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- 3D TV offers possible bail-out to tech industry
- AIDS patients priority for H1N1 vaccination
- In Afghanistan, 3 more US soldiers killed
- Reports: JAL to cut more than 15,000 jobs
- Iran slams US general's 'thoughtless' remarks
- Israeli 'experts' visit Yemen
- Drug-related violence kills 18 in Mexico
- Israel luring teenage students to join army
- Another US soldier killed in Afghanistan
- Wintry conditions wreak havoc across Europe
- UK role in Iraqi grandmother's torture being probed
- Another Israeli wall to protect 'Jewish character'
- China to keep up stimulus spending
- Opposition wins Croatia presidency
- French exclaves reject autonomy
- UK war correspondent dies in Afghanistan
- Cocaine alters gene expression in brain
- Iranian team to study Persian army found in Egypt
- 'New Cyrus cylinder pieces had been in Britain'
- Josipovic elected president of Croatia
- Indian police kill two people in Kashmir demo
- UAE prince acquitted of torture charges
- Dozens killed in Karachi
- MKO, Marxists orchestrated recent riots in Tehran: MP
- Saudi police seize 8 million Captagon pills
- Obama: No US troops to Yemen
- UAE sheikh acquitted of torture
- Israel plans wall for Egypt border
- Opposition wins Croat presidency
- Unusually cold winter kills nine in Mexico
- Iran demands UK accountability for Afghan drug problem
- Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in WB
- UN welcomes opportunity for nuclear disarmament
- Iran will enrich uranium to 20% if West balks
- Mossad Tied to 'Underwear Bomber'
- Riz Khan - Militarisation of Aid
- Islamabad to host trilateral security meeting
- Dialogue only solution to Iran nuclear issue, China says
- Iran, Iraq to settle border disputes
- Angola condemns attack on Togo's soccer team
- Israel kills two Palestinians on Gaza border
- Remember Ariel Sharon's Words
- Martinique votes on autonomy from France
- Yemen sends message to al-Qaeda
- Inside Story - The politics behind the Viva Palestina convoy
- Copts link killings to politics
- More Malaysia churches attacked
- The Israel factor
- Hopes for peace unwarranted
- The battle for Gaza
- 3 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrike on Gaza
- United, Arsenal miss chance to leapfrog Chelsea
- Yemenis stage general strike to protest 'oppression'
- India warns Australia over racial attacks
- God Exposes Gore as Gibbering Gasbag
- 'Iran's military deterrent is unimaginable'
- Iraq integrates over 40,000 Sahwa militiamen
- Togo team heads home from Angola
- Pope gunman wants multi-million dollar deals
- Inside Story - Are Viva Palestina Troublemakers?
- UAE sheikh cleared of torture
- Josipovic leads in Croatian polls
- Algeria road accident claims 15 lives
- Palestine 2010: Grab the Ball
- No Right to Health in Gaza, Mr. Brown
- Iran releases Swedish diplomat, Syrian reporter
- Hormonal imbalance causes difficulty in breastfeeding
- RNC leader calls for Sen. Reid resignation
- Tombs show Egypt pyramids not built by slaves
- 3 Palestinians killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza
- No Army, No Prison and No Wall Can Stop Us
- UK reporter killed in Afghanistan
- Philippines enforces gun ban
- Gaza deaths in Israeli air raid
| 3D TV offers possible bail-out to tech industry Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST
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| AIDS patients priority for H1N1 vaccination Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST
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| In Afghanistan, 3 more US soldiers killed Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST
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| Reports: JAL to cut more than 15,000 jobs Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST
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| Iran slams US general's 'thoughtless' remarks Posted: 11 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST
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| Drug-related violence kills 18 in Mexico Posted: 11 Jan 2010 02:36 AM PST
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| Israel luring teenage students to join army Posted: 11 Jan 2010 02:36 AM PST
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| Another US soldier killed in Afghanistan Posted: 11 Jan 2010 01:09 AM PST
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| Wintry conditions wreak havoc across Europe Posted: 11 Jan 2010 01:08 AM PST
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| UK role in Iraqi grandmother's torture being probed Posted: 11 Jan 2010 01:08 AM PST
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| Another Israeli wall to protect 'Jewish character' Posted: 10 Jan 2010 11:36 PM PST
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| China to keep up stimulus spending Posted: 10 Jan 2010 10:10 PM PST  The Chinese government has said it will continue its stimulus spending despite overtaking Germany to become the world's top exporter – the latest in an impressive recent series of economic milestones. Xie Xuren, the finance minister, said pulling back stimulus spending "too early" could damage the economy. |
| Opposition wins Croatia presidency Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:39 AM PST  Opposition candidate Ivo Josipovic has won Croatia's presidential elections, upsetting the capital's popular mayor. Josipovic, who heads the Social Democrat party won 60.29 per cent of the vote compared with 39.71 per cent for Milan Bandic, the mayor of Zagreb, with 99.6 per cent of the vote counted, the state-run electoral commission said on Monday. |
| French exclaves reject autonomy Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:37 AM PST  Voters in the French Caribbean exclaves of Martinique and French Guiana have rejected a proposal for local government to have more autonomy from France. The two France overseas departments held referendums on Sunday that would have given them greater say in managing their own affairs. |
| UK war correspondent dies in Afghanistan Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST
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| Cocaine alters gene expression in brain Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST
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| Iranian team to study Persian army found in Egypt Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST
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| 'New Cyrus cylinder pieces had been in Britain' Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:36 AM PST
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| Josipovic elected president of Croatia Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:08 AM PST
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| Indian police kill two people in Kashmir demo Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:08 AM PST
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| UAE prince acquitted of torture charges Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:08 AM PST
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| Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:08 AM PST
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| MKO, Marxists orchestrated recent riots in Tehran: MP Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:08 AM PST
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| Saudi police seize 8 million Captagon pills Posted: 10 Jan 2010 08:08 AM PST
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| Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:11 AM PST  The US president has said he has no intention of sending troops to Yemen, adding that he still believes the centre of al-Qaeda activity lies along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Also referring to Somalia in an interview with People magazine, Barack Obama said: "I have no intention of sending US boots on the ground in these regions. |
| UAE sheikh acquitted of torture Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:11 AM PST 
An Emirati court on Sunday acquitted Shiekh Issa despite a video tape of the 2004 incident showing him torturing an Afghan man with whips, electric cattle prods and wooden planks with protruding nails. |
| Israel plans wall for Egypt border Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:10 AM PST  Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has approved plans to erect a wall along part of Israel's border with Egypt. Announcing his decision to include advanced surveillance equipment on the new barrier, Netanyahu said in a statement on Sunday it would keep "infiltrators and terrorists" out. |
| Opposition wins Croat presidency Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:09 AM PST  Opposition candidate Ivo Josipovic has won Croatia's presidential elections, upsetting the capital's popular mayor. Josipovic, who heads the Social Democrat party won 60.29 per cent of the vote compared with 39.71 per cent for Milan Bandic, the mayor of Zagreb, with 99.6 per cent of the vote counted, the state-run electoral commission said on Monday. |
| Unusually cold winter kills nine in Mexico Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:09 AM PST
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| Iran demands UK accountability for Afghan drug problem Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:09 AM PST
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| Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in WB Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:08 AM PST
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| UN welcomes opportunity for nuclear disarmament Posted: 10 Jan 2010 07:08 AM PST
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| Iran will enrich uranium to 20% if West balks Posted: 10 Jan 2010 06:36 AM PST
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| Mossad Tied to 'Underwear Bomber' Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:46 AM PST
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| Riz Khan - Militarisation of Aid Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:44 AM PST
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| Islamabad to host trilateral security meeting Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:36 AM PST
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| Dialogue only solution to Iran nuclear issue, China says Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:36 AM PST
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| Iran, Iraq to settle border disputes Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:08 AM PST
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| Angola condemns attack on Togo's soccer team Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:08 AM PST
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| Israel kills two Palestinians on Gaza border Posted: 10 Jan 2010 05:08 AM PST
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| Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:49 AM PST
It is so powerfully blatant that an Israeli prime minister (Ariel Sharon) was not even "concerned" when he uttered that statement on an Israeli radio show. Sharon was simply stating a known fact. A fact that never appeared in a U.S. newspaper (except for American Free Press) nor was it heard on any radio or television shows in America. |
| Martinique votes on autonomy from France Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:43 AM PST
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| Yemen sends message to al-Qaeda Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:43 AM PST
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| Inside Story - The politics behind the Viva Palestina convoy Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:43 AM PST
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| Copts link killings to politics Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:43 AM PST
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| More Malaysia churches attacked Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:37 AM PST  More churches in Malaysia have been attacked amid tensions over a court ruling that a Christian newsletter could use "Allah" to refer to God. Hishammuddin Hussein, the home minister, was quoted by state news agency Bernama as saying that "the situation is under control and the people should not be worried". |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:27 AM PST
"For the first time in years we find ourselves on the same front, seeking to defeat the forces of extremism and destruction in the region. We realise the extent of the threat posed by the extremist regime in Tehran, which seeks to export the ideology of extremism across the region, arms terrorist movements that seek to destabilise moderate Sunni regimes, and aims to impose its hegemony on the Middle East," the article said.
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| Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:27 AM PST
"I don't see any real change in the Israeli stand. [Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu says every morning that settlement expansion will continue and that Israel will never end the occupation. In fact, every day new plans for expanding settlements are announced. So I wonder how the peace process can be resumed under such circumstances," said Ghassan Al-Khatib, head of the Palestinian Government Press Office in Ramallah. |
| Posted: 10 Jan 2010 04:27 AM PST
Viva Palestine -- the British-based registered charity -- which sent two aid convoys to Gaza last March and July, has had to suffer immensely on its third mission dubbed "Return to Gaza" which took off from Britain on 6 December. The aim of crossing into the besieged strip on 27 December is to mark the first anniversary of Israel's 22-day Operation Cast lead. |
| 3 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrike on Gaza Posted: 10 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST
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| United, Arsenal miss chance to leapfrog Chelsea Posted: 10 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST
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| Yemenis stage general strike to protest 'oppression' Posted: 10 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST
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| India warns Australia over racial attacks Posted: 10 Jan 2010 03:36 AM PST
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| God Exposes Gore as Gibbering Gasbag Posted: 10 Jan 2010 02:46 AM PST
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| 'Iran's military deterrent is unimaginable' Posted: 10 Jan 2010 02:36 AM PST
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| Iraq integrates over 40,000 Sahwa militiamen Posted: 10 Jan 2010 02:36 AM PST
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| Togo team heads home from Angola Posted: 10 Jan 2010 02:09 AM PST  Togo's football squad has flown out of Angola, withdrawing from the Africa Cup of Nations after being the target of an ambush that killed three and injured eight. The team pulled out on Sunday after Gilbert Houngbo, Togo's prime minister, ordered his team to head home, overruling a decision by the players to stay back and play in the continent's premier tournament. |
| Pope gunman wants multi-million dollar deals Posted: 10 Jan 2010 01:08 AM PST
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| Inside Story - Are Viva Palestina Troublemakers? Posted: 10 Jan 2010 12:46 AM PST
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| Josipovic leads in Croatian polls Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:38 PM PST  Ivo Josipovic, the leader of opposition Social Democratic party, is likely to win Croatia's just concluded presidential run-off election, an exit poll says. State-owned Nova TV reported that Josipovic was leading with 64.6 per cent of votes, against Milan Bandic's 35.4 per cent, after Sunday's crucial vote. |
| Algeria road accident claims 15 lives Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:36 PM PST
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| Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:27 PM PST  2009 was finally supposed to bring positive change to the Middle East. US President Barack Obama conjured hope by promising responsible exits from Iraq and Afghanistan and, more profoundly, to pursue a two-state solution starting day one. |
| No Right to Health in Gaza, Mr. Brown Posted: 09 Jan 2010 11:27 PM PST |
Amid the financial crisis plunging the technology industry into recession, 3D television will provide one of the key means of lifting it out. 
Iranian health officials have said that AIDS patients and HIV-infected people are currently on the priority list for receiving the H1N1 vaccine. 
Three more American soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) says in a statement. 
Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) is expected to slash more than 15,000 jobs, a third of its work force, in three years to save the troubled company from total collapse. 
Tehran has moved to dismiss a warning by a top figure in the US military of a series of 'contingency plans' in dealing with Iran's nuclear program. 
A group of Israeli 'experts' visit Yemen at a time when the Arab country is rife with foreign military intervention. 
More than a dozen people have been in killed in drug-fueled violence across northern Mexico as murder continues to rise despite a nationwide crackdown. 
Israel has launched a new military recruitment program targeting high schools to encourage students to sign up for combat duty. 
An improvised explosive device (IED) has killed a US soldier in Afghanistan, says NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). 
A wave of harsh winter weather continues to cause mayhem across large parts of Europe, grounding airplanes, trains and cars to a halt. 
Britain's military police are investigating allegations that British troops tortured and killed a 62-year-old Iraqi woman in 2006. 
Israel has approved plans for construction of a barrier along the border with Egypt, a move that clearly indicates that it wants to remain a religious apartheid regime. 
A British war reporter dies in the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand while cocooned in a US military convoy patrolling the area. 
Chronic cocaine use can alter the exposure of certain genes in the brain, making addicts crave for more drugs, a new study finds. 
A group of Iranian archeologists is planning to go to Egypt to study the remains of a great Persian army in the Sahara desert. 
Iranian inscription expert Abdolmajid Arfaei says the newly-found pieces of the Cyrus cylinder had been housed in the British Museum. 
Ivo Josipovic has been elected president of Croatia with over 60 percent of the vote in a run-off election. 
Indian police have reportedly killed two people in Kashmir as hundreds of people continue their protests over the death of a Muslim youth. 
An Abu Dhabi prince has been acquitted of charges of torturing an Afghan citizen after a United Arab Emirates court ruled he had been drugged and so was "unaware of his actions." 
A wave of violence in Karachi has left four dozen political activists dead over the past four days. 
An Iranian member of parliament says operatives of the exiled terrorist group Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) and Marxists are responsible for the recent disturbances in Tehran. 
A second huge consignment of Captagon pills has been seized over the past few days in the Middle East, with a street value of 292 million Saudi riyals (USD 77.9 million). 
Nine people have died in Mexico as the cold weather is gripping the North American nation, the country's ministry of health reports. 
Iran's foreign minister says Britain must be held accountable for the way it has managed the drug problem in Afghanistan which has led to a tenfold growth in narcotics production. 
Palestinian sources say Israeli military forces began to demolish their homes in the northern West Bank after evacuating some 40 families from the area. 
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has hailed the "new window of opportunity" for advancing nuclear disarmament and eliminating the world's nuclear weapons stockpiles. 
A senior Iranian lawmaker says that Iran will enrich uranium up to 20 percent purity to power the Tehran Research Reactor should Western countries refuse to supply the country with the required nuclear fuel. 
"His explosives couldn't have blown up his own seat. Even if full power, it wouldn't have worked." These were the words relayed to me during a Jan. 2 interview with military analyst and counterinsurgency specialist Gordon Duff in regard to the attempt of Christmas Day underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab [sometimes referred to as Abdulmutallab] to ignite 80 grams of the explosive PETN on a flight destined for America.* He also explained how the patsy's country of origin, Nigeria, is clandestinely controlled by the Israeli army and Mossad.
In an effort to win over local "hearts and minds" in Iraq and Afghanistan is the United States militarising its foreign aid? That's the claim of aid groups working on the ground.
Foreign ministers from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan will gather in Islamabad next week for a meeting on security, foreign military presence and terrorism. 
The Chinese ambassador to Iran says all the parties involved in the discussions on Iran's nuclear program should settle their differences in a constructive manner through continued negotiations and should refrain from taking any actions that might further complicate the situation. 
Iran's top diplomat in Baghdad has elaborated on the measures taken to resolve last month's misunderstanding on a disputed oil well in the south of the common border. 
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has strongly condemned Friday's deadly attack on Togo's national soccer team. 
Cross-border gunfire by Israeli soldiers has killed two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical workers say. 
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Residents from French Guiana and the Caribbean island of Martinique are heading to the polls to decide whether or not to seek more autonomy from France. Voters will not be able to opt for independence from Paris, but can vote to have more say in how they run their own affairs and how they spend government money. Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker reports from Martinique.
News Middle East Yemen readies to take on al-Qaeda Umar Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian national who tried unsuccessfully to blow up a US airliner on Christmas day, has caused a great deal of concern for Yemeni authorities. Mutallab is suspected to have been radicalised while being in Yemen and the possilbe presence of al-Qaeda in the country has added to the worries. Yemeni authorities have decided to increase security measures by sending forces to several provinces throughout the country and ...
George Galloway's Viva Palestina convoy finally arrived in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday with a cargo of activists and humanitarian aid. Their month-long journey was marked by diplomatic tensions, enforced changes of route, and in the final hours, violent clashes with Egyptian security forces. So was it worth it and could it have been handled differently?
Egyptian police have said the three suspects arrested over a mass shooting outside a Coptic Christian Church have denied involvement. It was the worst attack against Christians in Egypt in nearly a decade. Some of the victims' families have told Al Jazeera that politicians may have had a hand in the shooting. Amr El-Kahky reports from the town of Nagaa Hammady.
The main working paper at a conference held in Beirut, Lebanon, recently to debate Arab-Iranian relations consisted of a newspaper article published in the Saudi- financed newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat on 15 December. The article, entitled "An open letter to the Arab world", summed up new factors that have helped fuel the tension between the two in 2009.
Palestinian Authority (PA) officials have described renewed hopes for the resumption of peace talks with Israel as "highly exaggerated and unwarranted".
Breaking the siege of Gaza is certainly no easy task, especially if it's a group of 450 internationals with $4 million worth of aid that is attempting to do so in defiance of Israel's -- backed by Washington -- diplomatic, political and military might.
Israeli warplanes have attacked the central Gaza Strip, killing three Palestinians in the area. 
Title hopefuls Manchester United and Arsenal have dropped points in the English Premier League after being held to draws against Birmingham City and Everton. 
People of cities in southern Yemen have staged a general strike to protest against government oppression as well as action taken against a daily newspaper. 
The authorities in New Delhi have strongly criticized Australia for failing to prevent a spate of attacks on Indian nationals. 
Normally Copenhagen, surrounded by the Baltic Sea, does not suffer from snow accumulations, but they got ten inches of snow last month. As if it weren't sufficiently embarrassing that the great Global Warming summit in Copenhagen in December was conducted in record cold and snow, a Higher Power seems intent on showing the whole world that Global Warming is over.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi has highlighted the deterrence capability of Iran's ballistic missiles and warned enemies against taking any military action against the Islamic Republic. 
The Iraqi government has integrated over 40,000 Sahwa militiamen into the civil services, 30,000 of them directly into ministries. 
Mehmet Ali Agca who shot Pope John Paul II wants to sign multi-million-dollar book and film deals following his release from a Turkish prison on January 18. 
George Galloway's Viva-Palestina convoy finally arrived in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday with a cargo of activists and humanitarian aid. They've made it to the Gaza strip a month after leaving Europe, but its been a month marked by diplomatic tensions, enforced changes of route, and in the final hours, violent clashes with egyptian security forces. Was it worth it? and could it have been handled differently? What are the politics behind the scenes?
A court in Abu Dhabi has acquitted the man accused of beating an Afghan grain trader in 2004. Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, a member of the UAE royal family, claimed he was drugged by two other men, and therefore unaware of his actions, which included torturing the man with electric prods, driving over him and raping him. Thee men who released the tape have been given five years in jail. Al Jazeera's Zeina Awad reports.
Fifteen people have been killed in a road accident involving a bus and a truck in Algeria, reports say. [Message clipped]
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