On March 6, the court-martial will begin in Germany for Army Specialist Augustín Aguayo, who faces up to seven years in prison for refusing to deploy to Iraq for a second tour of duty. FULL STORY...
Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has criticised a raid by Iraqi-British forces on the interior ministry's intelligence office in the southern city of Basra.
European and Asian markets have fallen again, extending their slide into a second week as investors worried about a possible global slowdown and dumped stocks that had surged in recent weeks.
Tariq Aziz, the former Iraqi deputy prime minister, has told a court that Iran, not Iraq, was to blame for a 1988 gas attack that killed thousands of Kurds.
Japan will not apologise again for its soldiers forcing women to work as sex slaves in its military brothels during the second world war, the country's prime minister has said.
Hamas fighters have engaged in a gun battle with security officers in the worst outbreak of internal violence since rival Palestinian factions agreed to form a unity government last month.
Airbus has suffered a second blow in a week after the last customer for the freight version of its A380 superjumbo cancelled its order, days after the aircraft maker announced 10,000 job cuts.
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Nine civilians, including two children, have been killed after a Nato air attack hit a house in northern Afghanistan according to a local official. 
Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has criticised a raid by Iraqi-British forces on the interior ministry's intelligence office in the southern city of Basra.
A Bhutanese newspaper has appealed for financial aid from international media and Bhutanese people living overseas to continue printing the paper.
European and Asian markets have fallen again, extending their slide into a second week as investors worried about a possible global slowdown and dumped stocks that had surged in recent weeks.
