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Mongolians await result of dead heat election race
Mongolians awaited on Monday the results of a general election that saw the country's two main parties in a dead heat and hoping to avoid a deadlock that could stall efforts to tap the vast country's mining wealth.
Zambian president rushed to hospital in Egypt
Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa was rushed to hospital in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday after a health emergency, Egyptian health sources and state media said.
PCUSA Assembly approves deleting gay clergy ban
The Presbyterian Church (USA)'s highest governing body voted last Friday in favour of a proposal that would allow for the ordination of non-celibate gays and lesbians.
Observers say Zimbabwe poll unfair
President Robert Mugabe is expected to be declared the winner of Zimbabwe's widely condemned election on Sunday and prepare to confront his critics at an African Union summit the next day.
Israel reopens Gaza border
Israel reopened at least three of its border crossings with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Sunday after a halt to Palestinian cross-border attacks that had strained an Egyptian-brokered truce, officials said.
Iraqi officials angered by U.S. raid near Kerbala
Iraqi officials have expressed outrage over a U.S. raid near the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, which they said should have been approved by local authorities since security for the area is under Iraqi control.