Officials estimate that more than 10 percent of Palm Island's population of 3,000 people has been infected, although authorities do not yet have exact figure

Results released late Thursday show Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono winning second five-year term in landslide, taking 61 percent of vote

Australia's Lowy Institute thinks China's system of aid is so secretive, inconsistent that it makes long-term planning difficult for recipients

Differences on World Trade Talks and Climate Change dialogue can be ironed out in newly set up strategic forums

Two countries finalized 'end use monitoring pact' during recent visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Democracy icon's trial inside high-security Insein prison in Rangoon resumes after weeks of delays and amid fierce international condemnation

Most of discussions focused on security situation on Korean peninsula and Pyongyang's efforts to build up its nuclear weapons program

Joe Biden tells British media if the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan is not dealt with, instability and violence will continue to 'wreak havoc' on Europe, US

Earlier this month, military said Maulana Fazlullah wounded during air strike in northwest

President Hamid Karzai says he will only participate if debate airs on all Afghan television stations and more of country's 41 candidates are invited

Spokesman says talks covered sales of air, land and sea systems, and that US wants to see Iraqi forces modernize in a variety of ways

Beirut - Progressive Socialist leader MP Walid Jumblatt has come under attack, but this time by his allies in the March 14 alliance for his recent statements. In an interview on LBC MP Sami Gemayel described Jumblatt's recent statements as

Beirut- The reaction to the speech of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah marking the first anniversary of the al-Radwan operation was positive. He called for calm, dialogue and regular meetings. "The martyrs who fell on both sides during the

Beirut - Something strange happened yesterday in south Lebanon . Fourteen UN peacekeepers were injured when about 100 protesters threw stones at UNIFIL soldiers to try to stop an investigation into an arms cache that exploded last Tuesday in Khirbet

By Ghassan Karam Special to Ya Libnan Lebanon has failed ever since its creation, over sixty years ago, to act as an independent sovereign nation.

Beirut - Tension prevailed across southern Lebanon Sunday following the stoning attack by followers of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah that left 14 UN peacekeepers injured. The attack took place when a United Nations Interim Force in Southern Lebanon (UNIFIL)

Beirut - As expected Israel is trying to exploit the stoning incident in south Lebanon to amend UN resolution 1701 in its favor, but Lebanese designated Prime Minister Saad Hariri rejected Monday all attempts by Israel to amend the resolution

Geneva - Lebanon's Jeita Grotto , the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef are competing with 25 other spectacular natural landmarks in the final phase of the global poll to choose the "New 7 Wonders of Nature," organizers said

Beirut- Lebanon continues to be targeted by terrorism. Last month the army uncovered 25 cells spying for the Israeli Mossad and yesterday the army arrested a 10-member extremist network that was planning to carry out attacks against U.N. troops and

Beirut- The focus of the media in Lebanon continues to revolve around 2 issues : 1- The formation of the government by PM designate Saad Hariri . 2- The 10 member al Qaeda inspired terror network that was identified by