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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned of a second wave of deaths from the Pakistan earthquake unless much more aid is immediately provided.

A senior United Nations official has accused US-led coalition troops of depriving Iraqi civilians of food and water in breach of humanitarian law.

Pakistan's government has said it now believes more than 38,000 people were killed by the South Asian earthquake a week ago.

Ecuador's former President, Lucio Gutierrez, says he will return from Colombia to try to regain power.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has vowed to destroy al-Qaeda, in his first TV interview since becoming king.

Monitoring stations set up to detect atomic explosions could help predict the path of a tsunami, research shows.

A suicide car bomber, detonating in a crowded market in Talafar, has killed at least 30 in the north-westen Iraqi town, police say

Three days after the South Asian earthquake, heavy rain is is making aid efforts in Pakistan more difficult than necessary.

The UK's DEC - Disasters Emergency Committee - has launched an appeal for victims of the South Asia earthquake, saying funds are "desperately needed".

Trucks carrying food and medical supplies have begun arriving in the areas affected by the earthquake which hit northern Pakistan and India.