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The clinical condition of a poisoned FSB defector seriously worsened in a London hospital late Saturday, November 18, 2006, according to a report from a Moscow radio station citing Mr Litvinenko’s close associate and compatriot Goldfard from the US.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) — Islamists challenging the authority of Somalia’s interim government said they would not proceed with a third round of peace talks on Monday unless Ethiopian troops were withdrawn from the chaotic country.

ALGIERS (Reuters) — Two people were killed and 17 wounded when Algerian rebels set off truck bombs outside two police stations east of Algiers in their most elaborate attack in years, witnesses said on Monday.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — UN chief Kofi Annan has full confidence in his embattled special envoy to Sudan, whose status remains unchanged despite an expulsion order against him from Khartoum over his comments on the Darfur crisis, his spokesman said Monday.

SAQQARA — The arrest of tomb robbers led archaeologists to the graves of three royal dentists, protected by a curse and hidden in the desert sands for thousands of years in the shadow of Egypt’s most ancient pyramid, officials announced.

MOGADISHU (AP) — A senior leader of Somalia’s Islamists urged Ethiopians Monday to revolt against their government, calling it an oppressive regime led by an unpopular minority ethnic group.

KHARTOUM (AP) — The Sudanese government Sunday ordered the chief UN envoy out of the country after he wrote that Sudan’s army had suffered major losses in recent fighting in Darfur. The order against the envoy, Jan Pronk, is likely to complicate international efforts to halt the killings, rapes and …

LEGO, Somalia, (Reuters) — Heavily armed Islamist fighters gathered near a key southern Somali town on Sunday a day after their allies were chased out by government troops, sending many residents fleeing in fear of an all-out attack. One Islamist source said its troops were also planning an attack on …

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test, which the resolution called a “clear threat to international peace and security”. The US-drafted resolution allows nations to stop cargo going to and from North …

KHARTOUM (AP) — The Sudanese government signed a peace deal Saturday in Eritera with a group of rebels from the mountains of eastern Sudan ending a deadly strife that has been overshadowed by the conflict in Darfur. “I tell you that we will abide by this agreement,” Sudanese President Omar …