Heavy fighting rages in centre of Mogadishu

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• Heavy fighting rages in centre of Mogadishu
• Tony Blair braced for grilling over Iraq war
• Karzai government invites Taliban to peace meeting
• Israel kills top Hamas commander in Dubai - Hamas
• Gas Boom Boosts Halliburton
• Palestinians irate over new Jerusalem tram (AP)
• Hamas: Israel assassinated operative in Dubai (AP)
• Myanmar journalist jailed for 13 years (AFP)
• Australian writer boycotts China over jailing of dissident (AFP)
• Taliban to decide soon on joining Afghan talks
• New Russian fighter makes test flight
• Gunmen holed-up in building in southern Afghanistan
• 13 countries craft plan to save tigers (AP)
• Israel kills top Hamas commander in Dubai - Hamas
• China car craze won't dent gasoline exports
• Heavy fighting rages in centre of Mogadishu
• Gunmen holed-up in building in southern Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Machu Picchu tourists evacuated
• Obama 'to scrap Nasa moon plans'
• North Korea fires more artillery toward South

Heavy fighting rages in centre of Mogadishu Posted: 28 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST MOGADISHU - Heavy fighting raged early Friday in the centre of Mogadishu between Islamist insurgents and soldiers of the African Union's peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM). Read more...

Tony Blair braced for grilling over Iraq war Posted: 28 Jan 2010 06:00 PM PST LONDON - Former British prime minister Tony Blair faces a public grilling Friday over his decision to wage war on Iraq, seven years after a bloody conflict that still divides his country. Read more...

Karzai government invites Taliban to peace meeting Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:42 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government on Thursday invited the Taliban to a peace council as its Western allies worked out plans to try to end the war in Afghanistan.

Israel kills top Hamas commander in Dubai - Hamas Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:11 PM PST DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Israel has assassinated a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai, an official in the Palestinian Islamist group said Friday.

Gas Boom Boosts Halliburton Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:52 PM PST The U.S. has lots of shale gas. That's lots of business for Halliburton.

Palestinians irate over new Jerusalem tram (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:04 PM PST AP - Jerusalem's first light rail starts test runs this spring, with its sleek silver cars gliding across the city and promising to relieve the perpetual congestion.

Hamas: Israel assassinated operative in Dubai (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:56 PM PST AP - The Palestinian militant group Hamas says Israel has assassinated one of its veteran operatives in a killing carried out in the Gulf city of Dubai.

Myanmar journalist jailed for 13 years (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:01 PM PST AFP - A Myanmar court has handed down a 13-year jail term to a man accused of working with exiled media, his legal counsel said Friday, as the ruling junta continues its crackdown on dissent.

Australian writer boycotts China over jailing of dissident (AFP) Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:38 PM PST AFP - Award-winning Australian author Frank Moorhouse said on Friday he would boycott an upcoming tour of China to protest the jailing of dissident critic Liu Xiaobo.

Taliban to decide soon on joining Afghan talks Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:06 PM PST KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban's leaders will decide soon about joining talks with the Afghan government, a spokesman said on Friday, after President Hamid Karzai invited them to a peace council as part of efforts to end years of fighting.

New Russian fighter makes test flight Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:06 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - A new fighter aircraft seen as Russia's response to U.S. advances in military aviation made a successful first test flight on Friday, plane maker Sukhoi said.

Gunmen holed-up in building in southern Afghanistan Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:22 PM PST LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Four gunmen wearing suicide vests were locked in a gunbattle with Afghan security forces inside a building in southern Afghanistan on Friday, a police official said.

13 countries craft plan to save tigers (AP) Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:10 PM PST AP - More than a dozen Asian nations aim to double the numbers of wild tigers by 2022 and prohibit the building of roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects that could harm their habitats.

Israel kills top Hamas commander in Dubai - Hamas Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:28 PM PST DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Israel has assassinated a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai, an official in the Palestinian Islamist group said on Friday.

China car craze won't dent gasoline exports Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:28 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - Gasoline demand in China this year is forecast to grow half the rate at which citizens drive shiny new cars out of showrooms, but refineries will be more than able to keep pace, and exports will mop up the excess fuel.

Heavy fighting rages in centre of Mogadishu Posted: 28 Jan 2010 08:21 PM PST MOGADISHU -Heavy fighting raged early Friday in the centre of Mogadishu between Islamist insurgents and soldiers of the African Union's peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM). Read more...

Gunmen holed-up in building in southern Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:22 PM PST Reuters - Four gunmen wearing suicide vests were locked in a gunbattle with Afghan security forces inside a building in southern Afghanistan on Friday, a police official said.

Machu Picchu tourists evacuated Posted: 28 Jan 2010 09:16 PM PST More than 1,400 airlifted from Peru mountain village following floods and mudslides.

Obama 'to scrap Nasa moon plans' Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:38 PM PST Officials say revised US space agency budget will focus on different goals.

North Korea fires more artillery toward South Posted: 28 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Friday fired artillery toward South Korean islands near a disputed sea border for the third straight day, a South Korean broadcaster said.

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