FIVE Lebanese prisoners freed by Israel have arrived to a hero`s welcome in Lebanon, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago
NATO said today it had abandoned an outpost in remote northeastern Afghanistan just days after it was stormed by militants, leaving nine US soldiers dead
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
Tattered ... an election poster for President Robert Mugabe in Harare, where the recounting of 23 contested seats may drag on all week / AP
