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Iraqi government officials have described yesterday as the bloodiest day in the nation’s history with as much as 90 deaths in one day.

Diego Murillo, a leader of a Colombian right-wing paramilitary group, has been jailed for 31 years by a New York court for drug trafficking.

South Africans are voting today in what is likely to be the most competitive general election since the end of apartheid in 1994.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised a parliamentary vote as early as next week to overhaul the system of expenses for members of parliament.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says potential losses from the economic crisis could reach $4 trillion and cause more damage to financial systems for years to come.

An Australian surgeon has been ordered to stand trial on charges linked to the deaths of several of his patients.

The European Commission has started anti-competition investigations into seven transatlantic airlines, including British Airways.

The US Virgin Islands legislature has ousted the president of the senate.

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton has sought to assure Haitians that the latest pledge of aid from the US is not just for the short term.

Bolivian police are reporting that they were able to avert an assignation plot against President Evo Morales and other top government officials, yesterday.

US president Barack Obama is calling for the Cuban government to show signs of change, as the two countries attempt to mend nearly half a century of strained diplomatic relations.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton disclosed a four-point plan to tackle piracy in the Gulf of Aden.