Kiev  - The leaders of Ukraine's razor-thin ruling coalition on Tuesday traded barbs and open threats over galloping inflation in the former Soviet republic.

Abuja - The Nigerian government called Monday for a large deployment of African Union observers to monitor run-off elections in Zimbabwe.

Washington  - US President George W Bush spoke with Russian President Dmitry Medved

Tbilisi/Moscow  - EU ministers in Tbilisi on Monday reaffirmed support for Georgia's "territorial in

Washington  - Senator Barack Obama on

Amman - The Fourth Conference of Nobel Prize Laureates will be held at Jordan's