ISRAEL`S cabinet gave the final go-ahead today for a prisoner swap with Hezbollah, despite Prime Minister Ehud Olmert saying the Lebanese Shi`ite group did not fully keep its side of the bargain
RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev has said a US plan to build missile defence facilities in Eastern Europe "only worsens" regional security and said Russia would take countermeasures
INTERNATIONAL Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair cancelled what would have been his first trip to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip today because of a security threat, his spokeswoman said
Medical `miracle` ... the bar crashed through the car`s bonnet and dashboard before hitting the 23-year-old / AFP
