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  • Thousands march in Jerusalem rally

    At least 3,000 protesters, including Israelis and Palestinians, have rallied in an Arab quarter of east Jerusalem to protest the eviction of Palestinians from their homes there in favor of Jewish settlers. The protesters waved red flags bearing the inscription "Shalom," or peace in Hebrew, during the demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah on Saturday. The.. More

  • Several wounded in Yemen clashes

    Clashes between separatist fighters and the military in southern Yemen have left 13 people injured, three of them soldiers, according to an official. The fighting on Saturday comes as Yemen's government, headed by Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president, steps up a crackdown on secessionists in the south. The soldiers were attempting to arrest suspects.. More

  • Clashes erupt in debt-ridden Greece

    Greek police and protesters have clashed in Athens as anger over government spending cuts in the debt-ridden nation continues to fester. Officers fired tear gas after a group of several hundred demonstrators rallying against the austerity measures threw stones at riot police. However police said the majority of the estimated 12,000 protesters marching.. More

  • Egypt president to undergo surgery

    Hosni Mubarak, the president of Egypt, will undergo a gall bladder operation in Germany on Saturday, Egyptian state television has announced. It reported on Thursday that the ageing president had complained of gall bladder pain while in Germany for talks with Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany. "Mubarak is undergoing surgery on his gall.. More

  • Iraq holds early voting amid blasts

    About one million Iraqis have cast their ballots during early voting in Iraq, three days ahead of the country's parliamentary election. The vote on Thursday was overshadowed by violence as a series of blasts killed at least 14 people and wounded 57 others at polling stations in the capital, Baghdad. In the first attack, seven people were killed in.. More

  • Turkey condemns US 'genocide' vote

    Turkey has recalled its ambassador from the US and condemned a Washington panel's move to declare the killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces in the first world war a "genocide". "We condemn this resolution which accuses the Turkish nation of a crime it has not committed," Ankara said in a statement on Thursday. "Following.. More

  • Dutch anti-Muslim MP gains in votes

    Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who has been accused of inciting hatred against Muslims, scored major gains in local authority polls on Thursday, making him a serious challenger for power in a June national election, preliminary results showed. In the first test of public opinion since the collapse of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende's coalition.. More

  • Chile keeps shaking, hundreds hide in hills

    Frightened by more heavy aftershocks, coastal residents in Chile camped out on hillsides on Thursday, five days after one of the strongest earthquakes in a century killed more than 800 people. An emotional President Michelle Bachelet, a popular leader who steps down next week, pleaded with Chileans to stop hoarding supplies as aid reached central Pacific.. More

  • Deadly blasts rock Iraqi police

    At least 29 people have been killed and 42 more wounded by bombers who attacked two police stations and a hospital in a city northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Captain Ghalib al-Karkhi said the bombings in the mixed Shia-Sunni Baquba targeted the provincial headquarters, the Iraqi army and a hospital. One attacker drove an explosives-packed car.. More

  • Mudslide destroys Ugandan village

    A landslide in eastern Uganda has killed at least 80 people and left hundreds more missing, leaving villagers digging with their bare hands in the hope of finding survivors, according to government officials. The landslide engulfed a village in the eastern Bududa district near Mount Elgon after seven hours of heavy rain. "The latest reports I.. More

  • Dubai: Israeli premier faces arrest

    The head of the Dubai police is planning to seek the arrest of the prime minister of Israel and the head of the country's secret service, Mossad, over the killing of a Hamas leader. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim told Al Jazeera he would ask the Dubai prosecutor to issue arrest warrants for Binyamin Netanyahu and Meir Dagan this week. Tamim said he was "almost.. More

  • Deaths in Yemen building collapse

    At least 18 people are believed to have died following the collapse of three buildings in Taiz, Yemen's second-largest city. The buildings collapsed following an explosion in a dynamite warehouse under one of them, sources told Al Jazeera's correspondent in south Yemen. The German news agency DPA reported quoting civil defense sources that rescuers.. More

  • Karadzic defends war "just and holy" in genocide trial

    Radovan Karadzic, standing trial for war crimes, on Monday defended his role in war "just and holy", ending a boycott of his genocide trial. Addressing the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the 64-year-old said he would use his trial "to defend the greatness" of the Bosnian Serb nation which had been endured.. More

  • US court dismisses Uighurs' appeal

    The US supreme court has refused to rule on whether judges have the power to order the government to release Guantanamo prisoners to live in the US, when no other country will take them. The court said on Monday that it would not decide on an appeal by seven Chinese Uighurs held for years at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, "because.. More

  • Chile struggles to reach survivors

    Rescue workers in central Chile are searching for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings; a day after one of the world's most powerful earthquakes struck the South American country. At least 708 people were killed in the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked the nation early on Saturday, Michelle Bachelet, Chile's outgoing president, said.. More