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  • Cambodia deports Uighurs despite criticism

    Cambodia has deported back to China 20 Muslim Uighurs who fled the country after deadly ethnic violence this year, a government official said on Sunday, despite concerns they will face persecution by Beijing. The Uighurs were smuggled into Cambodia in recent weeks and applied for asylum at the United Nations refugee agency office in Phnom Penh. Human.. More

  • Iran troops 'leave oil well, still in Iraq'

    Iranian troops who for three days controversially occupied a disputed border oil well left the facility during the night but remain on Iraqi soil, Iraq's government spokesman said Sunday. "The Iranian forces have pulled back 50 meters from the well and have taken their flag but we now demand they return to where they have come from and that negotiations.. More

  • Iraq sends forces to oil well seized by Iran

    Iraq has deployed security forces to its southern border with Iran to monitor a disputed oil well seized by Iranian troops. Iraqi authorities sent army and police forces to a staging ground about 1km from the well in the Fauqa oil field in southern Maysan province on Saturday, The Associated Press news agency reported, citing officials. Baghdad says.. More

  • Lebanon's PM arrives in Syria

    Saad al-Hariri, the Lebanese prime minister, has arrived in Syria for the first time since taking office to hold talks with Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president. The two-day visit beginning on Saturday may mark a turning point in relations between the two neighbouring countries. Ties have been tense since the 2005 assassination of al-Hariri's father.. More

  • 'US aided' deadly Yemen raids

    The US provided firepower and intelligence to help the Yemeni government launch a series of deadly raids against suspected al-Qaeda bases in the country, the New York Times has reported. Barack Obama, the US president approved the military and intelligence support after receiving a request from the Yemeni government, the newspaper reported.. More

  • Boat sinks off Lebanon coast

    Dozens of people are missing after a cargo ship carrying 83 passengers and crew capsized in stormy weather off the northern coast of Lebanon. At least 25 people have been rescued from the area where the Panamanian-flagged Danny Two ship sank on Thursday. The ship was transporting cattle from Uruguay to the Syrian port of Tartous when it overturned.. More

  • US spy drone videos 'hacked'

    Fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan have been able to use low cost software downloaded from the internet to hack into live video feeds from unmanned US surveillance aircraft, a military official has said. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a senior US defense official told the Associated Press the fighters could view feeds from Predator drones -.. More

  • NATO wants "Russian trainers" in Afghan invasion

    NATO's chief called on Wednesday for closer cooperation with Moscow and alliance officials said Afghanistan was high on his agenda. Relations were severely strained by last year's Georgia war between Moscow and Tbilisi and by the NATO's efforts to expand eastwards. NATO leaders declared in April 2008 that Ukraine and Georgia would one day.. More

  • Opposition calls on Zardari to quit

    Pakistan's main opposition party has called for Asif Ali Zardari, the country's president, to resign after the supreme court declared void an amnesty deal protecting him from corruption charges. Following the ruling, officials from the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) said Zardari should be obliged to step down. "It will be in his.. More

  • Protesters march on Copenhagen summit

    Hundreds of protesters are marching towards the UN climate summit venue in Copenhagen as ministers begin their discussions there. Activists have been angered by the lack of progress on a new climate deal, and with logistical problems at the summit. Talks are deadlocked over emission cuts and financial aid for poorer countries. And as environment.. More

  • US House passes Iran sanctions bill

    The US lower house of congress has approved legislation to levy sanctions on foreign companies that help supply fuel to Iran, as part of efforts to punish Tehran over its nuclear program. The bill, approved in the House of Representatives by a 412-12 vote on Tuesday, permits Barack Obama, the US president, to impose sanctions on firms that directly.. More

  • Maiden flight for Boeing Dreamliner

    After two years of delays, Boeing's new lightweight 787 Dreamliner passenger jet has flown its first test flight. Thousands of employees and spectators witnessed the flight near the company's factory in the US state of Washington. Tuesday's test flight lasted about three hours, having been cut short by an hour by bad weather. "The airplane responded.. More

  • Thousands flee Philippines volcano

    Thousands of residents living near the slopes of the Philippines's most active volcano have been ordered to evacuate as officials warned it could be on the brink of a major eruption. Mount Mayon in the central Philippines began spewing rivers of lava and plumes of ash on Monday. The evacuation order came after state volcanologists raised the alert.. More

  • UK court 'issued warrant for Livni'

    A British court reportedly issued an arrest warrant for Israel's former foreign minister on charges relating to Israel's 22-day war on Gaza, before apparently withdrawing it after it was found she was not in the country. Tzipi Livni, the leader of the opposition Kadima party, had been expected to travel to London this week for an event organized by.. More

  • Suicide blast rocks Afghan capital

    At least eight people have been killed and 40 injured in a bomb attack in Kabul, the Afghan capital, the country's interior ministry has said. The blast occurred on Tuesday outside the Heetal hotel in Wazir Akbar Khan, the diplomatic district of Kabul, said Ahmed Bilal, a national security directorate officer at the scene. "Eight people have.. More