PM determined to retain power

And prepares for early election

Washington, DC- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice saw that Lebanon was better off today than under the previous U.S. administrations.

BYuT does not want coalition with Party of Regions, he said

The basis for doing this (worsening the forecast), named by Fitch was the destruction of the democratic coalition...This is the reason," said Tymoshenko. She once again stated that the democratic coalition, which was destroyed by the exit of the President's

Yulia Tymoshenko hailed the fact that today six parties included in the OU-PS Bloc had stated that they do not share the President's step on his withdrawal from the Democratic coalition. "These are respectful people who are in the politics

According to the Head of Government providing stability of a monetary unit is the National Bank's function so the fluctuation in exchange of hryvnia rate to dollar rate - is "complete total-lot competence of the National Bank"."The National Bank is

For us, step #1 is to restore the democratic coalition in a strengthened version with the Lytvyn Bloc. If the President blocks these prospects, then two options remain: early elections or the creation of unnatural coalitions," said Tymoshenko.

Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are set to debate Friday night in Mississippi.

The U.N. World Food Program's director flew to a Haitian city still encased in mud Friday to draw global attention to the ongoing disaster that has enormously complicated the country's struggle to feed itself.

Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn't have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until Washington had taken action to address the crisis. The campaign said

The U.S. Mint is temporarily halting sales of its popular American Buffalo 24-karat gold coins because it can't keep up with soaring demand as investors seek the safety of gold amid economic turbulence.

Two former Texas A&M University researchers allege colleagues threw animal feces and urine on their prayer rug and routinely mocked and mistreated them because they are Muslims from Iraq, according to a federal lawsuit.

Pakistan warned U.S. troops not to intrude on its territory on Friday,a day after the two anti-terror allies traded fire along the volatileborder with Afghanistan. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari,in New York for the U.N. General Assembly, tempered the warning

Gov. Sarah Palin, touted by Republican presidential nominee John McCain as a reformer when he picked her to be his running mate, says she will donate to charity more than $1,000 in campaign contributions from two Alaska politicians implicated in

There is only sparse public support for President Bush's plan for a $700 billion federal rescue of the battered financial industry, and strong bipartisan doubts it would resolve a crisis that has bloodied some of the country's biggest investment companies

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili personally thanked Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden for flying to his country to show support during the Russian invasion last month.

An Ohio farmer would like to invite you to get lost inside the head of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. A 16-acre corn maze near the town of Whitehouse has been carved in Palin's likeness, complete with her familiar

Voters whose bottom line is taxes can use a new online tool to calculate what their own bottom line would be with the IRS under a Barack Obama or John McCain administration.