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Syrian forces 'raid villages' near Turkey
Syrian security forces have continued to crack down on dissent, activists say, as theopposition called formore protests tomark six months since the uprising began. Dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers stormed towns and villages near Syria's northwest border with Turkey on Wednesday, local activists said. At least four villagers were killed by.. More -
Renewed violence rocks Yemen
Two civilians died on Thursday when a shell hit their house in the al-Hassaba district of the capital, Sanaa, a source in the office of Sheikh Sadok al-Ahmar, a tribal chief, said. "We are being bombarded from all sides ..." Mohammad al-Qadhi, a former managing editor ofYemen Times, told Al Jazeera that clashes had taken place between fighters.. More -
Thai park crocodiles at large after floods
Dozens of crocodiles have escaped from a zoo and reptile farm in Thailand afterfloods swept their habitat,a park spokesman said. Suthawut Temtub said on Tuesday that 28 crocodiles from Million Years Stone Park and Crocodile Farm, which is 100km southeast of the capital, Bangkok, had been recaptured since breaking away from the park enclosure on Sunday.. More -
US poverty numbers hit record high
The US poverty ratehit its highest level since 1993 last year, with a record 46 millionpeople living below the American poverty line, according to census data. Agovernment report released onTuesday said the poverty rate rose for a third consecutive year to hit 15.1 per cent in 2010, up from 14.3 per cent a year earlier. The US definition of poverty.. More -
PLO to seek full UN recognition
ThePalestine Liberation Organization (PLO)will go to the United Nations Security Council and seek full membership in the world body next week, despite the looming threat of a US veto, a Palestinian official said. The announcement was made by Mohammed Shtayyeh, a senior member of Fatah's central committee, at anews conference in Ramallah on Tuesday... More -
Turkey PM arrives in Cairo
The Turkish prime minister has arrived in Cairoon the first leg of an Arab Spring tour, airport officials said, amid strained relations with Israel and a Palestinian push for UN membership. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has garnered popularity among Arabs for his denunciations of Israel, was met on Monday by his Egyptian counterpart Essam Sharaf and several.. More -
Explosion at nuclear site in France
A nuclear waste site in southern France has had an explosion that killed one person seriously burned another and slightly injured three others, France's nuclear safety body said. The Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) said no radioactive leaks have been detected in the blast that occurred at 1037 GMT on Monday. "According to initial information,.. More -
Scores dead in Kenyan pipeline inferno
As many as 100 people are feared dead in a fire caused by a leaking fuel pipeline in a densely populated area of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, according to police. The explosion took place on Monday in the Lunga Lunga industrial area, which is surrounded by a sprawling urban slum. Flames leapt out from the pipeline in a radius of some 300 meters,setting.. More -
Four arrested in Sweden over 'terror plot'
Four people have been arrested in Sweden's second largest city on suspicion of planning a terror attack, the country's security police have said. The four were arrested in Gothenburg late on Saturday evening, theTT news agency said, quoting Sara Kvarnstrom, a spokesman for Sweden's Sapo intelligence agency. It was not immediately clear whether the.. More -
Australian PM stands by asylum swap plan
The Australian prime minister has said that her government will try to revive a plan to send asylum seekers to Malaysia as part of a refugee-swap deal which was recently rejected by the country's high court. "Malaysia offered the best answer to the issue of asylum seekers and people smuggling them. It offers the best answer now," Julia Gillard.. More -
Australian PM stands by asylum swap plan
The Australian prime minister has said that her government will try to revive a plan to send asylum seekers to Malaysia as part of a refugee-swap deal which was recently rejected by the country's high court. "Malaysia offered the best answer to the issue of asylum seekers and people smuggling them. It offers the best answer now," Julia Gillard.. More -
Gaddafi's son 'flees to Niger'
Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) has called for a united front against the remaining forces of Muammar Gaddafi on a day when a son of the former Libyan leader entered Niger and the leader of his external spy service was arrested. Al Jazeera correspondent Yvonne Ndege in Agadez, Niger, was told by security sources that a convoy of eight or.. More -
Japan marks six months since disasters
Ceremonies to mourn the dead and rallies against nuclear power are taking place across Japan as the nation marks six months since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands of people. Silent prayers were offered at 2:46 pm, the moment the quake struck six months ago triggering a tsunami that devastated swathes of Japan's northeastern.. More -
Israel 'to adhere to Egypt peace treaty'
Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, says Israel will continue to keep the peace with Egypt but must act to safeguard its security, hours after a mob attacked Israel's embassy in Cairo. The Israeli ambassador and scores of embassy staff were evacuated from Egypt followingFriday night's attack, that also threatened tounravel the peace treaty.. More -
Dozens drowned in Zanzibar ferry sinking
More than a hundred people have died after a ferry travelling from Zanzibar to Pemba island off the East African country of Tanzania capsized overnight, a doctor told the Reuters news agency. "We are still receiving many bodies by truck loads ... The death toll will likely be much higher," Karim Zam of the Mnazi Mmoja hospital in Zanzibar,.. More
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