DOMINICAN Republic President Leonel Fernandez was re-elected to a third term in a first round of voting, as rival Miguel Vargas conceded after a mostly peaceful election in the Caribbean nation
CHARGES against five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks should be thrown out because they were improperly influenced by a Pentagon legal adviser, US military lawyers said in documents filed overnight
US lawmakers today urged President George W. Bush to consider "humanitarian intervention" in cyclone-hit Burma after its military rulers refused to allow foreign experts to direct relief efforts despite rising deaths
HOLLYWOOD beauty Mischa Barton has proved she is no shrinking violet on the big screen after agreeing to show her bottom again in her latest movie, You and I, in which she plays a Russian teenager who falls in love with another girl in Moscow
THE United States intends to build a big new prison at its main military base in Afghanistan, a shift from earlier aims to transfer most detainees to Afghan custody, The New York Times reported
TWO prominent green groups today said Canada should follow the lead of the United States and take action to protect polar bears, which are threatened by melting ice
THE private detective at the centre of a wiretapping scandal that gripped Hollywood was found guilty here today after a two-month trial on racketeering and conspiracy charges
THREE-QUARTERS of weight-loss supplements bought online as part of a study contained ingredients that could cause lethal heart rhythm disturbances, US researchers said today
WHITE House hopeful Barack Obama today accused President George W. Bush of stooping to the "politics of fear" after the US leader implied in Israel that Democrats would appease terrorists
