World News

Thousands of Iranians gathered today again in Tehran\'s Haft-e-Tir Square to protest in support of opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi.

Lawyers representing accused financier R. Allen Stanford are seeking to get Baker Botts removed from a role in the case, according to an article by Debra Cassens Weiss on www.abajournal.com.

North Korea appears to be preparing two sites from where a long-range missile could be launched, according to an article on Voa News website.

British Airways is asking thousands of its staff to work for free for up to four weeks, spokeswoman Kirsten Millard said Tuesday, according to an article on Yahoo. COM.

The two US journalists jailed last week in North Korea have admitted to entering the country illegally.

Shots were fired today at a rally in Iran where persons were demonstrating against last week\'s presidential election results.

Palestinians are upset over the terms set out for a new peace deal by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Iran is bracing for more protests over its presidential election results after defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called for the poll to be voided.

Iranians have voted in record number in the country’s presidential election today.

World Bank President, Robert Zoellick said the global economy will contract much more sharply this year than was predicted three months ago.

The World Health Organization (WHO) told its member nations it was declaring a swine flu pandemic Thursday, according to Maria Cheng and Frank Jordnas of the Associated Press. This is the first global flu epidemic in 41 years, as infections climbed in the

Ray Nagin, the Mayor of New Orleans in the United States, has been released from quarantine in Shanghai.