News Africa (Aljazeera) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:27:24 GMT Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sunni Islam's most senior religious figure, has died during a visit to Saudi Arabia. The 82-year-old Egyptian, who had previously undergone heart surgery, suffered a heart attack as he boarded a flight early Wednesday morning, Egyptian television said.
News CENTRAL/S. ASIA (Aljazeera) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:27:35 GMT An international rights group has accused Bangladesh of "violating human rights" in its crackdown on thousands of unregistered Burmese refugees, many of whom have lived in the country for decades.
News CENTRAL/S. ASIA (Aljazeera) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:27:25 GMT Pakistani security officials are saying that news of the arrest of an al-Qaeda spokesman wanted in the United States for treason may not be true. Officials on Monday said there had been confusion over the identity of a detained suspect, initially believed to be Adam Gadahn, a senior al-Qaeda member.
News Europe (Aljazeera) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:42:45 GMT A leading European human rights official has said banning the full Islamic veil would not liberate oppressed women and could backfire.
News CENTRAL/S. ASIA (Aljazeera) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:57:31 GMT Pakistani intelligence officers have arrested Adam Gadahn, the American-born al-Qaeda spokesman, in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, according to government officials.
ANALYSIS: IRAQ ELECTION 2010 (Aljazeera) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:42:25 GMT In the run-up to today's historically significant parliamentary polls in Iraq, a volume of commentary has been offered on the complex internal dynamics in play and their critical import for the future direction of the country.
News Europe (Aljazeera) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:12:25 GMT Anti-fascist demonstrators have scuffled with police in London after Geert Wilders, the far-right Dutch politician, screened a film denouncing Islam and the Koran to Britain's House of Lords.
News Europe (Aljazeera) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:57:25 GMT Four men who confessed to planning bomb attacks on US targets in Germany have been convicted by a court in Duesseldorf of conspiracy to murder and of belonging to a foreign terrorist group.
News Europe (Aljazeera) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:57:35 GMT Four men who admitted planning bomb attacks on US targets in Germany have been convicted by a court in Duesseldorf of conspiracy to murder and of belonging to a terrorist group.
News Europe (Aljazeera) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:12:24 GMT Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician who has been accused of inciting hatred against Muslims, has scored major gains in local elections, making him a serious challenger for power in a June national election, preliminary results show.
