Now, Berlesconi, 71, and his People of Liberty party are poised to take 340 of 630 lower-house seats and 45.9 percent of the vote in the Chamber of Deputies to beat rival Walter Veltroni's Democratic Party, according to state projections.

A new AP/AOL survey was more explicit in defining how pessimism has crept into new homeowners' units. The poll said more than 25 percent of homeowners said they were worried their units would depreciate in value over the next two

Zimbabwe's High Court dealt a major blow to the opposition party on Monday by rejecting its demand that the results from the March 29 presidential election be released. The party is planning a nationwide strike on Tuesday to protest the

The incident took place last night in Raghubir Nagar locality of west Delhi, police said. Lallan, a rickshaw puller, took the girl out from the house on some pretext and allegedly raped her, they said, adding the incident came to

Butler, who was freelancing for CBS when he was abducted from the Sultan Palace Hotel on Feb. 10, was held in captivity for about two months. The translator who was accompanying Butler was soon freed by the gunman, while Butler

Joseph Brandon, who was CEO of the reinsurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., resigned as effective today under federal pressure that increase in recent weeks on the firm to replace him following the conviction of four former General Re executives

According to a Commerce Department report, new home sales dipped by 2.8 percent on the first month of 2008 to a seasonally adjusted yearly rate of 588,000 houses. Meanwhile, median price tags of new units went down by 4.3 percent

The House Environmental and Natural Resources Council on Tuesday will hear the proposal to move the grant program that cities and counties use to buy park land from the the Department of Communities Affairs (DCA) to the larger Department of

The Charlotte, N.C.-based company reported a loss of $350 million or 20 cents per share during the first-quarter, compared to its revised profit of $2.3 billion or $1.20 a share from a year ago.

According to the Commerce Department's report released on Monday, March retail sales increased slightly by 0.2 percent, following a decline of 0.4 percent in February.

Additional boost to the prices came from the weakening of the U.S. dollar in the global markets as the speculations on the condition of corporate earnings reports indicate that the U.S. economic prospects have worsened.

André Jules Tsala alias "Papaye", 26, and Mbessa Ambassa, 29, have been taken to court after being accused of assaulting several people (mostly women) in taxis. Both men, who belong to separate bunch of suspected criminals, were tracked down recently

An NGO, the Women's Rights and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), has vowed to appeal against the judgment of a court which gave an accused rapist an option of fine.

The use of the cable system in telecommunications continues to suffer from theft in most parts of Kenya.

THE LRA second-in- command, Okot Odhiambo, is feared dead.

Prison authorities have begun investigations into what could be a robbery and extortion ring involving warders at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.

A ship loaded with special papers used to mint currency has docked at the port of Bossaso in northern Somalia, Garowe Online can report.

This week, Mr Kamlesh Pattni gave up his two-decade battle for the landmark Grand Regency Hotel.

Police Saturday remained tight-lipped about their investigations into the brutal killing of jailed Mungiki leader Maina Njenga's wife and driver.

The growth of democracies gives the poor an increasingly relevant political voice. The challenge of translating political voice into development benefits has been undermined by political corruption.