Summary: The fate of Hillary Clintons presidential bid rested with voters in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday as they cast their ballots in her hardfought Democratic duel with rival Barack Obama
Summary: The UN Security Council ratcheted up sanctions on Iran on Monday for refusing to suspend nuclear enrichment and other sensitive activities but Tehran dismissed the decision as illegal
Summary: Kremlin candidate Dmitry Medvedev swept to an easy victory as Russias next president but Western criticism of the vote and scattered street protests took some of the shine off his win
Summary: A vehicle from the European Union security force being deployed in Chad strayed into neighbouring Sudan drawing fire from Sudanese forces in an incident that left a force member missing the EU said on Monday
Summary: US and Iraqi forces were searching for an Iraqi transport helicopter that disappeared in northern Iraq on Monday after it was caught in a dust storm Iraqi military officials said on Tuesday
Summary: Kenyas political rivals vowed on Monday to hasten talks to resolve longstanding disputes over land and wealth behind a postelection crisis that ruined the countrys image as one of Africas most stable democracies
Summary: A strong earthquake of 69 magnitude struck in the ocean off the east coast of the Philippines on Monday night but so far there have been no reports of damage officials said
Summary: Reuters - Four years after San Francisco
ignited passionate embraces and heated national debate by
briefly allowing gay marriage, California's top court hears
arguments on Tuesday as to whether matrimony should be limited
to a man and a woman.
Summary: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, in the latest diplomatic effort to revive a Middle East peace process sidetracked by violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
Summary: Retailers caught selling alcohol to underage drinkers more than once will be closed under a review of licensing laws to be published on Tuesday
Summary: One in five borrowers are concerned about meeting their mortgage repayments over the next 12 months the Financial Services Authority said on Tuesday reigniting concerns over rising default rates
Summary: Childrens author Jacqueline Wilson said on Monday she thinks young people are growing up too quickly an opinion backed up by a survey showing over half of parents think childhood is over by the age of 11
Summary: AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Egypt on Tuesday at the start of a regional tour with hopes for an Israeli Palestinian peace deal hit hard by an escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip.
Summary: Reuters - Latin America scrambled to defuse a
three-nation crisis that threatens the region's stability after
Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia and
ordered troops to their neighbor's border.
Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton gained ground on
rival Barack Obama to take a slim lead in Texas and pull even
in Ohio before their crucial Democratic presidential showdowns,
according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released
on Tuesday.
Summary: AFP - China announced Tuesday its defence spending would rise 17.6 percent this year but insisted the increase was moderate, after the United States expressed concerns about Beijing's expanding military power.
Summary: AP - Police found the bodies of six people, including two children, as well as three critically wounded children in a Memphis home on Monday in a case authorities were treating as a multiple homicide.
