This week many self-proclaimed democratic, freedom-lovers and righteous world leaders flock to Jerusalem to celebrate the 60th independence commemoration of the Zionist state of Israel; an extreme religious, extreme racist, globally rogue, international laws violator, and terrorist state, forcibly implanted into the heart of the Arab World.
Rescue workers in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province continue to search for survivors, despite further tremors and bad weather, as officials put the death toll at over 32,000.
An international aid group says that thousands of children in Myanmar, survivors of Cyclone Nargis, could starve to death within weeks unless emergency aid and food supplies can reach them.
Sunni Islamists have made a strong showing in Kuwait's legislative election, while minority Shia gained one more seat, according to results released on Sunday.
Edward Kennedy, the prominent US Democratic senator who was taken to hospital in Massachusetts with "stroke-like symptoms" on Saturday, is said to be conscious and in good spirits.
George Bush, the US president, has pledged his commitment to the establishment of a Palestinian state after meeting Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president.
About 1,100 people have been arrested during the first four days of an Iraqi military operation in the country's main northern city of Mosul, the defence ministry says.
Leaders from European Union member countries and Latin America have promised to combat soaring food prices, poverty and climate change during a summit in Lima, Peru's capital.
Spain's deputy prime minister has criticised the detention of about 400 foreigners in Italy in a crackdown on street crime and illegal immigration, saying it encouraged racism and xenophobia.
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Leaders from European Union member countries and Latin America have promised to combat soaring food prices, poverty and climate change during a summit in Lima, Peru's capital.
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