A military judge at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba has rejected a request by US President Barack Obama to suspend the trial of a detainee.
Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is maintaining that he did nothing wrong in trying to sell the seat vacated by Barack Obama, when he became US president.
British trade union leaders want banks, which have received government help to deal with the financial crisis to reveal their level of involvement in offshore low-tax centres.
The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez is warning of a possible civil war if a referendum on whether he should be able to seek re-election indefinitely fails, and the opposition is returned to power.
The Barack Obama administration said it intends to lift the ban, which prohibits 17 countries from having access to the United States Economic Support Fund.
The Turks and Caicos Islands premier Michael Misick is facing more pressure after his brother admitted channeling more than $1 million in political gifts through his legal practice.
Suriname’s National Assembly has declared vacant the seat that had been held by Opposition Leader Desi Bouterse, due to his prolonged absence from Parliament.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said up to 2.4 million workers in Latin America could lose their jobs this year, because of the global economic crisis.
Israeli airstrikes have targeted the Gaza Strip\'s border with Egypt, as part of Israel\'s response to an attack on one of its frontier patrols yesterday.
Zimbabwe\'s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), party said it does not accept the outcome of a regional summit, which has said it should join a unity government next month.
