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Israel approves prisoner swap
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert won his cabinet's approval on Sunday for a prisoner swap with Hezbollah under which two soldiers held by the Lebanese guerrilla group, and believed to be dead, would be recovered.
Malaysia's Anwar remains at embassy and files suit
Malaysia's main opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, taking refuge at the Turkish embassy after saying his life was in danger, filed a defamation suit on Monday over fresh accusations that he committed sodomy.
Cargo plane explodes into fireball in Khartoum
A cargo plane crashed into an empty area near the airport in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Monday, exploding into a fireball, witnesses said.
Mongolians await result of dead heat election race
Mongolians awaited on Monday the results of a general election that saw the country's two main parties in a dead heat and hoping to avoid a deadlock that could stall efforts to tap the vast country's mining wealth.
Zambian president rushed to hospital in Egypt
Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa was rushed to hospital in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday after a health emergency, Egyptian health sources and state media said.
PCUSA Assembly approves deleting gay clergy ban
The Presbyterian Church (USA)'s highest governing body voted last Friday in favour of a proposal that would allow for the ordination of non-celibate gays and lesbians.