile shield deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Polish officials said on Tuesday they believe they can strike a deal which would allow U.S. missiles to be installed in Poland as part of a defensive shield for Europe.
At least 20 killed in Gaza violence
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli troops killed 19 Palestinians on Tuesday, including the son of a top Hamas leader, as fighting erupted around the Gaza Strip a day after the start of key Middle East peace talks.
Prosecutors seek 25 years jail for ex-Kosovo premier
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Prosecutors asked the U.N. tribunal on Tuesday to sentence Kosovo's former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj to 25 years in jail for crimes against humanity stemming from the war against Serb forces in 1998-99.
Three killed in Beirut attack on US embassy car
BEIRUT (AFP) - At least three people were killed in a bomb blast that targeted a US embassy car in a northern suburb of the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, the latest in a string of attacks in the troubled country.
KENYA: Health workers grappling with conflict-related sexual violence - IRINnews.org
KENYA: Health workers grappling with conflict-related sexual violence IRINnews.org, NY - NAIROBI, 15 January 2008 (IRIN) - As Kenya counts the human and material cost of the political violence, hospitals are reporting an increase in reported ... |
Beslan mothers threaten to condemn Putin in court
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Mothers of children seized by rebels at a southern Russia school in 2004 threatened on Tuesday to use a legal action brought by authorities against them to expose President Vladimir Putin's role in the bungled rescue.
Cambodia: Bracing for more dengue fever outbreaks
PHNOM PENH, 15 January 2008 (IRIN) - Cambodia could be facing another severe dengue fever outbreak, according to health workers. “This was the most serious dengue epidemic I have experienced in nearly 30 years of working in the area,” Chang told IRIN. “And the death rate in Cambodia’s outbreak of reported cases was extraordinarily high,” he said.
Kenya faces nationwide opposition protests
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan youths erected roadblocks and traders nailed metal sheets across shop windows while the opposition vowed to go ahead with three days of banned protests from Wednesday over President Mwai Kibaki's re-election.
Practice of prayer ladies accepted in Manila church
MANILA: In Quiapo Church in downtown Manila, there are so-called 'prayer ladies', who accept requests to pray on other people's behalf.
AFGHANISTAN: UN, NGOs review security measures after Kabul attack - IRINnews.org
AFGHANISTAN: UN, NGOs review security measures after Kabul attack IRINnews.org, NY - KABUL, 15 January 2008 (IRIN) - Some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working in Afghanistan have temporarily imposed restrictions on their ... |
Khmer Rouge judges open first talks in former rebel stronghold
PAILIN, Cambodia: Judges from Cambodia's genocide tribunal met on Tuesday for the first time with former Khmer Rouge rebels in one of their last strongholds to urge them to cooperate with the UN-backed court.
January 14, 2008
New Guatemala leader Colom vows to attack crime
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's new president, Alvaro Colom, pledged on Monday to fight violence and drug trafficking as he took power in a country racked by crime.
Amnesty urges Iran to stop stoning executions
LONDON (Reuters) - Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Iran to abolish the "grotesque and horrific" practice of stoning people to death.
U.N. to have independent probe of Algiers attack
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is setting up an independent panel to investigate a bombing that killed 17 U.N. employees in Algiers on December 11, the world body announced on Monday.
Russia slams 'illegal' French bank account freeze: ministry
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia will appeal against an "illegal" French court order freezing the bank accounts in France of several Russian organisations, the finance ministry said here on Monday.
Ten dead in Karachi bomb blast: minister
KARACHI (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed and about 50 wounded Monday when a bomb fixed to a motorcycle exploded in Karachi as Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf visited the southern city, a minister said.
ANGOLA: Fund launched for poor countries struggling with high food ... - IRINnews.org
ANGOLA: Fund launched for poor countries struggling with high food ... IRINnews.org, NY - OUAGADOUGOU, 14 January 2008 (IRIN) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a multi-million dollar fund for import-dependent poor ... |
Sudan "bombs" Darfur rebels as violence hampers aid
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese government planes bombed rebel positions in Darfur, rebels and international sources said on Monday of the latest violence that has turned parts of West Darfur into a "no go" zone for aid workers.
Air raid, ambush as Japan envoy visits Sri Lanka
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Suspected Tamil Tigers killed four people with a roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka on Monday while government planes bombed a rebel base, the military said, as a Japanese envoy sought to revive a collapsed peace process.
British Council in Saint Petersburg defies Russian ban
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - Britain's overseas cultural arm, the British Council, reopened its Saint Petersburg office on Monday in defiance of a Russian ban.
Israel-Palestinians open talks on core issues
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Monday that Israel and the Palestinians may not reach a peace deal that US President George W. Bush predicted within a year as both sides began discussing the conflict's core issues.
Bush to court Saudi allies after warning Iran
RIYADH (AFP) - US President George W. Bush was heading to regional powerhouse and close ally Saudi Arabia on Monday to rally support for his Middle East peace drive and his campaign to isolate archfoe Iran.
Kenya government rejects Annan mediation in crisis
NAIROBI (AFP) - The Kenyan government on Monday rejected a mediation mission by former UN chief Kofi Annan to try to end political unrest and sent a stern warning to the opposition ahead of nationwide protests.
Ex-Colombian hostage to see son after three years
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian woman freed last week after six years as a rebel hostage arrived in Bogota on Sunday and headed for a reunion with her son Emmanuel, born in captivity but now in foster care.
January 13, 2008
IAEA sets new deadline for Iran to answer nuclear questions
VIENNA (AFP) - The UN atomic watchdog said Sunday that Iran has agreed to clear up remaining questions on its nuclear programme -- including any military activity -- in four weeks.
Thousands rally in Georgia against Saakashvili
TBILISI (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the Georgian capital Sunday to denounce what they say was mass fraud in a presidential vote won by pro-Western reformer Mikheil Saakashvili.
East African bloc calls for Kenya vote probe
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A five-nation East African bloc wants "suspect" actions during vote tallying from Kenya's disputed presidential polls investigated and guilty parties held accountable, it said in a report.
Thousands turn out for Hong Kong pro-democracy protest
HONG KONG (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first major protest since China decided last month to delay the introduction of full democracy in the city.
After landslide, pro-China Taiwanese eye presidency
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's pro-China opposition were savouring their landslide election win on Sunday, hoping the momentum will carry over to presidential polls in March and lead to closer ties with the mainland.
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