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  • Six men charged in London with terror offences

    An armed police officer guards the entrance to Westminster Magistrates Court after the arrival of terrorist suspects yesterday. Britain: Six of the nine men arrested in anti-terrorist raids in Birmingham last week have appeared in court charged with terrorism offences - one with plotting to kidnap and kill a British soldier. p

  • Violent clashes as police storm mosque

    Israeli riot police take cover during clashes inside the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. Israeli forces entered the area around the mosque and fired stun grenades at stone-throwing Palestinians in clashes at the end of Friday prayers. Middle East: Hundreds of Israeli police stormed the compound containing the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem yesterday, firing stun grenades and tear gas at a crowd of several thousand Muslim worshippers who were hurling rocks, bottles and iron bars in protest over construction work by Israel close to the disputed holy site. p
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  • Packaged turkey meat may be recalled, says UK scientist

    Britain: The UK government's chief scientist said yesterday that packaged turkey meat might have to be removed from supermarket shelves in a mass product recall, as the official inquiry into a bird flu outbreak at a Suffolk farm in eastern England widened. p

  • Historic compromise by bitter rivals

    Middle East: Having secured a Palestinian deal, Saudi Arabia may now turn to Lebanon, writes Michael Jansen . p

  • Beijing talks on North Korea seem to be edging towards deal

    North Korea: Delegates at six-country talks on North Korea's nuclear programme in Beijing appear to be edging closer to a deal, with US and North Korean envoys optimistic that a resolution could be found to defuse some of the tensions over the nuclear stand-off on the Korean peninsula. p

  • Russia to aid Nato against Taliban

    Afghanistan: Russia has pledged a support package to help Nato crush a Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, while ruling out sending troops to the country it occupied for nine years during the Cold War. p

  • Democrats may shut Guantánamo by 2008

    United States: Democrats in the US Congress are considering a plan to close the detention centre at Guantánamo Bay by the end of 2008, keeping in custody only a few dozen alleged terrorists who would be put on trial. p

  • Kurdish soldiers killed in 'friendly fire'

    Iraq: US military helicopters killed eight Kurdish peshmerga soldiers and wounded six others in northern Iraq yesterday in what appeared to be a "friendly fire" incident, Kurdish officials said. p

  • Mbeki promises 30,000 police amid criticism

    South Africa: President Thabo Mbeki has responded to critics of his stance on South Africa's crime problem, promising 30,000 new police officers within three years and a fresh shake-up of the criminal justice system. p

  • US army uses Arab extras in war game

    Germany: For unemployed Berliner Mohamad Kabouli, the classified advertisement in his morning paper seemed like an answer to his prayers. "Arab-speaking extras sought! You want to earn €90 a day, speak Arabic and a bit of German or English? Then we have got the job for YOU!" p

  • Mayor takes well-worn rehab trail following scandal

    America : When San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom, was caught last month having an affair with his appointments secretary, who also happened to be his campaign manager's wife, he apologised and took full responsibility for the affair. The campaign manager resigned and Newsom offered to pay his salary out of his own pocket until the aggrieved husband found a new job. p

  • 'House of Cards' actor dies aged 72

    Britain: Tributes were paid yesterday to Ian Richardson, the actor best known as scheming politician Francis Urquhart in BBC TV's drama House Of Cards , who has died aged 72. p

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