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AP - Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an official of Iraq's biggest Shiite party Friday in the southern city of Basra, police said.

AP - Could Ingrid Betancourt become Colombia's next president?

AFP - The US investment bank Goldman Sachs has lowered its 2008-2010 forecasts for more than 40 European banks, warning Friday that some of them may have to raise between 60 and 90 billion euros to...

AP - The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week had spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where su...

AP - Nigeria. Rwanda. Uganda. Ethiopia. Gabon. Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe has plenty of competitors for the title of "least democratic in Africa."

AP - Dmitry Medvedev's grand debut on the world stage at the Group of Eight summit Monday promises insights into the riddle all Kremlinologists are trying to crack: Is he calling any of the shots a...

AFP - A Swiss court has ordered that a chicken be locked up in a soundproof box every night so its neighbours can get a good night's sleep, the ATS news agency reported Friday.

AP - Disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan says North Korea received centrifuges from Pakistan in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army during the rule of President Pervez Musharraf.

Reuters - Poland has rejected a U.S. offer to
boost its air defenses in return for basing a "missile shield"
on Polish soil but remains open for further talks with
Washington, Prime Minister Don...

AFP - Botswana's government urged its neighbours Friday not to recognise Robert Mugabe's re-election in a one-man presidential poll as it reiterated calls for Zimbabwe to be suspended from a region...