DOHA (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday he expected Saudi Arabia to give more money to boost the International Monetary Fund's ability to bail out nations hardest hit by worldwide economic chaos.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chrysler is no longer in talks with Renault-Nissan, leaving General Motors the apparent lead candidate to acquire the US automaker, The Wall Street Journal said in its online edition Sunday.

PARIS (AFP) - Scientists in the United States have created super-charged immune cells that helped beat back cancer tumours in half of a small group of patients tested, according to a study released Sunday.

SAO PAULO (AFP) - An emotional Lewis Hamilton admitted he was virtually lost for words and did not know he had succeeded Sunday when he became the youngest man to win the Formula One drivers' world championship.

LUSAKA (AFP) - Rupiah Banda was sworn in as Zambia's fourth president Sunday after a narrow election win over opposition leader Michael Sata, whose supporters rioted during the night over alleged vote fraud.

KIBUMBA, DR Congo (AFP) - European officials warned Sunday that 1.6 million displaced people are at risk in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as a UN official said help will go into rebel-held zones on Monday.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AFP) - White House front-runner Barack Obama Sunday hurtled into the last 48 hours of his epic campaign against Republican John McCain pledging to remake America as he presented a loving tableau of his youthful family.

Mr. Banda's victory, if allowed to stand, will be welcomed by foreign lenders and investors, who praise his government's conservative fiscal policies. Zambia's economy has grown an average 5 per cent per year since 2002, buoyed by a mining boom.

The convoy, which will group staff and resources from UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs, will leave Goma, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province, and travel north to Rutshuru, taken by Tutsi rebels on Tuesday.

He was at least the third person with ties to the Afghan government to be abducted in Pakistan's lawless border region, used by al-Qaeda and Taliban militants as a base to attacks U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

We don't need to boo," Mr. Obama told restless supporters who jeered his mention of President George W. Bush. "We just need to vote." The crowd answered his plea by chanting, "Yes, we can! Yes, we can!"

The duo known as "The Masked Avengers" was being courted by U.S. news networks Sunday after their prank call to the Republican vice-presidential nominee took the Internet by storm.

Alexander Chancellor: For most people, the 'line' in comedy is between what is funny and what is not. Well-directed satire amuses everyone, young or old

Polly Toynbee finds little to love at the unveiling of Westfield, London's brash new shopping mall

French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, loses case to have voodoo doll in his image withdrawn from circulation.

Families flee as UN secretary general warns of crisis of 'catastrophic proportions' in eastern Congo

Government softens line on car registration plates - tradition of department number to continue.

Chancellor tells financial institutions money is there to help small and medium-sized businesses through credit crunch

PM says it is up to banks to honor their commitments

Democrats and Republicans get lawyers in place as fears of a possible voting debacle persist years after 2000 recount