(AFP) - The United Nations commemorated the fifth anniversary of the bombing of its office in Baghdad that killed 22 staffers, including top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.<

(AFP) - Washington and Warsaw were set Wednesday to sign a deal on basing an US missile shield in Poland, in the face of strident opposition from Russia which has warned the Poles they risk attack.<

(AFP) - Barack Obama was coy about names in the frame for his pick of vice presidential nominee but was adamant that his choice would never be taken for a clone of Dick Cheney.<

(AFP) - A Muslim rebel commander behind deadly raids in the southern Philippines on Wednesday declared an "all-out war" against the government, saying his fighters were willing to die in battle.<

(AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew to Afghanistan early Wednesday vowing to pursue France's mission after 10 of its troops died in the deadliest attack yet on international forces there.<

(AFP) - The trial of a former US Marine accused of killing two Iraqi detainees during fighting in Fallujah four years ago began with jury selection in the landmark case, justice officials said.<

(AFP) - Former British glam rocker Gary Glitter fell ill during the night, missing his flight to London from Bangkok after he left Vietnam on his release from prison, a medical official told AFP Wednesday.<

(AFP) - Barack Obama is to return to the historic spot in Illinois where he launched his improbable White House quest to kick off a pre-convention tour of battleground states, the Democrat's campaign said Tuesday.<

(AFP) - A massive strike against President Evo Morales was held in Bolivia's wealthier lowlands Tuesday, backed by rebel governors trying to wrest control of revenues from all-important gas fields there.<

(AFP) - If reports about Barack Obama's vice presidential shortlist are correct, he is thinking about adding foreign policy expertise, heartland appeal or reformist zeal to his White House ticket.<

(AFP) - A suicide bomber killed 23 people at a hospital in northwest Pakistan Tuesday, highlighting the militant challenge facing the government after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf.<

(AFP) - Pakistan's ruling coalition met Tuesday to discuss a replacement for President Pervez Musharraf, as the deaths of 41 people in Islamist violence underscored the challenges facing the government.<

(AFP) - In a clear swipe at Russia, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski on Tuesday said his country would not give in to threats over its deal with Washington to deploy US missile silos on Polish soil.<

(AFP) - President Levy Mwanawasa, a trenchant critic of Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe who won praise for his handling of Zambia's inflation-prone economy, died Tuesday in hospital in France aged 59.<

(AFP) - A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside a police school in Algeria on Tuesday, killing 43 people and raising fears of an Al-Qaeda-linked campaign in north Africa.<

(AFP) - An Iranian missile test aimed at putting a dummy satellite into orbit failed, a US defense official said Tuesday.<

(AFP) - President Dmitry Medvedev issued Tuesday a fresh commitment to withdraw Russian troops from Georgia as NATO-Russia relations plunged to their lowest ebb in years.<

(AFP) - Ten French NATO soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, the deadliest ground attack on foreign troops here since the US-led war was launched in 2001.<