 An incinerator, where one of Africa's biggest hauls of narcotics is being burnt in Kenya, has exploded, delaying the process, police say. No-one was hurt in the blast but it will now take 11 hours - three more than initially expected - as only one incinerator is working. Police seized the 1.1 metric tons of cocaine worth $88m in December 2004. The BBC's Karen Allen in Nairobi says the drugs are being destroyed to dispel fears they could be sold. An official said the high temperatures reached by the bags of cocaine led the incinerator to malfunction. ...
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 U.S. raid on Shiite shrine served as a warning |
The U.S. military was trying to send a "little reality jab" to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr when American and Iraqi troops raided a Shiite community center and shrine over the weekend, says a top U.S. military official.The joint assault killed at least 16 people, most of them believed to be tied to Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army. U.S. officials insist the center was being used as a base for insurgent activities and was not a mosque. But many Iraqis say the complex did indeed include the Shiite equivalent of a mosque, and the raid has drawn harsh condemnation from Shiite politicians and prompted Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, to launch an investigation.The mayor of Baghdad promptly cut off cooperation with the U.S. Embassy, and Shiite politicians suspended their negotiations to form a new government. The ...
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| India assurance over nuclear deal |
India's foreign secretary has said a landmark nuclear deal with the US will not boost its nuclear weapons. Shyam Saran told a meeting in Washington that India's record on nuclear issues has been "one of restraint and responsibility". The deal, which is still to be ratified by the US Congress, gives India access to US nuclear technology. It reverses US policy, which had restricted nuclear co-operation since India tested a nuclear weapon in 1974. The agreement was finalised during US President George W Bush visit to India earlier this month. ...
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| Superpowers in disarray over Iran sanctions |
Attempts by the world's leading powers to join forces and stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons fell into disarray yesterday as they disagreed in public over whether Teheran could face sanctions.The UN Security Council on Wednesday night issued a unanimous "presidential statement" giving Iran 30 days to freeze its uranium enrichment programme. A day later, at a meeting in Berlin, the foreign ministers of six key powers - America, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - reinforced the message by telling Iran it had to make a choice between negotiations or inter-national isolation.But the ministers, who were meeting to co-ordinate future tactics, were soon at odds when it came to deciding what action to take if Teheran remains defiant....
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| More doubts over Pakistani deaths |
Afghan officials have told the BBC that 16 Pakistanis killed in Afghanistan last week were shot dead on the orders of a local commander. The Afghan foreign ministry has been maintaining they were Taleban fighters, a charge dismissed by Pakistan. But unnamed Afghan officials in the capital, Kabul, say the men were abducted there before being taken near to the Pakistan border and killed. They say the motive was a tribal feud dating back several years. The deaths of the 16 Pakistanis last week triggered anger in Pakistan and led to the Afghan ambassador to Islamabad being summoned to the Pakistan foreign ministry for an official protest. ...
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| Mosul slips out of control as the bombers move in "We are not leaving the base in daytime because we know other bombers are waiting for us," |
When the 3,000 men of the mainly Kurdish 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Iraqi Army go on patrol it is at night, after the rigorously enforced curfew starts at 8pm. Their vehicles, bristling with heavy machine guns, race through the empty streets of the city, splashing through pools of sewage, always trying to take different routes to avoid roadside bombs. "The government cannot control the city," said Hamid Effendi, an experienced ex-soldier who is Minister for Peshmerga Affairs in the Kurdistan Regional Government. He is influential in the military affairs of Mosul province with its large Kurdish minority, although it is outside the Kurdish region. He believes: "The Iraqi Army is only a small force in Mosul, the Americans do not leave their bases much and some of the police are connected to the terrorists." In the days since a suicide bomber killed 43 young men waiting ...
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