Death and debris on Urumqi's streets, the blame game begins
08 Jul 2009: The Chinese government and Uighur exile groups blamed each other after the deadliest ethnic violence in decades left at least 156 people dead and 800 injured in Urumqi, western China, on Sunday. As armed police cleared bodies, debris and torched busesFujairah’s Streets to Get a Makeover
08 Jul 2009: FUJAIRAH — Roads in the new residential areas of Fujairah will be paved, ushering in a new era of well-planned network of roads in the emirate, a top municipality official has said. Streets in the emirate are littered with construction wasteAt present,Iraq hit by worst sandstorms
06 Jul 2009: BAGHDAD - The weather in Baghdad has been biblical of late. Great walls of sand, driven by scorching hot winds, have crashed against the walls and windows of the city, delaying historic business deals, waylaying diplomatic visits, even interfering withMogadishu violence, exodus continue for third day
04 Jul 2009: The violence was concentrated in several districts in north Mogadishu, including Yaaqshiid, Kaaraan and Shibis. African Union peacekeepers (AMISOM) were involved in the fighting on Thursday, with witnesses saying AMISOM artillery fire targeted Al ShabaabDagaalkii Muqdisho oo Dib u Bilowdey
03 Jul 2009: Waxaa goor dhawayd dib u qarxay dagaaladii ka socdey Magaalada Muqdisho, dagaalka ayaa hadda ka socda qaybo ka mid ah Degmada Kaaraan iyo Cabdicasiis, dagaalka ayaa ah mid culus oo kooxaha ka soo horjeeda dawladda ay doonayaan in ay kaabiga ku qabtanKooxaha Mucaaradka oo aad loogu laayay Dagaalkii shalay
02 Jul 2009: Warar lagu kalsoon yahay ayaa sheegaya in dagaalkii gelinkii dambe ee shalay ka dhacay degmada Kaaraan ee Gobolka Banaadir lagu laayay ciidamo badan oo katirsan kooxaha mucaaradka. Ciidamadaasi ay laayeen kuwa dowladda ayaa lasheegayaa in ay kujiraan kuwaIsrael stops aid ship to Gaza
30 Jun 2009: The Israeli navy has intercepted an aid ship on its way to Gaza, pro-Palestinian activists say. Members of the US-based Free Gaza Movement, who were on board the boat, said on Tuesday the Israeli navy threatened to open fire unless they turned the boatSomalis Taste South Africa Xenophobia
27 Jun 2009: CAPE TOWN – Muhidin Hajji Mohammed, a Somali immigrant, was sorting out goods at his small shop near Cape Town when a group of mob showed up. "I was balancing my day's sales when a mob of people came shouting on the top of their voices kill the Somali,Shocking Testimonies: Brutalizing Palestinian Children
27 Jun 2009: The rights of Palestinian children are routinely violated by Israel's security forces, according to a new report that says beatings and torture are common. In addition, hundreds of Palestinian minors are prosecuted by Israel each year without a properAl Aqsa mosque, Redefining the Holy City's past
27 Jun 2009: At the foot of Al Aqsa mosque, Israel is redefining history. Archaeologists are digging at several sites around the Old City with a clear agenda: to uncover evidence that would strengthen Israel's claim to Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the JewishAU plans landmark convention on internal refugees
27 Jun 2009: African countries are set to adopt a ground-breaking convention providing rights to millions of people forced to flee their homes because of conflict. Africa has some 12 million internally displaced people (IDPs) who are uprooted within their own country.Suuqa weyn ee Bakaraaha ee Magalada Muqdisho oo duqeyn ku socot
26 Jun 2009: Duqeymo Xoogan oo sababay dhaawac dad rayid ah ayaa Galabta loo geystay gudaha iyo Hareeraha Suuqa weyn ee Bakaraaha ee Magaalada Muqdisho. Ilaa dhowr Madfac ayaa waxaa ay ku soo dhaceen Galabta Gudaha iyo Hareeraha Suuqa Bakaaraha kuwaas oo Qasaare uReport: Michael Jackson 'dies' in hospital after suffering heart attack
25 Jun 2009: Michael Jackson was reported to have died tonight after suffering a heart attack at his Los Angeles home. The Los Angeles Times reported that Jackson was not breathing when medics arrived at his home, and they performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. HeInsurgents and government soldiers clash in Karan
24 Jun 2009: Sporadic fighting between the government soldiers and Islamist rebels has started in Karan districts in the north Mogadishu, witnesses said on Wednesday. Witnesses said that the two sides have used heavy machine guns and rocket propelled grenades in theSOS co-worker kidnapped in Mogadishu
23 Jun 2009: Yesterday, 16 June 2009, around 4.00pm East African time, two men armed with pistols stopped a private vehicle carrying a driver and three passengers (two SOS co-workers and another person) from the SOS Children’s Village in Mogadishu to their homes.Bahrain blocks paper after Ahmadinejad 'Jewish slur'
23 Jun 2009: Bahrain shut down its oldest daily newspaper for "violating the country's press code," the official news agency reported Monday, a day after the paper published a report that suggested Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was Jewish. The paper, Akhbarslashnews
CIA accused of ordering kidnap of former Pakistani spy
The wife of Khalid Khawaja claims that her husband, who was once a confidante of Osama bin Laden, was taken at the request of the American intelligence service as he travelled through Pakistan's lawless tribal belt. On Monday a group calling itself the
Yemen court upholds Israel spy's death sentence
A death sentence for a Yemeni man, Bassam Abdullah al-Haidari, convicted of spying for Israel has been upheld by an appeals court. In March 2009, a state security court sentenced the 27-year-old to death after convicting him of establishing contacts with
Mosque building brings Islamophobia fears to Poland
In a sight familiar in some west European countries but new to Poland, dozens of protesters demonstrated in a Warsaw suburb last weekend against the construction of a mosque. Plans by Poland's tiny Muslim community to build a place of worship and an
Puntland president meets with Ethiopian FM
The president of Somalia's Puntland State government Dr. Abdirahman Mohammed Farole has held meeting with Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The meeting which was held in Hotel Sharaton, where Puntland