The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has linked the allegedly almost complete Syrian nuclear reactor to North Korea, which has pledged to dismantle its atomic weapons program and prevent proliferation.

The U.S. must prepare for that day now, Arthur Nelson, co-director of the Metropolitan Institute, told urban and rural planners gathered in Las Vegas for their yearly meeting.

The suspect, who was also a student at the Excel Institute, is alleged to have walked inside the school and and shot a male and female student before carjacking a vehicle and fleeing the scene.

Among the measures he had in mind were encouraging new oil production in the U.S., constructing new refineries and opening area of the Alaska wilderness to oil exploration and production.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and Mayor Richard Daley signed the funding agreement Tuesday at the University of Illinois.

AHN) - Swimmers were warned against swimming at a New Smyrna beach after a third shark attack in as many days left an 18-year-old surfer with lacerations on his left foot Monday. - Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:10:32 GMT (AHN)

The management of the E.E. Dennis's Rubber Estate in Bong County has clarified reports published in local dailies that its (farm) was responsible for the burning of several towns in the county.

Momad Assife Abdul Satar ("Nini"), one of those found guilty of defrauding the commercial Bank of Mozambique (BCM) of the equivalent of 14 million dollars, on Tuesday claimed that the attempted murder of the bank's lawyer Albano Silva had been

Businessman Ayob Abdul Satar, one of the men convicted in 2003 of ordering the murder of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, on Tuesday threatened to sue the Maputo daily paper "Noticias" for libel.

The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) said efforts aimed at electrifying the City of Monrovia and its environs continues to be stalled by unrestrained theft.

The Constituency Development Fund is set for yet another round of reforms aimed at improving accountability.

Police in Sembabule District are holding a 50 year-old woman for allegedly killing her neighbour over land.

Following a land dispute in Sanoyea District, Bong County, between the employees of the E.E. Dennis Farm and residents of the district, some locals have reportedly begun the illicit tapping of rubber at the E.E. Dennis Rubber Estate.

Businessman Ayob Abdul Satar, owner of the now defunct foreign exchange bureau Unicambios, on Tuesday denied any involvement in the 1999 attempt to murder one of Mozambique's top lawyers, Albano Silva.

Armed robbers have reportedly gone on the rampage in Lofa County and took away several valuables and unspecified amount of money.

With a nearly 15000-strong, robust, UN inter-positional intervention security force (UNMIL) in place, with the Security Sector Reform program well in its third year and nearing completion, and with the concession of the UN that Liberia's peace and security is

BAGHDAD (AFP) - At least 37 people were killed in Baghdad's Shiite militia bastion of Sadr City on Tuesday, as gunmen clashed with US soldiers under cover of a severe sandstorm.

Simon Hoggart: There comes a time in a government's life when you can almost see the power and authority drain away

it might be time to leave England and move north, argues Ian Jack

Martin Kettle: If the prime minister thinks this kind of identity promotion will create a cohesive society, he is deluding himself