Opponents dismiss Maldives move
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The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party says the lifting of the state of emergency is "superficial".
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SYDNEY : Foreign Minister Alexander Downer dismissed newspaper claims the Australian government was repeatedly warned its support for the Iraq war would impede the fight against terrorism.
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The president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, has escaped an assassination attempt, a presidential spokesman said.
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Police arrested 20 opposition party supporters during the Maldives' parliamentary election Saturday, a vote critics denounced as rigged, accusing the government of linking aid for tsunami survivors to favorable votes.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels dismiss new government proposals to restart peace talks.
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Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi seems sure to remain in office, but opposition to the government is growing
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The Indian Ocean atoll nation of the Maldives postponed parliamentary elections due Friday by three weeks after devastating tidal waves killed at least 55 here.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim parties and the religious leadership headed by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani yesterday rejected a demand by other communities for a delay in nationwide elections scheduled for Jan. 30, in an escalating dispute that magnifies the country's ethnic and sectarian fault lines.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday rejected a suggestion by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the dispute over the Northern Territories be settled with the return of two of the four islands.
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Libya rejects criticism over death sentences passed on a group of foreign medics for infecting children with HIV.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Somali Islamists quelled a   women's protest against the takeover of Kismayo port on   Tuesday, as the interim government expressed hope the latest   tensions with its rivals would not derail peace talks in Sudan.
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MOSCOW -- A Russian regional leader spoke out yesterday against President Vladimir Putin's plans to disband local assemblies that reject his choice of governor.
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 16 -- The chiefs of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, here for a gathering of financial leaders, sharply rebuked the host government on Friday for barring the entry of 27 accredited members of anti-poverty and environmental organizations. They accused Singapore of...
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NAJAF, Iraq - Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister is backing off his earlier threats about a massive assault on a Shiite shrine in Najaf.
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Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire. Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire.
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Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam says he is strongly opposed to the Premier League playing games abroad.
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SINGAPORE -- The leaders of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, meeting here for a gathering of financial leaders, sharply rebuked the host government yesterday for barring the entry of 27 accredited members of antipoverty and environmental organizations. They accused Singapore of breaking an agreement to open its doors.