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Zimbabwe turnout a slap in face for critics
Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper said on Saturday the presidential election turnout could be a record and that this was a slap in the face to world leaders who had criticised President Robert Mugabe.
Obama and Clinton embrace in Unity show
Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton joined forces at a carefully staged campaign rally on Friday, promising to bury the grudges from their bruising presidential nominating fight and work together to put Obama in the White House.
Guatemalan minister dies in helicopter crash
Guatemala's interior minister died when a helicopter crashed on Friday in bad weather north of the Guatemalan capital, officials said.
U.S. says Taliban attacks may rise
The Taliban has created a "resilient insurgency" in Afghanistan and will likely maintain or increase the pace of its attacks this year, the Pentagon said on Friday.
U.S. calls on N.Korea to come clean on uranium
North Korea still has not responded to U.S. suspicions of proliferating nuclear technology and enriching uranium for weapons, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Saturday.
Fourteen dead in Indonesia plane wreck
An Indonesian search team pulled 14 bodies on Saturday from the wreckage of a military plane that crashed in a dense forest with 18 people on board, including three foreigners, an air force official said.
Bomb kills two in north Lebanon city of Tripoli
A bomb killed two people and wounded 17 at an apartment block in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on Saturday, medical and security sources said.
Record oil boosts gas and power for longer term
New records on the oil market pushed up gas and power for longer term delivery on Friday, while prompter contracts were pressured by comfortable supply.
Stars pay tribute to Mandela
Stars of the screen, stage and sporting arena paid tribute on Friday to Nelson Mandela, whose visit to London was overshadowed by events in Zimbabwe where disputed elections have just ended.
UK has EU's lowest supply of fruit and veggies
British consumers have the lowest supply of fresh fruit and vegetables in the 27-member state European Union, a report said on Friday.
US Episcopal Church dissidents win court ruling
Eleven conservative congregations that broke with the US Episcopal Church and want to keep property worth millions of dollars have won a second court decision, the dissident churches said on Friday.
Obama targets religious voters in America
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama looks to shatter myth of "Godless Democrats".
McCain endorses California initiative protecting traditional marriage
Republican presidential candidate John McCain has endorsed a ballot initiative in California to overturn the recent state court ruling legalising same-sex "marriage".
One in 10 had 'silent strokes'
Routine brain scans in a group of middle-aged people showed that 10 percent of them had suffered a stroke without knowing it, raising their risk for further strokes and memory loss, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
Tsvangirai says Zimbabweans being forced to vote
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai accused President Robert Mugabe of forcing Zimbabweans to vote on Friday in an election in which the 84-year-old leader is the only candidate.
Labour trounced on Brown's anniversary
Gordon Brown's first anniversary as prime minister was marked by a trouncing in the Henley by-election, with Labour limping into fifth place behind the Greens and the far-right BNP and its candidate losing his deposit.