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Convicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko has been quietly visiting Chicago's federal courthouse, setting off speculation that he may be spilling secrets to prosecutors in return for a lenient sentence.

In a moment of historic drama in the Capitol and on Wall Street, the House of Representatives voted on Monday to reject a $700 billion rescue of the financial industry.

Latest news: World markets fall as they await the vote by U.S. lawmakers on the biggest proposed government intervention in the U.S. economy since the Great Depression of 1929. Government officials, Treasury chiefs and political leaders agreed Sunday the

The two leaders are expected to discuss a number of issues, including Russia's arms supply to Syria, Moscow's objection to additional sanctions on Iran and Israel's peace process with the Palestinians, according to the report.

``I see three ships surround us and five aircrafts hovering over us but that provocation cannot intimidate us,`` Sugulle Ali, one of the pirates, announced on the Shabelle radio.

Albanian Prime minister Sali Berisha sent a note on Sunday to U.S. President George W. Bush, thanking him for his contribution to getting Albania's NATO accession ratified by Senate.

Israel Asked US for Green Light to Bomb Nuclear Sites in Iran US president told Israeli prime minister he would not back attack on Iran, senior European diplomatic sources tell Guardianby Jonathan Steele

Sudanese forces have killed six of the people who kidnapped 19 tourists and Egyptians in a remote desert nine days ago, and arrested two, Sudanese presidential advisor Mahjoub Fadl Badri told AFP on Sunday.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The U.S. has provided Israel with an advanced radar system that will give it early warning in case of an Iranian missile attack, Israeli officials said Sunday, confirming a new defense tool in what is potentially the Mideast's deadliest.

PETER HITCHENS goes to Africa to discover how it is being ruthlessly colonised by the mineral-hungry Chinese - and is nearly killed by a lynch mob.