Beirut- Hezbollah's decision to dispatch the head of its politburo Sheikh Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed, as the official representative of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, to the funeral of slain Druze official Saleh Aridi was seen as a step toward reconciliation

Beirut - Yesterday Lebanon bid farewell to Saleh Aridi, a key member of the Lebanese Democratic Party and the one credited with the reconciliation between the two Druze leaders MP Walid Jumblatt and Minister Talal Arslan . His funeral was

In support of the Government, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and Democratic coalition abundant appeals of citizens are received. Especially, the number of such appeals has increased since the beginning of September, in connection with aggravation of the political

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Sen. Barack Obama has decided to tone down his campaign plans in response to Hurricane Ike.

President Bush on Saturday declared a major disaster in Texas afterHurricane Ike flooded homes, knocked out power and caused a spike ingasoline prices.

Southwest Louisiana was spared a direct hit from Hurricane Ike, butcoastal areas were inundated with a storm surge that crawled some 30miles inland, flooding thousands of homes and making many roadsimpassable.

Hurricane Ike ravaged southeast Texas early Saturday, battering the coast with driving rainand ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they shouldhave heeded calls to evacuate made futile calls for rescue. The storm made landfall around 2 a.m.CT

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says no one is allowed on Galveston Island in the aftermath of Ike except emergency personnel.

A commuter train engineer who ran a stop signal was blamed Saturday for the nation's deadliest rail disaster in 15 years, a wreck that killed at least 24 people with more bodies still to be pulled from the smoldering, twisted

Hundreds of Russian forces packed up and withdrew from positionsSaturday in western Georgia, and a Georgian official said Russia hadmet a deadline for a partial pullout a month after the war between thetwo former Soviet republics.

Barack Obama toned down his campaign plans Saturday in response toHurricane Ike, canceling plans to crack jokes on "Saturday Night Live"and appear in a boisterous rally with his running mate.

A state news agency says a fiery bus crash in China's mountainous southwest has killed 51 people.

A coordinated series of explosions struck a park and crowded shoppingareas across the Indian capital Saturday evening, killing at least 18people and injuring at least 61, officials said. A Muslim militantgroup claimed responsibility.

WASILLA, Alaska -- Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday that she thinks Sen. Barack Obama probably regrets not picking Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his running mate.

Britain is "watching the death throes of the Labour Party", Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says.

An MP is sacked as Labour vice chair for joining leadership contest calls, as the PM faces pressure from within party ranks.

Sutton's two Liberal Democrat Members of Parliament, Tom Brake and Paul Burstow, have jointly called on Sutton Council to scrap the charge for collecting green garden waste.

While some lobbyists stood outside the doors to the House or Senate chambers counting votes, the folks at Missouri Right to Life gave marching orders.

Touted by organized labor and reviled by business, the Employee Free Choice Act is likely to be among the first pieces of legislation the new Congress will approve next year.