According to the reports from local organisations in Afmadow district, bombs have hit vital water sources as well as large groups of nomads and their animals who had gathered round large fires at night to ward off mosquitoes.


Menurut laporan kelompok setempat di kabupaten Afmadow di dekat perbatasan Kenya, bom menghantam sumber air penting dan kelompok besar pengembara dan gembalaannya, yang berkerumun di sekeliling api unggun besar pada malam hari untuk menangkal nyamuk, katanya.


Further reports have also confirmed that bombings have claimed the lives of 70 people in the district.


Laporan lebih lanjut juga menegaskan bahwa pemboman merenggut nyawa 70 orang di kabupaten itu, katanya, dengan menambahkan bahwa perkara itu harus ditangani sungguh-sungguh.


Since the open warfare started in late December, some 70,000 Somalis have fled their homes, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, Oxfam said.


Sejak perang terbuka dimulai ahir Desember, sekitar 70,000 orang Somalia melarikan diri, semakin memperburuk keadaan kemanusiaan, kata Oxfam.


An Indian traffic policeman has been transferred for not realising that celebrities are sometimes above the law and trying to fine one of the country's biggest cricket stars, newspapers reported on Friday.


Seorang polisi lalulintas India dialihtugaskan gara-gara tidak tahu bahwa pesohor kadang kebal hukum, dengan memberi surat bukti pelanggaran (Tilang) kepada seorang bintang terbesar olahraga kriket.


Inspector Saifuddin Ahmed thought he was just doing his job when he stopped an expensive sports car in the eastern city of Ranchi for having dark tinted windows -- an offence in India.


Media di India hari Jumat melaporkan Inspektur Saifuddin Ahmed di kota Ranchi mengira mengerjakan kewajibannya dengan memberhentikan kendaraan sport mewah, yang dipasangi kaca film gelap, yang di India merupakan perlengkapan terlarang.


But sitting behind those windows was cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of India's hottest celebrities and a hero in his home state of Jharkhand, of which Ranchi is the capital.


Kendaraan itu berisi pesohor paling tenar di India, yaitu pemain kriket Mahendra Singh Dhoni, yang dianggap sebagai pahlawan di daerah asalnya, yaitu negara bagian Jharkhand, Ranchi adalah ibukota negara bagian itu.


Early reports said an unfazed Ahmed insisted Dhoni hand over the 900-rupee fine ($20).


Laporan awal mengatakan, Ahmad tidak sungkan menagih denda 900 rupee (sekitar Rp180 ribu) kepada Dhoni.


Local police have since backpedalled, saying Dhoni was allowed to drive on after waving a letter from local authorities giving him special dispensation to break the law.


Tapi kemudian, polisi mengubah keterangan dengan mengatakan Dhoni dibolehkan meneruskan perjalanan setelah menunjukkan surat dari pemerintah setempat, yang memberi kelonggaran khusus kepadanya saat melanggar hukum.


Ahmed has now been transferred in what is an apparent demotion from the downtown commercial district to a downmarket residential bazaar, the Hindustan Times reported on Friday.


Ahmad dialihtugaskan dan tampak merupakan penurunan jabatan, dari daerah niaga di pusat kota ke pasar di permukiman, kata Hindustan Times hari Jumat.


The state's chief minister was reported as saying that celebrities should expect special treatment when it comes to the law, a widely held notion in India's upper echelons.


Menteri utama negara bagian tersebut dilaporkan berkata bahwa pesohor seharusnya mendapatkan perlakuan khusus saat berhadapan dengan hukum.


The police should be liberal while dealing with persons of his stature, Madhu Koda was quoted as saying by the newspaper.


Polisi itu seharusnya tidak bersikap picik ketika berhadapan dengan orang berkedudukan lebih tinggi, kata Madhu Koda.


What is the harm if a person of his standing uses a car with tinted glass windows


Apa masalahnya jika orang dengan kedudukan seperti itu menggunakan kendaraan dengan kaca film, yang gelap katanya.


A suicide attacker rammed a bomb-filled minivan into a vehicle carrying foreigners south of the Afghan capital Friday, wounding a US national and two Afghan civilians, police said.


Seorang penyerang jibaku menabrakkan kombi mini penuh bom ke kendaraan membawa orang asing di selatan Kabul hari Jumat, melukai seorang warga Amerika Serikat dan dua penduduk Afgan, kata polisi.


The blast was in the Logar province about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital, the city's criminal investigation chief Ali Shah Paktiawal told AFP from the site.


Ledakan itu terjadi di propinsi Logar, sekitar 50 kilometer dari ibukota Afganistan, kata kepala penyelidikan kejahatan kota tersebut, Ali Shah Paktiawal, kepada kantor berita Prancis AFP dari tempat kejadian itu.


Paktiawal said the targeted vehicle was not a military car and the wounded American was not a soldier.


Paktiawal menyatakan kendaraan sasaran itu bukan mobil tentara dan orang Amerika Serikat terluka itu bukan tentara.


The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said the car belonged to US civilian contractors.


Pasukan Bantuan Keamanan Antarbangsa (ISAF) pimpinan persekutuan pertahanan Atlantik utara NATO menyatakan mobil itu milik kontraktor sipil Amerika Serikat.


ISAF said the explosion was not a suicide attack but an AFP photographer at the scene saw the body of the man police said was the suicide attacker.


ISAF menyatakan ledakan tersebut bukan serangan jibaku, tapi jurupotret AFP di tempat kejadian itu melihat jasad laki-laki, yang disebut polisi penyerang jibakunya.


The targeted car was burning, the photographer said.


Mobil sasarannya terbakar, kata jurupotret tersebut.


Taliban militants waging an insurgency against the US-backed government ramped up their use of suicide bombings in Afghanistan last year as part of an increasingly deadly guerrilla-like campaign.


Pejuang Talib melancarkan pemberontakan melawan pemerintah dukungan Amerika Serikat dan melakukan pemboman jibaku di Afganistan tahun lalu sebagai bagian dari peningkatan gerakan gerilya mautnya.


ISAF has said there were about 117 suicide bombings in 2006.


ISAF menyatakan terjadi sekitar 117 pemboman jibaku pada 2006.


Although most were targeted at military forces, they killed about 200 civilians and nearly 70 Afghan and foreign soldiers, according to ISAF records.


Walaupun kebanyakan sasarannya tentara, mereka menewaskan sekitar 200 warga dan hampir 70 tentara Afgan dan asing, kata ISAF.


East Timor's police chief and his two deputies have resigned but no reason was given, the interior minister of the troubled nation said Friday.


Kepala kepolisian Timor Timur dan dua deputinya meletakkan jabatan mereka, namun tidak ada alasan yang diberikan mengenai pengunduran diri tersebut, kata Menteri Dalam Negeri Alcino Barris, Jumat.


Interior Minister Alcino Barris said police commissioner Paulo Fatima Martins would however continue to work in the East Timor National Police (PNTL) force.


Meski demikian, menurut Barris, kepala kepolisian Paulo Fatima Martins akan tetap bekerja di Polisi Nasional Timor Timur (PNTL).


(Martins) resigned as general commissioner but will still be working as a superintendent, Barris told reporters.


Martins mengundurkan diri sebagai komisaris jendral namun masih akan tetap bekerja sebagai seorang inspektur kepolisian, kata Barris kepada wartawan.


Deputy police chiefs Ismail Babo and Nuno Saldanha also resigned their posts but remained as inspectors.


Deputi-deputi kepala kepolisian Ismail Babo dan Nuno Saldanha juga mengundurkan diri namun masih tetap sebagai inspektur.


Even though they submitted resignation letters, they are still members of the police force and will still receive their salaries, Barris explained.


Meski mereka telah mengajukan surat pengunduran diri, mereka masih tetap menjadi anggota kepolisian dan menerima gaji, kata Barris.


The minister said he had no candidates lined up to replace the three.


Menteri itu menyatakan, ia belum memiliki calon untuk menggantikan ketiga pemimpin kepolisian tersebut.


East Timor's police force was pulled from the streets following violence in April and May last year after clashes between security force factions which quickly degenerated into street violence.


Pasukan kepolisian Timor Timur ditarik dari jalan-jalan setelah kekerasan pada April dan Mei tahun lalu menyusul bentrokan antara kelompok-kelompok pasukan keamanan yang segera berubah menjadi kekerasan jalanan.


A commission has been reevaluating all police officers to see whether they should resume duty or face disciplinary or judicial action in relation to the deadly violence.


Sebuah komisi telah ditugasi menilai kembali seluruh aparat kepolisian untuk mengetahui apakah mereka perlu bertugas lagi atau menghadapi tindakan kedisiplinan atau pengadilan dalam kaitan dengan kekerasan mematikan itu.


This is a gentlemanly act from a PNTL leader.


Ini tindakan satria dari seorang pemimpin PNTL.


He sacrificed his position to support the restructuring within the PNTL, Aniceto Neves from the National University of Timor Leste told AFP.


Ia mengorbankan jabatannya untuk mendukung restrukturisasi PNTL, kata Aniceto Neves dari Universitas Nasional Timor Leste kepada AFP.


(His) resignation made the evaluation process easier, he said.


Pengunduran dirinya itu membuat proses penilaian semakin mudah, tambahnya.


The unrest last year led to the deaths of at least 37 people and forced about 15 percent of East Timor's population to flee their homes.


Kerusuhan tahun lalu itu mengakibatkan sedikitnya 37 orang tewas dan membuat sekitar 15 persen penduduk Timor Timur meninggalkan rumah mereka.


Stability has largely returned to the fledgling nation following the arrival of foreign peacekeepers and UN police and the installation of a new government in July headed by Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize winner.


Negara itu mulai stabil lagi setelah kedatangan pasukan penjaga perdamaian asing dan polisi PBB serta pembentukan pemerintah baru pada Juli yang dipimpin Perdana Menteri Jose Ramos-Horta, seorang penerima Hadiah Nobel Perdamaian.


New York senator and 2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is to visit Iraq and Afghanistan this weekend to meet government officials and US military leaders, her office said Friday.


Senator New York serta bakal calon presiden untuk pemilu 2008 Amerika Serikat (AS), Hillary Clinton, akan mengunjungi Irak dan Afghanistan akhir pekan ini untuk bertemu dengan para pejabat pemerintahan serta petinggi militer AS.


The former first lady, who voted for the Iraq war in 2002 but has since turned into a vocal critic of the campaign, was traveling with fellow Democratic Senator Evan Bayh and Republican Congressman John McHugh.


Mantan ibu negara yang pada 2002 mendukung AS untuk berperang ke Irak namun selanjutnya berubah kritis itu melakukan kunjungan dengan rekan sesama partai Demokrat Senator Evan Bayh dan anggota Kongres dari partai Republik, John McHugh.


Our nation continues to face serious and growing challenges in both Iraq and Afghanistan.


Negara kita terus menghadapi tantangan makin besar dan serius di Irak dan Afghanistan.


At this critical juncture, I am eager to express my gratitude to our troops on the ground, Clinton said in a statement ahead of the visit.


Dalam keadaan genting ini saya ingin sekali menyampaikan rasa hormat saya kepada para tentara yang bertugas, kata Hillary Clinton dalam pernyataan sebelum melakukan kunjungan.


I am eager as well to hear from our commanders on the ground a frank assessment of our missions in those countries.


Saya juga ingin sekali mendengar dari para komandan mengenai penilaian yang jujur terhadap misi kita di negara-negara tersebut, katanya.


I am also looking forward to meeting Iraqi leaders and American civilian officials to hear their view on the current situation in Iraq, she said.


Saya juga akan bertemu dengan para pemimpin Irak dan pejabat sipil AS untuk mendengar pandangan mereka mengenai situasi di Irak, katanya.


Clinton summarily came out against President George W. Bush's proposals announced this week to send some 20,000 more US troops into Iraq, describing the plan as a proposed escalation of the war in Iraq.


Hillary segera memberi tanggapan yang menentang saat Presiden Bush mengusulkan pengiriman 20 ribu tentara lagi ke Irak, dan menggambarkan usul itu sebagai mengusulkan peningkatan perang di Irak.


The president's Iraq policy has been marred by incompetence and arrogance as his administration has refused to recognize the military and political reality on the ground, she said.


Kebijaksanaan presiden mengenai Irak telah ternoda dengan ketidakmampuan dan kesombongan karena pemerintahannya menolak untuk mengakui kondisi militer dan politik di lapangan, katanya.


US President George W. Bush on Friday discussed his new Iraq plan and Middle East peace efforts with Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the White House said.


Presiden Amerika Serikat (AS) George W Bush, Jumat, bersama Raja Abdullah II dari Yordania serta Presiden Mesir Hosni Mubarak, mendiskusikan rencana barunya untuk Irak dan perdamaian Timur Tengah.


The leaders discussed Bush's push to increase US troop levels in Iraq, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's upcoming trip to the region, and efforts to make progress on the so-called road map to Middle East peace, said national security spokesman Gordon Johndroe.


Para pemimpin itu membicarakan keinginan Bush untuk menambah pasukan AS di Irak, rencana kunjungan Menteri Luar Negeri Condoleezza Rice ke kawasan tersebut, serta usaha untuk membuat kemajuan atas apa yang disebut peta jalan menuju perdamaian Timur Tengah, kata jurubicara keamanan nasional Gordon Johndroe.


Two Israeli soldiers whose capture in July by guerrillas from the Lebanese movement Hezbollah sparked a 34-day war, are still alive, a former Lebanese president was quoted Friday as saying.


Dua serdadu Israel yang diculik pada Juli tahun lalu oleh pejuang Hizbullah masih hidup, kata mantan presiden Lebanon, Jumat.


Amin Gemayel was approached by a reporter from the Israeli daily Maariv on the sidelines of a conference in Madrid on the Middle East peace process and asked to make a statement on the fate of the two men.


Amin Gemayel didekati wartawan harian Israel Maariv, di sela konferensi di Madrid mengenai perdamaian Timur Tengah, lalu ditanya mengenai nasib kedua serdadu itu.


Maariv said that Roger Eddeh, a Lebanese delegation member, replied: They are alive, and that Gemayel confirmed the statement.


Maariv menulis, anggota delegasi Lebanon Roger Eddeh menjawab Mereka masih hidup, dan Gemayel mengkonfirmasi pernyataan itu.


Asked if there was a reasonable chance the two soldiers would return home alive and unharmed, Gemayel said: We all hope that this will indeed happen.


Ketika ditanya mengenai kemungkinan kedua serdadu itu dibebaskan, Gemayel mengatakan Kita semua berharap hal ini akhirnya terjadi.


It was not clear how Gemayel, who belongs to a political faction at odds with Hezbollah, would be privy to information about the fate of the soldiers.


Tidak jelas bagaimana Gemayel, pihak yang berseberangan dengan Hizbullah, mengetahui nasib kedua serdadu itu.


Gemayel was president of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988.


Gemayel adalah presiden Lebanon pada 1982 hingga 1988.


The fate of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, who were captured in a cross-border raid on July 12, has been the subject of much speculation.


Nasib Ehud Goldwasser dan Eldad Regev telah mengundang banyak perkiraan.


Last month, Israeli military officials said the two had been seriously wounded in the attack, in which three soldiers were killed, and that one of them was in critical condition.


Bulan lalu, pejabat militer Israel mengemukakan dua orang itu luka serius, bahkan satu kritis dalam serangan dimana tiga tentara tewas.


A few days earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had told parliament he did not know if the soldiers were alive.


Beberapa hari sebelumnya, Perdana Menteri Israel Ehud Olmert kepada parlemen mengatakan dia tidak tahu apakah tentara-tentara itu masih hidup.


Twenty-two Muslim pilgrims leaving Saudi Arabia by bus were killed in a road crash near the border with the United Arab Emirates, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.


Sebanyak 22 jamaah haji yang meninggalkan Arab Saudi dengan bis tewas dalam kecelakaan jalan raya di dekat perbatasan dengan Uni Emirat Arab, kata Kantor Berita SPA, Jumat.


It said those killed and the 24 injured were from Syria, Egypt, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan.


Menurut SPA, mereka yang tewas dan 24 korban cedera dalam kecelakaan itu adalah para jamaah yang berasal dari Suriah, Mesir, Pakistan dan Kyrgyzstan.


Some 2.5 million Muslims finished performing the annual haj pilgrimage earlier this month in Saudi Arabia.


Sekitar 2,5 juta muslim menunaikan ibadah haji awal bulan ini di Arab Saudi.


Thousands of Hamas supporters poured into the streets of the Gaza Strip after Friday prayers to denounce one of Fatah's most powerful leaders, ratcheting up tensions between the rival Palestinian factions.


Ribuan pendukung Hamas memadati jalan-jalan di Jalur Gaza setelah sholat Jumat untuk mengecam salah seorang pemimpin paling berpengaruh Fatah, meningkatkan ketegangan antara kedua kelompok Palestina yang bersaing itu.


Both the ruling Hamas movement and once-dominant Fatah have mounted large rallies in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in recent days, trying to whip up public support and project strength amid the mounting internal violence.


Baik gerakan Hamas yang memerintah Palestina maupun Fatah yang dulu dominan melakukan pawai-pawai besar di Gaza dan wilayah pendudukan Tepi Barat dalam beberapa hari terakhir ini, dalam upaya mendorong dukungan publik dan memproyeksikan kekuatan di tengah meningkatnya kekerasan internal.


Hamas supporters emerged from mosques on Friday waving green Hamas flags and chanted slogans accusing Mohammad Dahlan, a Fatah strongman and possible successor to President Mahmoud Abbas, of being the mastermind of a coup against its nine-month-old government.


Para pendukung Hamas keluar dari masjid-masjid dengan mengibarkan bendera hijau kelompok tersebut dan meneriakkan slogan-slogan yang menuduh Mohammad Dahlan, seorang pemimpin berpengaruh Fatah dan mungkin pengganti Presiden Mahmud Abbas, menjadi dalang kudeta terhadap pemerintah Hamas yang baru berlangsung sembilan bulan.


Dahlan is a traitor, they chanted.


Dahlan seorang pengkhianat, teriak mereka.


Hamas accused Dahlan in December of masterminding a plot to kill Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, a charge Dahlan denied.


Hamas menuduh Dahlan pada Desember mendalangi rencana untuk membunuh Perdana Menteri Ismail Haniyeh (Hamas), namun ia membantah tuduhan tersebut.


Tawfiq Abu Khoussa, a Fatah spokesman, accused Hamas of trying to spark more fighting.


Tawfiq Abu Khoussa, seorang jurubicara Fatah, menuduh Hamas berusaha menyulut bentrokan lebih lanjut.


We urge Hamas to return to its senses before it is too late, he said.


Kami mendesak Hamas kembali ke pikiran sehat sebelum keadaannya terlambat, katanya.


At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in factional fighting since Abbas called last month for early elections to try to break a deadlock with Hamas.


Sedikitnya 30 orang Palestina tewas dalam bentrokan antar-kelompok sejak Abbas bulan lalu menyerukan pemilihan umum segera dalam upaya mengatasi kebuntuan dengan Hamas.


The Islamic militant group, whose charter calls for Israel's destruction, took control of the Palestinian government in March after beating Fatah in parliamentary elections.


Kelompok muslim garis keas itu, yang piagamnya menyerukan penghancuran Israel, mengendalikan pemerintah Palestina pada Maret lalu setelah mengalahkan Fatah dalam pemilihan umum parlemen.


Three Palestinians were injured in fighting on Friday between the rival groups.


Tiga orang cedera dakam bentrokan Jumat antara kedua kelompok tersebut.


Listen Dahlan, our ideal is the Prophet Mohammad and not Olmert and Bush, Hamas supporters chanted, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and U.S. President George W. Bush. Listen Dahlan, our choice is Jihad. It is not treason.


Dengar Dahlan, tauladan kami adalah Nabi Muhammad, bukan Olmert atau Bush, kata para pendukung Hamas, menunjuk pada Perdana Menteri Israel Ehud Olmert dan Presiden AS George W. Bush.


Dahlan has close ties to Washington and is expected to be among the Palestinian officials to meet U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her visit to the region, starting on Saturday.


Dahlan memiliki hubungan dekat dengan Washington dan diperkirakan menjadi salah seorang pejabat Palestina yang akan bertemu dengan Menteri Luar Negeri AS Condoleezza Rice selama kunjungannya ke kawasan tersebut mulai Sabtu.


At least three members of Ivory Coast's security forces were shot dead in an attack on check points close to the border with Ghana early on Friday, military and local council sources said.


Sedikitnya tiga anggota pasukan keamanan Pantai Gading tewas ditembak dalam serangan terhadap pos pemeriksaan di dekat perbatasan dengan Ghana pada Jumat pagi, kata beberapa sumber militer dan dewan daerah.


A local council worker in the town of Aboisso, close to the border, told Reuters two military police officers and a customs officer were killed.


Seorang pegawai dewan daerah di kota Aboisso dekat perbatasan itu mengatakan kepada Reuters, dua polisi militer dan seorang pegawai bea-cukai tewas.


Another seven security forces had been injured, four of them seriously, he said.


Tujuh orang lain aparat keamanan cedera, empat diantaranya dalam keadaan serius, dalam serangan tersebut, katanya.


He said the attack appeared to be an act of banditry rather than politically motivated.


Ia menyatakan, serangan itu tampaknya dilakukan oleh penjahat, bukan bermotif politik.


The West African state has been divided into a rebel-held north and government south since a brief 2002-03 civil war that began after a failed coup.


Negara Afrika Barat tersebut terbelah menjadi wilayah utara yang dikuasai pemberontak dan wilayah selatan yang dikuasai pemerintah sejak perang saudara singkat 2002-2003 meletus setelah kudeta yang gagal.


I confirm there were at least three killed in the attack this morning at the border with Ghana, a military official at the army headquarters in the main city Abidjan said.


Saya mengkonfirmasi ada sedikitnya tiga orang yang tewas dalam serangan pagi ini di perbatasan dengan Ghana, kata seorang pejabat militer di markas angkatan darat di kota utama Abidjan.


Our forces are leading (search) operations in the area even if the situation is now under control, he told Reuters.


Pasukan kami memimpin operasi (pencarian) di daerah itu meski keadaan kini sudah terkendali, katanya kepada Reuters.


The former French colony had closed its land border with Ghana temporarily for investigations to be carried out, another senior military official and the French embassy said.


Negara bekas jajahan Perancis itu menutup perbatasan daratnya dengan Ghana sementara waktu untuk keperluan penyelidikan, kata seorang pejabat tinggi lain militer dan Kedutaan Besar Perancis.


One gendarme posted near to the border said two attackers had been arrested.


Seorang polisi yang ditempatkan di dekat perbatasan itu mengatakan, dua penyerang telah ditangkap.


He said the attacks had targeted the main border post with Ghana and a smaller check point several km (miles) inland.


Menurutnya, serangan-serangan itu ditujukan pada pos perbatasan utama dengan Ghana dan sebuah pos lebih kecil beberapa kilometer ke wilayah pedalaman.


Ivory Coast's border with Ghana has been the scene of violent attacks in the past.


Perbatasan Pantai Gading dengan Ghana dilanda serangan-serangan keras di masa silam.


A mob of villagers attacked a check point near Aboisso in November with clubs and machetes, angry the police presence was preventing local cocoa growers smuggling their beans to Ghana where they sell for higher prices.


Massa penduduk desa menyerang sebuah pos pemeriksaan dekat Aboisso pada November dengan menggunakan tongkat dan parang karena marah polisi mencegah petani coklat setempat menyelundupkan hasil biji coklat mereka ke Ghana dimana mereka bisa menjualnya dengan harga yang lebih tinggi.


The villagers, some of them armed with 12-bore shotguns they use to hunt small birds and animals in the bush, burned the border post down.


Penduduk desa yang beberapa diantaranya membawa senapan angin untuk berburu burung dan binatang di hutan membakar pos perbatasan tersebut.


The nine South Koreans and one Nigerian taken hostage by armed men in southern Nigeria were released late Friday afternoon, a government spokesman for the southern state of Bayelsa told AFP.


Sembilan orang Korea Selatan dan seorang Nigeria yang disandera oleh orang-orang bersenjata di Nigeria selatan dibebaskan Jumat petang, kata seorang jurubicara pemerintah di Negara Bagian Bayelsa, Nigeria selatan.


They released all 10 of the hostages.


Mereka membebaskan seluruh 10 sandera.


He added the men are in Warri, in neighbouring Delta state, and currently the nearest town with a functioning airport.


Ia menyatakan, orang-orang itu berada di Warri di Negara Bagian Delta yang berdekatan, dan saat ini di kota terdekat dengan bandara yang berfungsi.


Company officials are there to collect them, he said.


Para pejabat perusahaan berada di sana untuk menjemput mereka, tambah jurubicara tersebut.


The men are employed by Daewoo and were subcontracted to build a pipeline for Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell.


Orang-orang itu bekerja untuk perusahaan Daewoo dan dikontrak untuk membuat pipa saluran minyak untuk perusahaan minyak besar Inggris-Belanda Shell.


They were taken hostage early on Wednesday morning by an armed group that so far remains unidentified.


Mereka ditangkap pada Rabu pagi oleh orang-orang bersenjata yang hingga kini masih belum diidentifikasi.


All are in good health.


Mereka semua berada dalam keadaan sehat.


No ransom was paid, the spokesman, Welson Ekiyor said.


Tidak ada tebusan yang dibayar dalam pembebasan tersebut, kata Welson Ekiyor kepada AFP.


Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been indicted for drug possession and driving under the influence of drugs by an Arizona grand jury, authorities said on Friday.


Pihak berwenang, Jumat, mengemukakan Tyson akan diadili untuk dua pelanggaran yaitu memiliki obat terlarang serta pelanggaran ringan karena mengemudi di bawah pengaruh obat.


Tyson, 40, faces two counts each of felony drug possession and misdemeanor driving under the influence in connection with his Dec. 29 arrest in Scottsdale, Arizona, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said.


Dia ditangkap pada 29 Desember di Scottsdale, Arizona, kata jaksa Maricopa County, Andrew Thomas.


Thomas said he was seeking prison time for the former boxer, who has a long record of legal troubles.


Menurut Thomas, pihaknya akan mengajukan tuntutan penjara terhadap mantan petinju itu.


If convicted, Tyson faces more than seven years' imprisonment.


Tyson punya catatan panjang bermasalah dengan hukum.


The embattled fighter was taken into custody after nearly colliding his black BMW into a sheriff's car after leaving a nightclub, according to court documents.


Tyson ditangkap karena BMW hitam yang dia kemudikan nyaris menabrak mobil sherif.


He was found with cocaine on him and in his vehicle, police said.


Pada tubuh Tyson ditemukan kokain, begitu juga di kendaraannya.


In court documents, the arresting officer said Tyson admitted to using cocaine that day and revealed he was addicted to the illegal drug.


Menurut dokumen pengadilan, polisi yang menangkap juara dunia itu mengatakan, Tyson mengaku siangnya memakai kokain dan kecanduan barang haram tersebut.


Tyson attorney Tom Marlowe could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday.


Pengacara Tyson, Tom Marlowe belum dapat dimintai konfirmasi.


Tyson served three years in an Indiana prison following a 1992 rape conviction and was sentenced in 1999 to a year in prison after pleading no contest to two misdemeanor assault charges in Maryland. He was released after 3 1/3 months.


Tyson telah menjalani tiga tahun kurungan di penjara Indiana karena kasus pemerkosaan pada 1992, selain itu pada 1999 divonis  penjara setahun dalam kasus dua pemukulan di Maryland, namun dia dibebaskan setelah menjalani 3 bulan 10 hari kurungan.


US President George W. Bush has vowed he will go ahead with plans to send an extra 21,500 troops into Iraq even if the opposition-controlled Congress tries to stop him, CBS television said Friday.


Presiden Amerika Serikat (AS) George W. Bush berjanji ia akan meneruskan rencana untuk mengirim 21.500 tentara tambahan ke Irak, meski jika Kongres, yang dikuasai oposisi, berusaha menghentikan usaha itu, ungkap stasiun televisi CBS, Jumat.


Bush, who is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, has told the US channel in an interview on a 60 Minutes program to be aired Sunday that he will override Congress's objections to the strategy aimed at ending the violence in Iraq.


Bush, yang juga adalah Panglima Tertinggi Angkatan Bersenjata AS, dalam program 60 Minutes, yang ditayangkan Minggu, mengatakan ia akan mengabaikan keberatan Kongres mengenai strateginya menyelesaikan kekerasan di Irak.


Asked by 60 Minutes if he had the authority to press ahead without congressional backing, Bush says: I think in this situation I do and I fully understand (Congress) could try to stop me from doing it.


Ketika menjawab pertanyaan apakah ia punya wewenang melakukan rencana itu tanpa dukungan Kongres, Bush mengatakan, Saya pikir dalam situasi ini, saya punya, dan saya sangat paham bahwa Kongres bisa saja berusaha menghentikan saya.


But I made my decision, we're going forward.


Tapi saya sudah memutuskan, kita terus maju.


Bush has faced a barrage of criticism since he unveiled his new strategy to end the violence which has killed more than 3,000 US troops in Iraq.


Bush menghadapi berbagai kritik sejak mengumumkan strategi barunya untuk menyelesaikan kekerasan yang selama ini telah merenggut nyawa lebih dari 3 ribu tentara AS.


A rocket hit the US embassy in Athens on Friday, in an attack claimed by a left-wing group that raised fears of a resurgence of extremist violence in Greece.


Satu roket menghantam kedutaan besar AS di Athena, Yunani, Jumat, dalam serangan yang diklaim oleh kelompok sayap-kiri sehingga meningkatkan kekhawatiran mengenai kembali bergolaknya kerusuhan di Yunani.


The rocket damaged the building, but there were no casualties.


Roket itu merusak bangunan tersebut, tapi tak ada korban jiwa.


Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras said the authorities were investigating the credibilty of call from the Revolutionary Struggle organisation assuming responsibility.


Menteri Ketenangan Masyarakat Vyron Polydoras mengatakan pemerintah sedang menyelidiki kebenaran pernyataan dari organisasi Perjuangan Revolusi, yang mengaku bertanggung jawab.


The radical left wing outfit has staged other operations in recent years which have made it the most feared extremist group in Greece.


Kelompok radikal sayap-kiri itu telah melancarkan operasi lain dalam beberapa tahun belakangan ini sehingga menjadikannya kelompok ekstrim yang ditakuti di Yunani.


A police source said investigators found the remains of a Russian-made anti-tank rocket at the embassy, which is on one of Athens' busiest highways.


Satu sumber polisi mengatakan para penyelidik menemukan sisa roket anti-tank buatan-Rusia di kedutaan besar tersebut, yang terletak di salah satu jalan raya paling sibuk di Athena.


I'm treating (this) as a very serious attack, US ambassador Charles Ries told reporters outside the modern glass-fronted building.


Saya menganggap (ini) sebagai serangan yang sangat serius, kata Duta Besar AS Charles Ries mengatakan kepada wartawan di luar bangunan modern berhias kaca itu.


We did not expect anything, but the embassy is always guarded carefully, said Ries, who added that he was confident that the effort to damage the strong relations between the United States and Greece will not succeed.


Kami tak menduga apa pun, tapi kedutaan ini selalu dijaga ketat, kata Ries, yang menambahkan bahwa ia yakin upaya untuk merusak hubungan kuat antara Amerika Serikat dan Yunani takkan berhasil.


Both the embassy and the US consulate in the northern city of Salonika were closed for security reasons.


Kedutaan dan konsulat AS di kota Salonika di Yunani utara ditutup karena alasan keamanan.


US institutions, banks and companies have been frequently targeted by  militant groups in Greece in recent decades.


Perusahaan, bank dan lembaga AS telah sering dijadikan sasaran oleh kelompok garis keras di Yunani dalam beberapa dasawarsa terakhir.


A CIA station chief was assassinated in Athens in 1975.


Seorang kepala kantor CIA dibunuh di Athena pada 1975.


Polydoras said Friday's strike constituted an attempt to revive terrorist (activity) but he predicted it would fail.


Polydoras mengatakan serangan Jumat tersebut merupakan upaya untuk menghidupkan kembali (kegiatan) teroris tapi ia meramalkan itu akan gagal.


It is probably domestic activity ... as is seen from the apparent assumption of responsibility by Revolutionary Struggle, he said.


Itu mungkin adalah kegiatan dalam negeri ... seperti terlihat dari pengakuan tanggung jawab oleh Perjuangan Revolusi, katanya.


Police said the rocket penetrated the building near the front-entrance emblem and exploded inside, damaging a toilet on the third floor, which also houses the ambassador's office.


Polisi menyatakan roket itu menembus bangunan di dekat pintu masuk depan dan meledak di dalam, merusak toilet di lantai tiga, yang juga menjadi tempat kantor duta besar.


The missile was fired at 5:58 am (0358 GMT) and caused minor damage to the front windows and the roof.


Roket tersebut ditembakkan pukul 05:58 waktu setempat (10:58 WIB) dan mengakibatkan kerusakan kecil pada jendela depan dan atap.


All evidence points to the rocket having been fired from an adjacent worksite lot, where a building was recently demolished, a senior police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.


Semua bukti menunjukkan bahwa roket telah ditembakkan dari satu tempat kerja yang bersebelahan, tempat satu bangunan belum lama ini dihancurkan, kata seorang perwira polisi yang tak ingin disebutkan jatidirinya.


Several windows were smashed around the eagle emblem on the facade and there were burn marks on the adjacent wall.


Beberapa jendela hancur di sekitar lambang burung elang di bagian depan dan ada tanda bekas terbakar di tembok di sebelahnya.


US embassy officials waited at least 15 minutes after the blast before allowing Greek police access to the courtyard, and over an hour before letting them into the building proper, a police source said.


Beberapa pejabat kedutaan besar AS menunggu selama 15 menit setelah ledakan sebelum mengizinkan polisi Yunani masuk ke halaman, dan lebih dari satu jam sebelum mengizinkan mereka memasuki bangunan, kata satu sumber polisi.


Revolutionary Struggle is believed to have carried out six attacks in recent years, including a May 30 explosion near the home of Polydoras' predecessor as public order minister, George Voulgarakis.


Perjuangan Revolusi diduga telah melancarkan enam serangan dalam beberapa tahun belakangan, termasuk peledakan 30 Mei di dekat rumah pendahulu Polydoras sebagai menteri ketenangan masyarakat George Voulgaraktis.


Previous attacks included one on a police station 100 days before the 2004 Athens Olympics and another in December 2005 against the economy ministry in central Athens.


Serangan terdahulu meliputi satu serangan terhadap stasiun polisi 100 hari sebelum Olimpiade Athena 2004 dan satu lagi pada Desember 2005 terhadap Kementerian Ekonomi di Athena tengah.


Friday's incident is one of the most serious since the 2002 break-up of the November 17.


Peristiwa Jumat adalah salah satu yang paling serius sejak pembubaran kelompok 17 November pada 2002.


Group which carried out several attacks against foreign diplomats and military personnel, including the assassination of the CIA station chief.


Kelompok itu telah melancarkan bebrapa serangan terhadap personil militer dan diplomat asing, termasuk pembunuhan kepala kantor CIA.


A night-time swoop by US forces on an Iranian office in northern Iraq triggered strong criticism Friday, with Kurdish leaders and even Moscow branding the raid unacceptable.


Penggerebekan malam hari oleh tentara AS terhadap satu kantor Iran di Irak utara menyulut kecaman keras Jumat, sementara para pemimpin Kurdi dan bahkan Moskow mencap serangan tersebut tak dapat diterima.


In the early hours of Thursday, US troops dropped from helicopters stormed an Iranian liaison office in Iraqi Kurdistan and detained six Iranian employees.


Kamis dinihari, tentara AS yang diturunkan dari beberapa helikopter menyerbu kantor penghubung Iran di daerah Kurdi Irak dan menangkap enam pegawai Iran.


The raid came on the heels of a warning by US President George W. Bush that the United States would crack down on Iranian meddling in Iraq, where US commanders believe Tehran's agents arm militias and incite anti-US attacks.


Serangan tersebut dilancarkan setelah Presiden AS George W. Bush memperingatkan Amerika Serikat akan menindak campur-tangan Iran di Irak, tempat para komandan AS percaya agen-agen Iran mempersenjatai anggota milisi dan menghasut serangan anti-AS.


The US military later said it had freed one of the six people detained in the controversial raid on the Iranian government building in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdistan region.


Militer AS belakangan menyatakan telah membebaskan satu dari keenam orang yang ditahan dalam serangan kontroversial terhadap bangunan pemerintah Iran di Arbil, ibukota wilayah Kurdi di Irak utara.


Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the office had not yet become a full-fledged consulate, indicating that the raid had not violated any diplomatic protocols as had initially been claimed in Tehran.


Menteri Luar Negeri Irak Hoshyar Zebari mengatakan kantor itu belum lagi berfungsi sebagai konsulat penuh, yang menunjukkan bahwa serangan tersebut tak melanggar protokol diplomatik apa pun sebagaimana telah dikatakan di Teheran.


It is a liaison office.


Itu adalah kantor penghubung.


There was a request to change it into consulate, Zebari told AFP, adding that the office had been operational for 10 years.


Ada permintaan untuk mengubah jadi konsulat, kata Zebari. Ditambahkannya kantor tersebut telah beroperasi selama 10 tahun.


We had already agreed with the Iranians to open consulates in Arbil and Sulaimaniyah in return for opening (Iraqi) consulates in (Iranian cities) Mashhad and Ahwaz.


Kami sudah sepakat dengan pemerintah Iran untuk membuka konsulat di Arbil dan Sulaimaniyah sebagai imbalan bagi pembukaan konsulat (Irak) di (kota besar Iran) Mashhad dan Ahwaz.


These procedures have not been finalised, he said.


Prosedur ini belum dituntaskan, katanya.


Asked about the remaining five detainees Zebari said: They are not with us.


Ketika ditanya mengenai sisa lima orang yang ditahan, Zebari menjawab, Mereka tidak berada pada kami.


They are with the Americans.


Mereka bersama orang Amerika.


We contacted the US embassy and submitted all the information available to us on the nature of their work and the place of their work.


Kami menghubungan kedutaan besar AS dan memberikan semua keterangan yang ada mengenai sifat pekerjaan mereka dan tempat kerja mereka.


They have been working under the approval of the government, he said.


Mereka telah bekerja berdasarkan persetujuan pemerintah, katanya.


The US military confirmed that the five employees were in its custody.


Militer AS mengkonfirmasi kelima pegawai itu berada dalam tahanannya.


In Washington, State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said the Arbil office was targeted because there was information that we had that the individuals there were associated with attacks against multinational forces, against Iraqi forces.


Di Washington, wakil jurubicara Departemen Luar Negeri AS Tom Casey mengatakan kantor Arbil itu dijadikan sasaran karena ada keterangan bahwa orang-orang berhubungan dengan serangan terhadap pasukan multinasional, terhadap pasukan Irak.


Certainly there's also been information linking this facility to Revolutionary Guard and other Iranian elements ... that are fomenting violence in Iraq, he said.


Tentu saja ada juga keterangan yang menghubungan fasilitas ini dengan Pengawal Revolusi dan anasir lain Iran ... yang menyulut kerusuhan di Irak, katanya.


The claim that this was somehow an innocent diplomatic facility seems to ring hollow in light of that, he said.


Pernyataan bahwa ini adalah instalasi diplomatik tak bersalah tampaknya dangkal, katanya.


Describing the operation, Kurdish witnesses said US soldiers surrounded the building, just 100 metres (yards) from the Kurdistan administration in downtown Arbil, dropped off by helicopters and two Humvee military vehicles.


Beberapa orang Kurdi yang menjadi saksi mata dan menggambarkan operasi tersebut mengatakan tentara AS mengepung bangunan itu, yang terletak hanya 100 meter dari kantor administrasi Kurdi di pusat kota Arbil. Mereka turun dari helikopter dan dua kendaraan militer Humvee.


The commandos threw stun grenades in a show of force.


Personil pasukan komando tersebut melemparkan granat dalam aksi pamer kekuatan.


There were no clashes with security guards but US grenades shattered windows of the two-storey building as troops ordered all those inside to surrender before lowering the Iranian flag and abandoning the premises.


Tak ada bentrokan dengan pengawal keamanan tapi dengan penjaga keamanan tapi granat AS mengguncang jendela bangunan berlantai dua tersebut saat tentara memerintahkan semua yang berada di dalam agar menyerah sebelum menurunkan bendera Iran dan meninggalkan tempat itu.


Fuad Hussein, a senior official in the Kurdish presidency, said the regional government, one of the staunchest US allies in the Middle East, had not been given advance warning about the arrest operation.


Fuad Hussein, pejabat senior di kantor presiden Kurdi, mengatakan pemerintah regional, salah satu sekutu paling kuat AS di Timur Tengah, belum menerima peringatan lebih dulu mengenai operasi penangkapan tersebut.


Pakistan on Friday rejected claims that the Al-Qaeda terror network is strengthening and building worldwide connections from safe havens in the South Asian country.


Pakistan, Jumat, membantah pernyataan bahwa jaringan teror Al Qaeda bertambah kuat dan membangun hubungan di seluruh dunia dari tempat perlindungan di negara Asia Selatan.


Top US spy John Negroponte told the US Senate on Thursday that Pakistan contained crucial sanctuaries for Al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization that poses the greatest threat to the United States.


Pejabat intelijen senior AS John Negroponte mengatakan kepada Senat AS, Kamis, Pakistan memiliki tempat berlindung penting bagi Al Qaeda, organisasi teror yang merupakan ancaman terbesar bagi Amerika Serikat.


We have captured or killed numerous senior Al-Qaeda operatives, but Al-Qaeda's core elements are resilient, said Negroponte, the director of national intelligence (DNI).


Kami telah menangkap atau menewaskan sejumlah agen senior Al Qaeda, tapi anasir inti Al Qaeda ulet, kata Negroponte, Direktur Intelijen Nasional (DNI).


The terrorists are cultivating stronger operational connections and relationships that radiate outward from their leaders' secure hideout in Pakistan to affiliates throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, he said.


Pelaku teror membina hubungan operasi yang lebih kuat dan hubungan yang menyebar ke luar dari tembat persembunyian yang aman bagi pemimpin mereka di Pakistan ke cabang di seluruh Timur Tengah, Afrika Utara dan Eropa, katanya.


Pakistan's foreign ministry described the comments as questionable criticism and urged Negroponte to acknowledge the country's role in breaking the back of Al-Qaeda, responsible for the September 11 attacks in 2001.


Kementerian Luar Negeri Pakistan menggambarkan komentar itu sebagai kecaman yang mengundang pertanyaan dan mendesak Negroponte agar mengakui peran negeri tersebut dalam menghancurkan tulang punggung Al Qaeda, yang dituduh bertanggung jawab atas serangan 11 September pada 2001.


The ministry said Pakistan had done more than any other country to fight terrorism, a feat that had been recognised by the White House and the international community.


Kementerian tersebut menyatakan Pakistan telah berbuat lebih banyak dibandingkan dengan negara lain apa pun guna memerangi terorisme, prestasi yang telah diakui oleh Gedung Putih dan masyarakat internasional.


Pakistan remains committed to fighting international terrorism and extremism.


Pakistan tetap terikat komitmen dalam memerangi terorisme internasional dan ekstremisme.


In this endeavour, the focus must always remain on cooperation instead of questionable criticism, the ministry said in a statement.


Dalam upaya ini, pusat perhatian harus selama tetap dalam kerjasama dan bukan kecaman yang dipertanyakan, kata Kementerian itu dalam suatu pernyataan.


Negroponte said Pakistan is a frontline partner in the war on terror that has captured several Al-Qaeda leaders.


Negroponte menyatakan Pakistan adalah mitra garis depan dalam perang melawan teror yang telah menghasilkan penangkapan beberapa pemimpin Al Qaeda.


Many of our most important interests intersect in Pakistan, where the Taliban and Al-Qaeda maintain critical sanctuaries, Negroponte said.


Banyak di antara kepentingan paling penting kami bersimpangan di Pakistan, tempat Taliban dan Al Qaeda memiliki tempat perlindungan penting, kata Negroponte.


He made the comments to the Senate Select Intelligence Committee as part of his office's annual threat assessment.


Ia mengeluarkan pernyataan tersebut ke Komite Intelijen Pilihan Senat sebagai bagian dari penilaian ancaman tahunan oleh kantornya.


Pakistan said although Al-Qaeda elements were active in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, it would be incorrect to link them to any remnants of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan.


Pakistan menyatakan kendati anasir Al Qaeda aktif di Timur Tengah, Afrika Utara dan Eropat, tidak benar untuk mengaitkan mereka dengan setiap sisa Al Qaeda di Pakistan.


When Mr. Negroponte mentions the capture and killing of hundreds of Al-Qaeda members since 9/11, he should acknowledge the efforts of the country that made this possible, the foreign ministry statement said.


Ketika Negroponte menyebut-nyebut penangkapan dan pembunuhan ratusan anggota Al Qaeda sejak 11/9, ia mesti mengakui upaya negeri ini yang membuat ini mungkin terjadi, demikian antara lain isi pernyataan Kementerian Luar Negeri di Islamabad.


Pakistan would continue to pursue Al-Qaeda remnants as well as other terrorists and extremist elements, the statement said.


Pakistan akan terus memburu sisa Al Qaeda serta pelaku teror lain dan anasir garis keras, katanya.


We are addressing this challenge first and foremost in the interest of our security and peace and development of our society, it went on.


Kami terutama menangani tantangan ini demi kepentingan pembangunan masyarakat, perdamaian dan keamanan kami, katanya.


Pakistan says it has arrested more than 700 Al-Qaeda operatives but consistently denies claims that Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is hiding in its rugged tribal territory bordering Afghanistan.


Pakistan menyatakan telah menangkap lebih dari 700 agen Al Qaeda tapi tetap membantah pernyataan bahwa pemimpin Al Qaeda Osama bin Laden bersembunyi di daerah suku yang terjal yang berbatasan dengan Afghanistan.


The statement singled out comments from the head of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan on Thursday that Pakistan's help was crucial in the fight against a deadly insurgency in the neighbouring war-ravaged nation.


Pernyataan tersebut menyebutkan komentar dari pemimpin Pasukan Bantuan Keamanan Internasional (ISAF) di Afghanistan, Kamis, bantuan Pakistan penting dalam memerangi akse perlawanan mematikan di negara tetangganya yang dilanda perang.


Pakistan has deployed around 80,000 troops to hunt down Al-Qaeda fugitives who sneaked across the border from Afghanistan after the ouster of the fundamentalist Taliban regime there in late 2001.


Pakistan telah menggelar sebanyak 80.000 prajurit guna memburu agen Al Qaeda yang menyusup melewati perbatasannya dari Afghanistan setelah tergulingnya faksi santri Taliban di negara itu pada penghujung 2001.


Around 60,000 people have been displaced in Sri Lanka by flooding caused by torrential monsoon rains, the government said on Saturday, while the death toll from landslides a day earlier rose to 13.


Sebanyak 60.000 orang telah meninggalkan tempat tinggal mereka di Sri Lanka akibat banjir yang disebabkan oleh hujan lebat, demikian keterangan pemerintah Sabtu, sementara jumlah korban jiwa akibat tanah longsor sehari sebelumnya naik jadi 13.


Sri Lanka's central tea-growing hills are prone to landslides during the monsoon, particularly in the district of Nuwara Eliya renowned for its lush plantations, where the deaths occurred on Friday.


Perbukitan penghasil teh di bagian tengah Sri Lanka rentan terhadap tanah longsor selama musim hujan, terutama di kabupaten Nuwara Eliya --yang terkenal karena perkebunan suburnya, tempat orang-orang itu tewas Jumat.


A total of 12,500 families have been affected due to the floods and landslides, Major-General Gamini Hettiarrachchi, head of the National Disaster Management Centre, told Reuters.


Sebanyak 12.500 keluarga telah terkena dampak banjir dan tanah longsor, kata Mayor Jenderal Gamini Hettiarrachchi, pemimpin Pusat Penanganan Bencana Nasional.


That is about 60,000 people.


Itu berarti sebanyak 60.000 orang.


The southeastern disitrict of Hambantota, which was pounded by the 2004 tsunami, was badly affected.


Kabupaten Hambantota di bagian tenggara negeri tersebut, yang diterjang tsunami pada 2004, terkena dampak parah.


Hundreds of houses were damaged and thousands of people remain stranded in the central hills, said the government, which is temporarily housing the displaced in schools and welfare centres.


Ratusan rumah rusak dan ribuan orang masih terdampar di perbukitan, kata pemerintah, yang untuk sementara menampung orang yang meninggalkan tempat tinggal mereka di gedung sekolah dan pusat kesehatan.


Japanese actor Shingo Mukai, who went missing in the port city of Cartagena on January 5, was found dead last week and buried by the Colombian city because it could not identify him, the mayor said Friday.


Aktor Jepang, Shingo Mukai, yang hilang di kota pelabuhan Cartagena pada 5 Januari, pekan lalu ditemukan meninggal dan telah dikubur oleh pemerintah setempat sebagai mayat tidak dikenal, kata walikota, Jumat.


Mukai, 31, was discovered in the mouth of a river in the Caribbean city with his neck broken on January 6, said Cartagena Mayor Nicolas Curi.


Mukai (31), ditemukan pada 6 Januari di mulut sungai di kota Karibia dengan leher patah, kata walikota Kartagena, Nicolas Curi.


Because he had no documents and the body was decomposing, he was quickly buried, Curi said.


Karena tidak ada surat-surat identitas dan mayat mulai membusuk, dia segera dikubur.


The mayor said he was told that Mukai disappeared January 5 after bolting out of a taxi in a panic attack while two companions were paying the driver, who had taken them back from a party outside Cartagena.


Walikota mengatakan dia diberi tahu bahwa Mukai hilang pada 5 Januari karena panik dan lari terbirit-birit dari taksi, saat dua temannya membayar taksi, yang mengantar mereka kembali dari pesta di luar Kartagena.


The man asked to be let out or that he would jump out, Curi said.


Laki-laki itu minta dikeluarkan atau dia akan melompat keluar, kata Curi.


So the cab driver stopped and the man ran away.


Karena itu pegemudi menghentikan taksi dan laki-laki itu lari.


Forensics experts were waiting for dental records from the Japanese embassy in Bogota to confirm Mukai's identity.


Ahli forensik masih menunggu rekaman gigi korban dari kedutaan besar Jepang di Bogota untuk menegaskan identias Mukai.


The United States should not withdraw troops from Iraq even if its plan to send in 20,000 extra forces to stabilize the country fails, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.


Amerika Serikat (AS) seharusnya tidak menarik tentara dari Irak, meski jika nantinya rencana mengirim 20 ribu tentara tambahan, gagal, kata Menteri Pertahanan Robert Gates, Jumat.


In a second day of grilling before a skeptical US Congress, Gates acknowledged the new plan unveiled by President George W. Bush on Wednesday sets no timetable for disarming Shiite and Sunni militias behind the mounting sectarian violence.


Pada sehari kedua menghadapi pertanyaan-pertanyaan  Kongres AS yang skeptis, Gates mengakui rencana baru yang diperkenalkan oleh Presiden George W. Bush tidak memuat jadwal melucuti senjata milisi Syiah dan Sunni.


If we talk about the consequences of the American failure and defeat in Iraq, then saying, 'If you don't do this, we'll leave, and we'll leave now,' does not strike me as being in the national interests of the United States, he said.


Jika kita berbicara tentang akibat dari kegagalan dan kekalahan AS di Irak, lalu mengatakan, 'Jika anda tidak melakukan ini, kami akan pergi, dan kami akan pergi sekarang,' tidak mengesankan saya bahwa hal itu untuk kepentingan Amerika Serikat, katanya.


So the question will be: What different kind of strategy might we be able to come up with that would have some prospect of avoiding a failure or a defeat in Iraq?


Oleh sebab itu pertanyaannya adalah: strategi yang bagaimana yang dapat kita lakukan supaya tidak gagal atau kalah di Irak?


Democrats, who now control Congress, have called for a withdrawal of US forces from Iraq in four to six months time -- a proposal Gates rejected as little more than an invitation to the insurgents to wait it out.


Partai Demokrat, yang sekarang menguasai Kongres, sudah minta tentara AS ditarik dalam empat hingga enam bulan-- usul yang ditolak Gates karena dianggap seperti mengundang pemberontak agar menunggu pasukan AS pergi.


I think it is highly likely that there would be a significant increase in sectarian violence in Iraq, that the government would probably begin to come apart, that the army might come apart, and that you would probably have outside elements, he said.


Saya berpikir sangat mungkin kekerasan sektarian di Irak akan meningkat secara signifikan, pemerintah mereka mungkin akan mulai ambruk, tentara mungkin mulai ambruk, katanya.


A senior US military official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, said Thursday the Iraqis have lifted restrictions on deliberate targeting of certain protected extremists leaders.


Seorang pejabat militer senior AS, yang memberi informasi kepada wartawan asalkan identitasnya tidak diungkap, mengatakan pihak Irak telah mencabut larangan untuk mengincar pemimpin ekstrimis tertentu yang dilindungi.


They also dropped restrictions on military operations in certain areas of the city such as Sadr City, the stronghold of radical cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr and his Jaish Al-Mahdi (JAM) militia.


Mereka juga mencabut larangan operasi militer di daerah tertentu seperti Sadr City yang menjadi markas ulama radikal Moqtada Al-Sadr dan milisinya, Jaish Al-Mahdi (JAM).


But the official said US forces were unlikely to go head to head against militias, unless attacked. There is not a military solution for the JAM, he said.


Tetapi, para pejabat mengatakan pasukan AS enggan berhadapan langsung dengan milisi, kecuali mereka diserang.


A group of Iranians detained by US forces in Iraq in a new effort to counter Tehran's alleged support for violent attacks had links to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, a senior US official said Friday.


Sekelompok orang Iran yang ditahan oleh pasukan AS di Irak, mempunyai hubungan dengan Penjaga Revolusioner Iran, kata seorang pejabat senior AS, Jumat.


Six Iranians were nabbed in a night-time swoop by US forces on an office in the northern Iraq city of Arbil early Thursday, prompting protests from Iran and strong criticism from other governments.


Enam orang Iran ditangkap pasukan AS di salah satu kantor di  kota Arbil, Irak utara, yang menimbulkan protes dari Iran serta kritik dari pemerintah lainnya.


State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said the Arbil office was targeted because there was information that we had that the individuals there were associated with attacks against multinational forces, against Iraqi forces, he said.


Deputi jurubicara kenegaraan Tom Casey mengatakan kantor di Arbil sudah menjadi sasaran karena ada informasi bahwa individu di sana terkait serangan melawan angkatan perang multinasional, serta serta melawan angkatan perang Irak, katanya.


Tentunya sudah ada informasi bahwa tempat ini terkait dengan penjaga revolusi serta elemen Iran lainnya...mereka memicu kekerasan, katanya.


Casey confirmed that one of the six people detained had been released and the other five were still in custody of US forces, who are continuing to investigate the incident.


Casey menegaskan bahwa satu di antara enam orang yang ditahan itu sudah dibebaskan sedangkan lima lainnya masih di tahan pasukan AS.


Earlier Friday State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said none of the detained Iranians held diplomatic passports and that the Arbil office had no diplomatic status.


Pada Jumat pagi jurubicara kementerian luar negeri AS Sean McCormack mengatakan tak satu pun orang Iran yang ditahan memegang paspor diplomatik dan kantor di Arbil tidak mempunyai status diplomatik.


It was a building that the Iranians were using, occupying, it was Iraqi territory, he said.


Gedung itu dipakai dan ditempati orang Iran, namun berada di wilayah irak, katanya.


Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Friday reaffirmed Turkey's right to send troops into Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels there and chided U.S. officials for questioning it.


Perdana Menteri Tayyip Erdogan, Jumat menegaskan kembali hak Turki untuk mengirim pasukan  ke Irak untuk menghancurkan pemberontak Kurdi di sana dan mencaci pejabat AS yang mempertanyakan hal itu.


The Turkish Republic will do whatever is necessary to combat the terrorists when the time comes, but it will not announce its plans in advance, Erdogan told a news conference after a meeting of his ruling AK Party.


Republik Turki akan melakukan apa saja untuk memerangi teroris pada saatnya, tetapi rencana itu tidak akan diumumkan lebih dulu,  kata Erdogan setelah mengadakan pertemuan dengan partainya yang berkuasa, partai AK.


We say we are ready to take concrete steps with the Iraqi government and we also say these steps must be taken now.


Kami mengatakan kami siap mengambil langkah nyata dengan pemerintah Irak dan langkah ini harus dilakukan sekarang, katanya.


In sharp language underscoring Turkish anxiety about the chaos in Iraq, Erdogan said it was wrong for Washington -- our supposed strategic ally -- to tell Turkey, with its historic and cultural ties in the region, to stay out of Iraq.


Secara tajam, Erdogan mengatakan salah jika Washington -- yang seharusnya sekutu strategis kami -- mengatakan kepada Turki, yang punya kaitan sejarah dan budaya di kawasan tersebut, untuk tidak masuk ke Irak.


We have a 350 km border with Iraq.


Kami mempunyai perbatassan sepanjang 350 km dengan Irak.


We have historic relations ... the United States is 10,000 km away from Iraq, and yet is it not intervening in Iraq's internal affairs? he said.


Kami mempunyai hubungan sejarah...AS jaraknya 10 ribu km dari Irak, pakah mereka tidak turutcampur urusan dalam negeri Irak?,  katanya.


Ankara has long complained that the United States and Iraqi government have failed to crack down on Kurdish rebels, and periodically asserts its right under international law to conduct cross-border operations against the guerrillas.


Ankara sudah berulangkali mengeluhkan AS dan pemerintah Irak gagal membubarkan pemberontak Kurdi, dan secara periodik mereka meminta hak berdasarkan hukum internasional untuk mengadakan operasi gabungan untuk menumpas gerilya.


More than 30,000 people have been killed since the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), branded a terrorist organisation by the EU and the U.S. as well as Ankara, launched an armed struggle for an ethnic homeland in southeast Turkey in 1984.


Lebih dari 30 ribu orang tewas sejak Partai Pekerja Kurdi (PKK) yang dicap organisasi teroris oleh Uni Eropa dan AS serta Ankara, melakukan perjuangan bersenjata di Turki Tenggara pada 1984.


Up to 5,000 militants are believed to be hiding in the mountains of northern Iraq from where they have staged attacks on military and civilian targets inside Turkey.


Diperkirakan hingga sekitar 5 ribu militan diyakini bersembunyi di pegunungan di Irak utara dan dari tempat itu mereka melakukan serangan terhadap sasaran militer maupun sipil di Turki.


We don't want to waste time with abstract statements, we want concrete results, said Erdogan, who has said the Iraq situation is now a bigger foreign policy priority for Turkey even than its bid to join the European Union.


Kami tidak mau membuang-buang waktu dengan pernyataan abstrak, kami menghendaki hasil konkret, kata Erdogan, yang mengatakan situasi Irak kini menjadi masalah politik luar negeri yang lebih besar bagi Turki dibanding dengan usaha mereka menjadi anggota Uni Eropa.


Ankara's biggest nightmare is a violent breakup of Iraq and the emergence of a Kurdish state in the north that could in turn foment separatism among Turkey's own Kurds.


Kekhawatiran terbesar Ankara adalah terjadinya perpecahan dengan cara kekerasan di Irak dan terbentuknya negara bagian Kurdi di utara Irak yang dapat memacu separatisme warga Kurdi di Turki.


US Senator Hillary Clinton said Saturday during a visit to Iraq that she doubted the United States or Iraqi government can pacify the country.


Senator AS Hillary Clinton, Sabtu, di sela kunjungannya ke Irak mengatakan sangsi pemerintahnya atau pemerintah Irak dapat meredakan negara itu.


I don't know that the American people or the Congress at this point believe this mission can work, she told ABC news.


Saya tidak tahu kalau rakyat AS atau Kongres di titik ini yakin misi ini bisa berjalan, katanya kepada ABC.


And in the absence of a commitment that is backed up by actions from the Iraqi government, why should we believe it?


Dan dengan ketiadaan dari janji yang seharusnya didukung aksi  pemerintah Irak, mengapa kita harus yakin? kata Clinton.


She spoke after meetings with top US commanders General George Casey and Lieutenant General Ray Odierno.


Dia mengemukakan hal itu setelah bertemu dengan pimpinan pasukan AS di Irak yaitu Jenderal George Casey dan Letjen Ray Odierno.


I'm skeptical that the Iraqi government will do what they have promised to do, and that I think is the concern of all of us who have heard this before, she told the US broadcaster.


Saya skeptis pemerintah Irak akan melakukan apa yang sudah mereka janjikan, dan saya pikir ini adalah keprihatinan kita semua yang pernah mendengar hal ini, katanya kepada penyiar AS.


Clinton said that the level of security during this trip was far greater than on her prior visits.


Clinton mengatakan bahwa kadar pengamanan selama perjalanan kali ini jauh lebih hebat daripada kunjungan sebelumnya.


This is heartbreaking, she said.


Ini menyayat hati.


This is my third trip here.


Ini adalah perjalanan ketiga saya di sini.


I've seen the violence and security problems increase, not decrease.


Saya melihat masalah kekerasan dan keamanan bertambah, bukannya berkurang.


The first time I was here.


Waktu pertama saya di sini.


We were not asked to wear body armor and put on helmets.


Kami tidak diminta menggunakan rompi tahan peluru dan helm.


We were not shepherded very narrowly from place to place.


Kami tidak dijaga dengan sangat ketat ke semua tempat.


I went to Kirkuk the first time when actually General Odierno was there, she said.


Saya pergi ke Kirkuk waktu pertama kali dan di sana kebetulan ada  Jenderal Odierno.


We went into the city.


Kami masuk ke kota.


We had a meeting in the town hall with people.


Kami mengadakan pertemuan dengan rakyat di aula kota.


US President George W. Bush, under great political pressure to implement a new strategy in the nearly four-year-old war, has pledged to send an additional 21,500 troops, a move opposed by as many as two out of three Americans, including Clinton, who would draw down troops.


Langkah Presiden George W. Bush menjalankan strategi  baru dengan mengirim 21.500 tentara tambahan ke Irak, ditentang dua pertiga warga AS, termasuk Clinton.


That would really demonstrate to the Iraqis that we don't have an open-ended commitment, Clinton said. We are not going to be here providing protection for their leaders, which we do.


Itu benar-benar akan mempertunjukkan kepada orang Irak bahwa kita tidak punya komitmen dukungan kita ada batasnya, kata Clinton.


Protesters, demanding a new parliamentary election, blocked roads and streets by burning tires and cars.


Para pemrotes, meminta pemilihan parlemen baru, memblokade gang dan jalan dengan membakar ban dan mobil.


The opposition, however, began removing roadblocks across the country Tuesday night after halting the protests, Reuters news agency quoted a senior opposition source as saying.


Oposisi, kini, mulai memindahkan blokade jalanan yang melintasi negara Selasa malam setelah penghentian protes, kata Kantor Berita Reuters mengutip sumber senior oposisi.


In the interview, Siniora denounced the protests as an undemocratic way of expressing one's opinion.


Dalam wawancara tersebut, Siniora mengumumkna protes tersebut sebagai jalan tidak demokratis dalam mengekspresikan pendapat.


If they say they have the majority of people supporting them, then they shouldn't resort to such an action, he said.


Jika mereka mengatakan memiliki mayoritas rakyat yang mendukung mereka, seharusnya mereka tak berusaha untuk mengadakan aksi seperti itu, kata Siniora.


Siniora reiterated his offer to meet some of the opposition demands to expand the Cabinet to include the opposition's representatives, but rejected their demand for veto power over ministerial decisions.


Siniora mengulangi tawarannya untuk bertemu dengan beberapa oposisi yang menuntut untuk meluaskan kabinet guna menyertakan perwakilan oposisi, tetapi menolak permintaan mereka untuk kekuasaan veto melebihi keputusan menteri.


Siniora, who postponed a planned visit to Japan last November over the resignation of Shiite ministers from his government, said he expects to make the trip in spring with the aim of enhancing bilateral relations.


Siniora, yang menunda rencana berkunjung ke Japan akhir November lalu setelah pengunduran diri menteri Syiah dari pemerintahannya, mengatakan dia mengharapkan untuk bepergian dalam musim semi ini dengan tujuan meningkatkan hubungan bilateral.


Japan plays a large role in the Mideast, and we are major trading partners, he noted.


Jepang memainkan peran yang besar di Timur Tengah, dan kita merupakan mitra dagang utama, kata Siniora.


A NATO delegation met with Pakistani defence authorities in the city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday to discuss greater cooperation and the aftermath of a coalition forces air strike that accidentally killed a Pakistani soldier.


Perutusan NATO hari Rabu bertemu dengan pejabat pertahanan Pakistan di kota Rawalpindi membahas kerjasama lebih besar dan buntut serangan udara pasukan gabungan, yang tanpa sengaja menewaskan seorang tentara Pakistan.


Pakistani Defence Secretary Tariq Waseem Ghazi raised concern over Monday's provocative act that could jeopardize the partnership between the sides, according to a ministry statement


Menteri Pertahanan Pakistan Tariq Waseem Ghazi menyampaikan keprihatinan atas ulah membakar hari Senin, yang dapat membahayakan kemitraan di antara berbagai pihak, kata pernyataan kementerian itu.


Baldwin De Vidts, head of the NATO legal office, expressed condolences for the casualties and hope that such incidents would not happen again.


Baldwin De Vidts, kepala bidang hukum persekutuan pertahanan Atlantik utara NATO, mengungkapkan rasa dukacita atas korban dan mengharapkan kejadian seperti itu tidak akan terjadi lagi.


One Pakistani soldier died and two others were wounded when US aircraft aimed four bombs at suspected insurgents in the Shawal area close to the border with Afghanistan.


Satu orang tentara Pakistan tewas dan dua orang lain luka akibat empat bom dari pesawat Amerika Serikat, yang diarahkan ke tersangka pejuang di daerah Shawal di dekat perbatasan dengan Afganistan.


Vidts said Pakistan's logistical support was very essential for the NATO forces fighting the Taliban insurgency in neighbouring Afghanistan.


Vidts menyatakan dukungan perbekalan Pakistan sangat hakiki bagi pasukan NATO, yang bertempur melawan pejuang Talib di negara tetangga, Afganistan.


The recent aerial attack increased tensions between Islamabad and the international forces, which have questioned the Pakistani military's efforts to check cross-border movement of Taliban and other fighters.


Serangan udara ahir-ahir ini meningkatkan ketegangan antara Islamabad dan pasukan antarbangsa, yang mempertanyakan usaha tentara Pakistani memeriksa gerakan lintas batas Talib and pejuang lain.


Israeli troops stationed on the borders between Israel and the central Gaza Strip shot dead a Palestinian teenager Wednesday, Palestinian medical and security officials and the Israeli army said.


Tentara Israel di perbatasan antara Israel dan Jalur Gaza tengah hari Rabu menembak tewas seorang anak belasan tahun Palestina, kata petugas kesehatan dan keamanan Palestina serta tentara Israel.


The teenager was crawling towards the border fence when he was shot.


Anak belasan tahun itu merangkak ke arah pagar perbatasan buatan Israel saat ditembak.


Two other Palestinians were wounded and arrested, they said.


Dua orang lain Palestina luka dan ditangkap, kata mereka.


An Israeli military spokeswoman said the soldiers had noticed the three figures some hours after midnight.


Wanita jurubicara tentara Israel menyatakan tentara memperhatikan ketiga orang itu beberapa jam sesudah tengah malam.


She said troops called on them to halt, fired warning shots in the air, and opened fire on them as they continued to crawl toward the fence.


Dia mengatakan tentara menyeru mereka berhenti, melepaskan tembakan peringatan ke udara dan menembak ke arah mereka sewaktu mereka terus merangkak menuju pagar.


Palestinian security officials said the three were shot when they were apporaching a garbage dump outside Dir al-Balach.


Pejabat keamanan Palestina mengatakan ketiganya ditembak sewaktu mendekati tempat pembuangan sampah di luar Dir Balach.


Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi university professor in Mashatel street in the Azamiyah district of northern Baghdad, al-Iraqiyah State TV reported Wednesday.


Sejumlah orang bersenjata membunuh seorang dosen perguruan tinggi Irak di jalan Mashatel di distrik Azamiyah, Baghdad utara, demikian dilaporkan televisi pemerintah Irak Al-Iraqiyah, Rabu.


Dr Diyaa al-Maqwartar, who was teaching at Baghdad's Mustansiriya university, was shot in the head and chest, the report added.


Dr. Diyaa al-Maqwartar, yang mengajar di Universitas Mustansiriya Baghdad, ditembak di bagian kepala dan dada, kata televisi tersebut.


The killing came a week after at least 70 people were killed and 110 others were wounded in two suicide bombings near Mustansiriya University on January 17.


Pembunuhan itu terjadi sepekan setelah sedikitnya 70 orang tewas dan 110 lain cedera dalam dua serangan bom bunuh diri di dekat Universitas Mustansiriya pada 17 Januari.


Al-Maqwartar was also the chairman of a committee for consumer protection as well as being the chairman of a performance evaluation committe for a TV show broadcast by al-Sharqiyah TV.


Al-Maqwartar juga menjadi ketua sebuah komite perlindungan konsumen serta ketua komite penilaian pertunjukan untuk sebuah acara televisi yang disiarkan TV Al-Sharqiyah.


Meanwhile, Iraq's higher education minister survived an attempt on his life when, according to a ministry spokesman, armed men attacked his convoy, killing his personal guard and wounding another.


Sementara itu, Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi Irak Abd Ziyab al-Ojeily selamat dalam usaha pembunuhan terhadap dirinya ketika orang-orang bersenjata menyerang konvoi kendaraannya, menewaskan pengawal peribadinya dan mencederai seorang lagi, kata seorang jurubicara kementerian itu.


Abd Ziyab al-Ojeily was attacked in southern Baghdad.


Al-Ojeily diserang di Baghdad selatan.


Unknown armed men had hidden in a bush to the side of a highway near Dawra district, and according to the spokesman, Bassel al-Khatib, the men immediately opened fire as the minister's procession passed by.


Orang-orang bersenjata tak dikenal bersembunyi di semak-semak di tepi sebuah jalan raya dekat distrik Dawra, dan menurut jurubicara itu, Bassel al-Khatib, mereka segera melepaskan tembakan ketika rombongan menteri tersebut lewat.


The armed men and al-Ojeily's guards reportedly exchanged fire.


Kelompok orang bersenjata itu dan para pengawal meneteri itu dilaporkan terlibat dalam tembak-menembak.


One of al-Ojeily's bodyguards was shot down while the other was ""seriously"" wounded.


Salah seorang pengawal al-Ojeily tewas tertembak, sementara seorang lagi terluka parah.


The minister survived the assassination attempt unscathed.


Menteri itu selamat tanpa cedera dalam usaha pembunuhan tersebut.


Spanish police Wednesday arrested a suspected Islamist on charges of links with a terrorist organization, police said.


Polisi Spanyol hari Rabu menangkap seorang muslim yang dituduh memiliki hubungan dengan sebuah organisasi teroris, kata polisi.


The detainee was identified as Abdellatif Nekkavi.


Tersangka diidentifikasi sebagai Abdellatif Nekkavi.


The Moroccan was captured in Badalona near Barcelona.


Orang Maroko itu ditangkap di Badalona dekat Barcelona.


Police searched addresses in Badalona and other places in the Barcelona region, and were reportedly looking for another suspect.


Polisi menggerebek sejumlah rumah di Badalona dan tempat-tempat lain di kawasan Barcelona, mereka dikabarkan mencari seorang tersangka lain.


The arrest was made in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings and the subsequent detentions of Islamists suspected of sending activists to Iraq.


Penangkapan itu dilakukan dalam kaitan dengan pemboman-pemboman kereta-api di Madrid pada 2004 dan penangkapan sejumlah muslim yang dituduh mengirim aktivis ke Irak.


Nekkavi was believed to have helped to send funds to Iraq and to have supported a holy war against the West, the Interior Ministry said.


Nekkavi diyakini membantu mengirim dana ke Irak dan mendukung perang jihad terhadap Barat, kata Kementerian Dalam Negeri Spanyol.


He was also allegedly involved in obtaining fake identity documents for Islamists travelling to Iraq.


Ia juga dituduh terlibat dalam pembuatan kartu identitas palsu bagi muslim yang bepergian ke Irak.


At least 29 people face trial on February 15 for the Madrid bombings, which killed 191 and injured more than 1,500 people.


Sedikitnya 29 orang menghadapi persidangan pada 15 Februari dalam kasus pemboman KA di Madrid itu, yang menewaskan 191 orang dan mencederai lebih dari 1.500 orang.


A hijacking attempt has ended without any casualties after a plane with 103 people on board was diverted and landed safely in Chad on Wednesday, an airport employee in the capital N'Djamena said.


Usaha pembajakan terhadap sebuah pesawat Sudan berakhir tanpa ada korban setelah pesawat yang membawa 103 orang itu dialihkan rutenya dan mendarat dengan selamat di Chad, Rabu, kata seorang petugas bandara di ibukota negara itu, N'Djamena.


The hijacker was arrested by Chadian authorities after the plane landed and all 103 people descended.


Pembajak ditangkap oleh aparat keamanan Chad setelah pesawat itu mendarat dan seluruh 103 orang di dalamnya turun.


The passengers have all come off the plane and are at the airport now.


Seluruh penumpang telah turun dari pesawat dan kini berada di bandara.


No one is injured and the hijacker has been arrested, said Fatima Zara, an employee at the N'Djamena airport.


Tidak seorang pun cedera dan pembajak ditangkap, kata Fatima Zara, pegawai di bandara N'Djamena.


She said the hijacker was a Sudanese refugee who wanted to route the plane to Britain, but this could not be confirmed.


Ia menyatakan, pembajak pesawat itu adalah seorang pengungsi Sudan yang ingin rute pesawat tersebut dialihkan ke Inggris, namun hal itu masih belum bisa dikonfirmasi.


The assailant, who was not armed according to Zara, hijacked a Sudanese passenger plane with 103 people on board.


Penyerang, yang membajak pesawat Sudan yang membawa 103 orang itu, menurut Zara tidak bersenjata.


There were 85 passengers on board the Boeing 737 plane in addition to 18 crew members, but their nationalities were not yet known.


Terdapat 85 penumpang dan 18 orang awak di dalam pesawat Boeing 737 itu, namun kewarganegaran mereka belum diketahui.


The plane, which belongs to the private Sudanese Air West company, departed Khartoum Airport heading for El-Fasher in western Darfur, an airline source said.


Pesawat itu, milik perusahaan penerbangan swasta Sudanese Air West, berangkat dari Bandara Khartoum menuju El-Fasher di Darfur barat, kata satu sumber perusahaan penerbangan.


The hijacker had forced the pilot to fly to Chad's capital N'Djamena, the source added.


Pembajak memaksa pilot pesawat itu mengarahkan penerbangan ke ibukota Chad, N'Djamena, kata sumber itu.


Another source at Khartoum airport said the plane was hijacked while in the air, 30 minutes after taking off.


Satu sumber lain di Bandara Khartoum mengatakan, pesawat tersebut dibajak ketika sedang berada di udara, 30 menit setelah lepas landas.


Al-Jazeera TV reported that a number of top Sudanese officials were among the plane passengers.


Televisi Al-Jazeera mengatakan, sejumlah pejabat tinggi Sudan termasuk diantara para penumpang pesawat tersebut.


A major police crackdown on the trafficking of foreign immigrants in Italy led Wednesday to the arrest of more than 780 suspects and a further 1,300 being reported to the authorities.


Operasi besar-besaran polisi terhadap penyelundupan imigran asing di Italia hari Rabu berhasil menangkap lebih dari 780 tersangka dan 1.300 orang lain dilaporkan ke pihak berwenang.


Police said the suspects, most of them from Eastern Europe and Africa, were apprehended during concerted early morning raids across Italy.


Polisi mengatakan bahwa para tersangka itu, yang sebagian besar berasal dari Eropa Timur dan Afrika, ditangkap selama penyerbuan-penyerbuan terpadu pagi hari di Italia.


They are accused of abetting illegal immigration and of forcing scores of young women to prostitute themselves.


Mereka dituduh bersekongkol dalam imigrasi ilegal dan memaksa puluhan wanita muda menjadi pelacur.


Operation Spartacus, codenamed after the famous Roman gladiator-slave, was hailed by Italy's interior minister, Giuliano Amato.


Penyerbuan-penyerbuan dengan sandi Operasi Spartacus itu, yang namanya sesuai dengan nama budak gladiator Romawi tekenal, dipuji oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri Italia Giuliano Amato.


The trafficking and forced prostitution of women, and minors in particular, is one of the most ignoble crimes committed in Italy, Amato said.


Penyelundupan itu dan pemaksaan wanita menjadi pelacur, khususnya anak-anak, merupakan salah satu kejahatan paling nista yang dilakukan di Italia, kata Amato.


Police said Wednesday's arrests capped a four-month-long investigation that allowed them to uncover how human traffickers operate in Italy.


Polisi mengatakan, penangkapan-penangkapan Rabu itu dilakukan setelah penyelidikan empat bulan yang membuat mereka bisa mengetahui bagaimana penyelundup manusia beroperasi di Italia.


Some girls were bought by traffickers for 200 euros (260 dollars) in their home country and were then brought to Italy, where they were forced to prostitute themselves.


Sejumlah anak perempuan dibeli oleh penyelundup seharga 200 euro (260 dolar) di negara asal mereka dan kemudian dibawa ke Italia, dimana mereka dipaksa melacurkan diri.


The money they earned, which averaged 5,000 euros per month, was kept by their captors.


Uang yang mereka peroleh, yang rata-rata 5.000 euro per bulan, ditahan oleh para penculik mereka.


Women who dared rebel were often beaten and abused.


Wanita-wanita yang berani melawan seringkali dipukuli dan disiksa.


Police said one 16-year-old girl was forced to have unprotected sex and was sent back on the streets until she was six-months pregnant.


Polisi mengatakan, seorang anak perempuan berusia 16 tahun dipaksa melakukan hubungan seksual tanpa alat pelindung dan diterlantarkan di jalan sampai ia hamil enam bulan.


There was absolute wickedness on the part of their exploiters, police chief Francesco Gratteri told reporters.


Ada kejahatan mutlak di pihak orang-orang yang mengeksploitasi, kata kepala kepolisian Francesco Gratteri kepada wartawan.


A total of 45 girls who agreed to cooperate with the investigation were rewarded with a residence permit.


Sebanyak 15 anak perempuan yang setuju bekerja sama dengan penyelidik kemudian diberi izin tinggal di negara tersebut.


Police also seized 15 apartments, four nightclubs and three labs were prostitutes entertained their guests.


Polisi juga menyita 15 apartemen, empat klab malam dan tiga tempat dimana wanita-wanita itu melayani tamu mereka.


The death toll on Russian roads fell four percent last year but still stayed above 32,000, Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Chekalin said Wednesday.


Jumlah kematian dalam kecelakaan lalu-lintas di Rusia turun empat persen tahun lalu namun masih berada di atas angka 32.000, kata Deputi Menteri Dalam Negeri Alexander Chekalin, Rabu.


Last year 228,648 accidents happened in Russia, killing 32,621 people and injuring 284,811, Interfax news agency quoted Chekalin as saying.


Tahun lalu 228.648 kecelakaan terjadi di Rusia, menewaskan 32.621 orang dan mencederai 284.811 orang, kata Chekalin, seperti dikutip Kantor Berita Interfax.


Though the death toll fell, the number of accidents rose 2.4 percent on the 2005 figure, Chekalin said, blaming poor driver training for the carnage.


Meski jumlah kematian turun, angka kecelakaan naik 2,4 persen dibanding dengan angka pada tahun 2005, kata Chekalin, yang menyalahkan pelatihan buruk supir sebagai penyebab kenaikan tersebut.


According to World Bank figures Russia has the highest rate of road accidents in the world, at 12 per 10,000 cars.


Menurut data Bank Dunia, Rusia memiliki angka kecelakaan lalu-lintas tertinggi di dunia, 12 per 10.000 mobil.


Traffic police are notoriously corrupt, and driving licences are widely obtainable by bribery.


Polisi lalu-lintas terkenal sangat korup, dan surat izin mengemudi bisa diperoleh dengan melakukan penyuapan.


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday urged President Moshe Katsav to resign after it was announced he would be indicted for rape and other sex crimes.


Perdana Menteri Israel Ehud Olmert hari Rabu mendesak Presiden Moshe Katsav mengundurkan diri setelah ia dinyatakan akan dituntut ke pengadilan karena kasus pemerkosaan dan kejahatan-kejahatan seksual lain.


Under these circumstances there is no doubt in my heart that the president cannot continue in his functions and he will have to leave the presidency, Olmert told a security conference, north of Tel Aviv.


Dalam keadaan seperti ini tidak ada keraguan di dalam hati saya bahwa presiden tidak bisa melanjutkan tugasnya dan ia harus meninggalkan kepresidenan, kata Olmert pada sebuah konferensi keamanan di daerah sebelah utara Tel Aviv.


Olmert spoke after Katsav said he would temporarily suspend himself from his duties, but refused growing calls that he quit his largely ceremonial post.


Olmert menyampaikan hal itu setelah Katsav mengatakan bahwa ia untuk sementara waktu akan berhenti dari pekerjaannya namun menolak seruan-seruan yang meningkat agar ia mengundurkan diri dari jabatan yang umumnya bersifat seremonial itu.


I announced today to the Knesset that I would suspend myself from my post, a visibly heated Katsav told reporters at his Jerusalem residence.


Saya mengumumkan hari ini kepada Knesset bahwa saya akan berhenti untuk sementara waktu dari jabatan saya, kata Katsav kepada wartawan di kediamannya di Yerusalem.


The law does not oblige me to resign, he said.


Undang-undang tidak mengharuskan saya untuk mengundurkan diri, katanya.


I will not give in to blackmail.


Saya tidak akan menyerah pada pemerasan.


After a six-month investigation, Attorney General Menahem Mazuz said on Tuesday he intends to indict the 61-year-old on a slew of charges, including raping a female employee when he was tourism minister, sexual harassment, abuse of power, breach of trust and accepting bribes.


Setelah penyelidikan enam bulan, Jaksa Agung Menahem Mazuz mengatakan, Selasa, ia akan menuntut presiden Israel yang berusia 61 tahun itu ke pengadilan atas tuduhan-tuduhan yang mencakup pemerkosaan terhadap seorang pegawai wantia ketika Katsav masih menjadi menteri pariwisata, pelecehan seksual, penyalahgunaan kekuasaan, pelanggaran kepercayaan dan penerimaan suap.


The unprecedented action against an Israeli head of state comes amid a spate of corruption allegations against top-level politicians, including Olmert.


Tindakan tegas terhadap kepala negara Israel yang belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya itu dilakukan di tengah gelombang tuduhan korupsi yang diarahkan pada para politikus tingkat tinggi, termasuk pada Olmert.


The United States on Wednesday urged Sudan to publicly agree to the last phase of a plan to get international peacekeepers into Darfur and prodded reluctant U.N. members to contribute troops to such a mission.


Amerika Serikat, Rabu, mendesak Sudan agar secara terbuka menyetujui tahap terakhir rencana untuk mengirim pasukan pemelihara perdamaian internasional ke Darfur dan mengecam anggota PBB yang enggan menyumbangkan tentara bagi misi semacam itu.


State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Khartoum had promised cooperation with the first two phases of a U.N./African Union plan for Darfur.


Jurubicara Departemen Luar Negeri AS Sean McCormack mengataka Khartoum telah menjanjikan kerjasama dengan dua tahap pertama rencana PBB/Uni Afrika mengenai Darfur.


But it was balking at agreeing to the final phase, when the bulk of the international peacekeepers would move into war-torn western Sudan.


Tetapi Sudan menarik diri dari kesepakatan bagi tahap terakhir, ketika sejumlah personil pemelihara perdamaian internasional akan bergerak memasuki Sudan barat, yang dicabik perang.


There is of course a much larger phase three program that is out there on the horizon that the Sudanese have yet to agree to And we would urge them to agree to that, McCormack told reporters.


Tentu saja, ada tiga program tahap yang jauh lebih besar yang harus disetujui pemerintah Sudan. Dan kami akan mendesak mereka agar menyepakatinya, kata McCormack kepada wartawan.


The first phase involves allowing a small force of U.N. and military and civilian forces into Darfur, which McCormack said Sudan seemed to be complying with.


Tahap pertama melibatkan pemberian izin kepada satuan kecil pasukan PBB dan militer serta sipil ke Darfur, yang dikatakan McCormack Sudan tampaknya patuh.


This would be followed by a larger contingent of about 2,500 troops, but so far only Bangladesh has put forward volunteers for the second phase.


Itu akan diikuti kontingen yang lebih besar dengan sebanyak 2.500 prajurit, tapi sejauh ini hanya Bangladesh telah mengajukan relawan bagi tahap kedua.


Under the third phase, about 10,000 more troops would go into Darfur to form a hybrid force with African Union troops.


Pada tahap ketiga, sebanyak 10.000 prajurit tambahan akan dikirim ke Darfur untuk membentuk cikal-bakal pasukan dengan tentara Uni Afrika.


The United Nations hopes this force will total about 17,000 soldiers.


PBB berharap pasukan itu akan berjumlah sebanyak 17.000 prajurit.


Sudan's agreement on the final phase of the plan was even more urgent given the recent spike in violence in Darfur and mounting concern over attacks on aid workers, said McCormack.


Kesepakatan Sudan bagi tahap akhir rencana tersebut bahkan lebih mendesak mengingat lonjakan kerusuhan baru di Darfur dan meningkatnya keprihatinan mengenai serangan terhadap pekerja bantuan, kata McCormack.


I think that what is required of the international community is constant, consistent pressure diplomatic pressure as well as constant review of whether or not the Sudanese are living up to the commitments that they said that they were going to perform on, he said.


Saya kira apa yang diperlukan masyarakat internasional adalah tekanan konstan dan konsisten tekanan diplomatik serta kajian konstan mengenai apakah pemeritnah Sudan berpegang pada komitmen yang mereka katakan mereka akan melaksanakannya, katanya.


The United States has strongly protested what it called the appalling recent attacks on aid workers and told Sudan's government it has an obligation to protect those trying to help people suffering in Darfur.


Amerika Serikat dengan tegas telah memprotes apa yang dikatanya serangan mengerikan belum lama ini terhadap pekerja bantuan dan memberitahu pemerintah Sudan bahwa Khartoum memiliki kewajiban untuk melindungi mereka yang berusaha membantu rakyat yang menderita di Darfur.


McCormack urged the United Nations to come up with the resources and logistical support for Darfur, where more than 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been forced from their homes in four years of violence.


McCormack mendesak PBB agar datang dengan membawa sumber daya dan dukungan logistik buat Darfur, tempat lebih dari 200.000 orang telah dipaksa meninggalkan rumah mereka dalam empat tahun kerusuhan.


Washington has not offered any U.S. troops for the mission, but has pledged logistical support.


Washington belum menawarkan tentara AS bagi misi itu, tapi telah menjanjikan dukungan logistik.


Lebanon's political and economic crisis takes centre stage at an international aid conference on Thursday, with the country's Western-backed leaders hoping anti-government protests don't scare away the donors.


Krisis ekonomi dan politik di Lebanon menjadi pusat perhatian konferensi bantuan internasional, Kamis, sementara para pemimpin dukungan Barat di negeri itu berharap protes anti-pemerintah tak membuat takut negara-negara donor.


Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has said Lebanon needs billions of dollars to help shore up its debt-riddled finances and to recover from last year's war between Israel and Shi'ite Hezbollah guerrillas.


Perdana Menteri Fouad Seniora telah mengatakan Lebanon memerlukan miliaran dolar AS guna membantu meringankan keuanganya, yang dirongrong utang, dan agar negeri tersebut dapat pulih dari perang tahun lalu antara Israel dan faksi pejuang Syiah, Hizbullah.


Hezbollah is spearheading a long-running battle to topple Siniora, and France has warned that the campaign, which turned violent this week, could persuade some donors to hold back.


Hizbullah memelopori perjuangan panjang guna menggulingkan Seniora, dan Perancis telah memperingatkan bahwa aksi itu --yang berubah jadi kerusuhan pekan ini-- dapat membuat sebagian donor menarik diri.


High ranking representatives from more than 40 countries and organisations will attend the one-day meeting, including U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and the new United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon.


Utusan tingkat tinggi dari lebih 40 negara dan organisasi direncanakan menghadiri pertemuan satu-hari itu, yang meliputi Menteri Luar Negeri AS Condoleezza Rice dan Sekretaris Jenderal baru PBB Ban Ki-moon.


The cost of helping Lebanon, however expensive that might seem, is much less than the cost of not helping Lebanon, Siniora told reporters on Wednesday.


Biaya untuk membantu Lebanon, berapa pun mahalnya, jauh lebih kecil dibandingkan dengan biaya untuk tidak membantu Lebanon, kata Seniora kepada wartawan, Rabu.


French officials said they expected the meeting to raise at least as much as a previous donors' conference in Paris in 2002, which raked in $4.2 billion in aid and loans.


Beberapa pejabat Perancis mengatakan mereka menduga pertemuan tersebut akan mengumpulkan minimal jumlah yang sama dengan yang dihasilakn dari konferensi donor terdahulu di Paris pada 2002 --yang menghimpun bantuan dan pinjaman sebesar 4,2 miliar dolar AS.


On that occasion, the United States refused to make any commitment, but Rice told reporters as she flew to Paris late on Wednesday that the United States would pledge $770 million for Lebanon, funds that must be approved by the U.S. Congress.


Pada kesempatan itu, Amerika Serikat menolak untuk memberi komitmen, tapi Rice mengatakan kepada wartawan saat ia terbang ke Paris, Rabu malm, Amerika Serikat akan menjanjikan 770 juta dolar AS buat Lebanon, dana yang harus disetujui oleh Kongres AS.


Yesterday's events, if anything, make more important a message from the international community that it supports the democratically elected government of Lebanon and that there should not be violence or efforts at intimidation to try and make governing more difficult for Siniora, Rice said.


Kejadian kemarin ... , membuat pesan dari masyarakat internasional jadi lebih penting untuk mendukung pemerintah yang terpilih secara demokratis di Lebanon dan tak boleh ada kekerasan atau upaya intimidasi guna berusaha dan membuat proses pemerintahan jadi lebih sulit bagi Senioar, kata Rice.


France has already said it will offer a 500 million euro ($650 million) loan at very favourable conditions, while the European Commission has pledged nearly 400 million euros.


Perancis sudah menyatakan akan menawarkan pinjaman sebesar 550 juta euro (650 juta dolar AS), sementara Komisi Eropa telah menjanjikan hampir 400 juta euro.


Western countries are anxious to show the Lebanese people that they have not abandoned them in the wake of the devastating July/August war against Israel which left many mainly Shi'ite areas of the country in ruins.


Negara Barat sangat ingin memperlihatkan kepada rakyat Lebanon bahwa Barat belum meninggalkan mereka setelah perang yang menghancurkan negeri tersebut Juli dan Agustus lalu melawan Israel. Banyak daerah yang kebanyakan penghuninya adalah pemeluk Syiah menjadi puing.


Hezbollah is funded by Shi'ite Iran and has promised to provide its own financial aid to the war victims.


Hizbullah didanai oleh Iran dan telah berjanji akan menyediakan bantuan keuangannya sendiri buat korban perang.


Washington and Sunni states, including Saudi Arabia, are worried that Lebanon might fall under the influence of Tehran.


Washington dan negara Sunni, termasuk Arab Saudi, khawatir Lebanon mungkin jatuh ke bawah pengaruh Teheran.


Lebanese sources said on Wednesday Saudi Arabia and Iran were negotiating a deal to end Beirut's political standoff, following clashes this week that killed three people and raised fears the country was sliding back towards civil strife.


Beberapa sumber Lebanon, Rabu, mengatakan Arab Saudi dan Iran sedang merundingkan kesepakatan guna mengakhiri sengketa politik di Beirut, menyusul bentrokan pekan ini yang menewaskan tiga orang dan menimbulkan kekhawatiran negeri itu akan terjerumus kembali ke dalam perang saudara.


One source said the Saudis might even present an initiative at the Paris conference.


Satu sumber mengatakan Arab Saudi bahkan mungkin mengajukan gagasan pada konferensi Paris.


Once affluent Lebanon is still struggling to rebuild after its 1975-1990 civil war and is weighed down by $40 billion of debt, equal to 180 percent of gross domestic product.


Lebanon masih berjuang melakukan pembangunan kembali setelah perang saudara 1975-1990 dan menghadapi utang sebesar 40 miliar dolar AS, samap dengan 180 persen produk domestik kotornya.


Some donors are likely to link their aid offers to Siniora's ability to push through an economic reform package, which was unveiled this month and includes plans for privatisations, cutting state spending, and hiking taxes.


Sebagian donor akan tampaknya menghubungkan tawaran bantuan dengan kemampuan Seniora untuk menggolkan paket pembaruan ekonomi, yang dibeberkan bulan ini dan meliputi rencana bagi penswastaan, pemangkasan belanja negara, dan kenaikan pajak.


Increased seismic activities have been recorded in the past one month in the Java-Sumatra- Andaman region of South East Asia, indicating possibility of a major disaster in the near future, according to a senior scientist at the Indian Insititute of Technology (IIT) here.


Aktivitas seismik tercatat meningkat  dalam sebulan terakhir di wilayah Jawa, sumatra dan Andaman, Asia Tenggara, yang mengindikasikan kemungkinan akan terjadi bencana alam besar dalam waktu dekat, menurut seorang ilmuwan di Insitut Teknologi India (IIT) di Mumbai.


Though volcanic activities in the region had subsided after the devastating earthquake-triggered tsunami of December 2004, more than 52 earthquakes with varying magnitutde have been recorded in the last one month, D Chandrasekharam, senior professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, IIT, told PTI yesterday.


Walau aktivitas volkanik di wilayah ini telah menurun setelah terjadinya gempa bumi dan tsunami pada Desember 2004, lebih dari 52 gempa dengan kekuatan yang bervariasi tercatat selama sebulan terakhir, D Chandrasekharam, profesor senior di bagian Ilmu Bumi, IIT, mengatakan pada kantor berita India PTI, Rabu.


This appears to be a natural cyclic process but there is a possibility of it triggering a major disaster, he said.


Hal itu tampak sebagai sebuah proses peredaran alam, tapi kemungkinan dapat menimbulkan bencana yang besar, katanya.


Since December 25, 2006 till today morning (January 24) the entire Java-Sumatra-Andaman island subduction zone experienced more than 51 earthquakes varying in magnitude from 4.2 to 7.5 on the Richter scale, the noted earth science expert said.


Sejak 25 Desember 2006 hingga pagi ini (24/1), seluruh zona pulau Jawa-Sumatra-Andaman mengalami lebih dari 51 gempa bumi dengan kekuatan bervariasi dari 4,2 hingga 7,5 pada skala Richter, ujar ilmuwan terkemuka dari India tersebut.


These include two major earthquakes - 7.1 magnitude in Taiwan on December 26 and 7.5 in Molucca sea.


Gempa tersebut antara lain yang terjadi di Taiwan dengan kekuatan 7,1 pada 26 Desember dan 7,5 di laut Maluku.


Also 4.9 and 6.1 magnitude earthquakes were recorded in Nicobar Islands.


Gempa berkekuatan 4,9 dan 6,1 juga tercatat di Kepulauan Nicobar.


Majority of these events are associated with thrust fault, an underground phenomenon that had caused the 2004 tsunami killing nearly 2.5 lakh people across several countries, includig India, the scientist said.