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Israel's eviction of Jewish settlers from the West Bank city of Hebron has sparked violent reprisals.

An Antarctic cruise ship carrying 122 passengers and crew started to take on water .

A British soldier has died in Iraq after suffering a gunshot wound to the head, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Suicide bombers in two trucks have detonated explosives outside police stations killing at least 15 people in western Iraq.

European tourists stranded in Thailand are still waiting to fly home a day after the airport blockades came to an end.

Zimbabwe has declared a national emergency over the cholera outbreak that has killed more than 560 people.

India has declared a security alert at three major airports, including Delhi and Bangalore, a week after the Mumbai attacks.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has made an unannounced trip to Pakistan in a bid to cool tensions over the Mumbai attacks.

A doctor carried out a life-saving amputation on a boy in Congo using text message instructions from a colleague in London.

A US cruise ship has finally docked in Oman after escaping a hijack attempt by Somali