IRAQ - Suicide bomber kills 21
BAGHDAD (AP):A suicide car bomber struck a police crime lab in central Baghdad yesterday Tuesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens a day after suicide attacks hit several hotels favoured by Western journalists...

KENYA - US suspends education programme
Kenya (AP):The United States has suspended a five-year plan to fund Kenya's education programmes following allegations that more than $1 million in funds went missing at the Education Ministry, its ambassador said...

FRANCE - Muslim women face discrimination
Paris, France (AP): Mass transport, hospitals, post offices, these and all public services in France would be off-limits to Muslim women wearing face-covering veils if a parliamentary panel's recommendations becomes law.The panel's number two predicts...

GUATEMALA - Fugitive former president captured
GUATEMALA (AP):Police captured fugitive former President Alfonso Portillo in northern Guatemala yesterday, a day after United States prosecutors indicted him on charges of laundering money stolen from foreign donations meant to buy children's...

UNITED STATES - Obama reveals new plan
UNITED STATES (AP): President Barack Obama will use the State of the Union address to reveal a new plan for responding to bioterrorism threats and attacks, the White House said yesterday, hours after the release of a report that criticised...