UN sends in aid to DR Congo
The United Nations has sent in food and medical supplies to the Democratic Republic of Congo to provide the first aid for a week since fighting began. Some 250,000 people have been displaced by two months of conflict in the eastern DR Congo, as the renegade General Laurent Nkunda's troops... [continued]
In pictures: Congolese refugees flee heavy fighting 
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Obama and McCain travel across America in final push for votes
US presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain will spend the final 24 hours of campaigning in a last frenzied push across America's swing territories. Republican John McCain will spend today criss-crossing the country, speaking in seven states from his native Arizona in the west to Florida in... [continued]
US election: Obama team ahead in the polls but fearful of complacency
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Alexander Cockburn: Republicans prepare for the political wilderness
PM: Saudis to pledge funds for IMF
Gordon Brown has been warned not to treat Saudi Arabia as a "cash cow" for the West, in his plans to pump more money into the International Monetary Fund. Following a three-hour private conversation with the King of Saudi Arabia on Saturday, the British Prime Minister claimed success... [continued]
The Business Pages: all the latest on the financial crisis
US General Petraeus visits Pakistan
US General David Petraeus has started his first visit to Pakistan, just two days after taking up his new post as head of US Central command. General Petraeus, who on Friday took control of US military operations throughout the Middle East and much of Asia, will meet Pakistan's amry chief... [continued]
General Petraeus's surge has failed in every respect
MPs: T5 ‘national embarrassment’
A government report has called the chaotic opening of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 a "national embarrassment". The House of Commons Transport Committee blamed British Airways and airport operator BAA for "serious failings" over the opening of the £4.3bn terminal on March 27. It blamed problems such as cancelled... [continued]
People: Campbell cracks under strain of T5 mayhem
Smith urged to help British hacker
Senior politicians from all parties have joined forces to fight the extradition of British hacker Gary McKinnon to the United States. They are urging the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to halt McKinnon's extradition unless the US can guarantee that, if convicted, he will be allowed to serve any sentence in... [continued]
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