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Talks between Nigeria and Cameroon over oil-rich Bakassi peninsula have ended without agreement.

The people of Kosovo are voting in the second elections for the Kosovo assembly since the province came under United Nations control in 1999.

Nigeria has slammed a survey which ranks it as the most corrupt country in Africa saying it is "fundamentally flawed".

The difference between victory for John Kerry or George Bush could be decided by as little as a few hundred votes in a handful of states.

Sudan's government claims it has handled the Darfur crisis better than the United States has dealt with Iraq.

Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon says Britain has a duty as an ally to a follow request from America.

Proposals to put some UK troops under US command in Iraq is part of a political deal to help US President George Bush is being denied.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will not to bow to Jewish settlers' demands for a vote on his plan to move all settlements out of the Gaza Strip.

Fresh shooting has strained nerves in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, where supporters of the ousted president were demanding his return.

The UN special envoy to Sudan has welcomed an African Union announcement that it will begin deploying armed peacekeepers to Darfur on Sunday.