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Soldiers loyal to a local commander shot and killed Afghanistan's aviation minister yesterday in the western city of Herat, setting off vicious factional fighting with guns and tanks in which as many as 100 people died, the commander said.

US President George W. Bush holds a narrow lead over Democrat John Kerry in Florida, which played a decisive role in the 2000 presidential election, a poll out today showed.

A popular Saudi television host publicly showed her bruised and bloodied face and has shocked her compatriots into openly talking about one of the kingdom's long-hidden problems: violence against women.

Norway’s relations with USA could be permanently damaged No agreement on ways to cut unemploymentLO says no to more road construction Hagen’s good advice comes with a hefty price tag PM looks to Labour Labour to fight privatizationMinister accuses Labour of ignoring the facts Enoksen: Not easy to take over from Anne Enger Lahnstein Centre Party leadership weighs its wordsDnB and Gjensidige NOR in merger talks Open hearing on massive budget overruns Today’s comment from Vårt Land

American troops have discovered US military uniforms and suicide explosive belts in an insurgent cache hidden in a house, raising concerns of a new rebel tactic of slipping close to the troops and blowing themselves up.

Hundred of French observers from Amnesty International are in charge of the popular mobilisations during the G-8 summit, which started the first June in Evian (France).

The Vatican is helping Croatia's most wanted suspect for war crimes to evade capture, a top UN prosecutor alleges.

A 39-year-old bicycle mechanic has confessed to killing 24 boys in a string of castration murders stretching back over a decade.