Summary: Venezuela will immediately restore diplomacy with Colombia but ties are still fragile the government said on Sunday after this weeks resolution of a regional dispute that had raised fears of war
Summary: Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif agreed on Sunday to join the late Benazir Bhuttos party in a coalition raising the prospect of a government hostile to US ally President Pervez Musharraf
Summary: Iranian students who spearheaded a reform movement blunted by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads election in 2005 doubt that voting for a new parliament on Friday can promote real change
Summary: Serbia faces renewed uncertainty on Monday under a caretaker government which will lead the country into its most important election since voters ended the era of the late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic
Summary: Christian homelessness charity Housing Justice has launched a new project which will enable churches to create affordable homes from redundant church land and property across England
Summary: Indian police have arrested a man suspected of raping a 15yearold British girl found dead last month on a beach in Goa in a case highlighting worries about the security of women visitors
Summary: More than twothirds of Britons dont believe the government can achieve its goal of building three million new homes by 2020 according to a survey published on Monday
