Jerusalem- Israel has agreed to remove four checkpoints in the

Ramallah - Palestinians may yet accept a framework agreement for a peace treaty with Israel if a final deal is unreachable by the end of the year, a senior advisor to President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday.

Nimr Hammad, Abbas' political advisor, told Voice of Palestine Radio that even though a framework agreement "is not what we want and does not meet our expectations, it however will keep things moving and this means pressure on Israel."

Belgrade  - Serbian parties were preparing to launch difficult coalition talks but it was clear Tuesday that the late strongman Slobodan Milosevic's Socialists would decide the character of the nex

Berlin  - Helmut Kohl, 78, the former German chancellor, has married his female companion, Ma

Sydney  -  Australia's new Labor government played Robin Hood in its first budget with a

Rome  -  Italian P