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The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America (ALBA) has warned the Organisation of American States (OAS) to stay out of Venezuela's internal affairs.

CAIRO (AP): LIBYAN FORCES fired machine guns at thousands of mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi yesterday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi...

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP):BAHRAIN'S OPPOSITION wants the nation's rulers to guarantee they will back up their conciliatory words with actions, a Shi'ite leader said Sunday as he and other activists weighed the regime's offer for talks after nearly a week of...

LONDON (AP):Keep an eye on the mailbox - Britain's Prince William and bride-to-be Kate Middleton have sent out invitations to their hotly anticipated royal wedding to around 1,900 guests.Military personnel and charity workers will mingle with European...

Thousands of anti-government protesters in Bahrain have entered Pearl Square, the focal point of protests in the capital Manama.

Washington has urged Bahrain to show restraint in dealing with protesters and called for meaningful reform in the small Gulf state kingdom.

At least 32 people have been killed in explosions at an army base in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.

Sanaa, Yemen (AP):Police opened fire on protesters during clashes in a southern Yemeni port yesterday, killing two people, in the first known deaths in six days of Egypt-style demonstrations across the country's biggest cities, demanding the ouster of...

LIBYA (AP): Egypt-inspired unrest spread against Libya's longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi yesterday, with riot police clashing with protesters in the second-largest city of Benghazi and marchers setting fire...

Tirana, Albania (AP):Albanian lawmakers voted yesterday to lift the immunity of a former prime minister accused of corruption, paving the way for him to be investigated in a case that has triggered a severe political...

The World Bank says food prices are at dangerous levels and have pushed 44 million more people into poverty since last June.

Harare (AP):European Union (EU) officials disclosed yesterday that they will extend visa bans and an asset freeze against Zimbabwe's president and his close allies for another year. Emilio Rossetti, the chief EU...