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A former mayor of Vladikavkaz, in Russia’s troubled North Caucasus, has been shot dead in his car, police say.
Kazbek Pagiyev’s car came under a hail of bullets, killing him and his driver, in Vladikavkaz, the capital of Russia’s republic of North Ossetia.
Mr Pagiyev stood down as deputy prime minister in North Ossetia last week, Russian [...]

Israel has warned that the onslaught in the Gaza Strip could last for “weeks” as the fourth consecutive day of aerial attacks targeted several Hamas government buildings.
Around 350 people have been killed, many of them civilians, and local hospitals have warned they are unable to cope with any more casualties.
Palestinian medical workers said at least [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Monday expanded its bailout of the U.S. auto industry, saying it was buying $5 billion in equity in auto and mortgage finance company GMAC and increasing a loan to General Motors by $1 billion.
The action was the latest in a lengthy series of emergency government moves aimed at [...]

Turkish fighter planes have bombed suspected Kurdish separatist positions in northern Iraq.
Turkish military sources said the attacks, which started late on Saturday, targeted members of the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
There was no word on casualties. There has been no official comment from the Turkish armed forces on the raid.
Turkey has stepped up its cross-border [...]

The speaker of Belgium’s parliament has accepted a request from King Albert to form a new government, in an effort to break the country’s political deadlock.
Herman Van Rompuy, a Flemish Christian Democrat, is expected to maintain the existing five-party coalition of the outgoing prime minister, Yves Leterme.
Mr Leterme’s government collapsed 10 days ago, amid allegations [...]

Polls have opened in Bangladesh, in parliamentary election aimed at returning the country to democratic rule after two years under a military-backed government.
Long queues were reported at polling stations from early on Monday morning, with more than 81 million people eligible to vote.
Commentators expect little will separate supporters of the two leading candidates, Sheikh Hasina [...]

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait decided on Sunday to scrap a deal to form a $17.4 billion petrochemical joint venture with U.S. company Dow Chemical.
The cancellation of the deal, which had met opposition in Kuwait’s parliament, was acknowledged Sunday by Dow and is a blow to the largest U.S. chemicals company. Dow had planned to use [...]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eartha Kitt, who rose from the Southern cotton fields to captivate audiences around the world with sultry performances as a singer, dancer and actress, died on Thursday at the age of 81.
Kitt died of colon cancer for which she was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York, said Andrew Freedman, [...]

Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who declared himself the new president of Guinea, has won the endorsement of the country’s deposed prime minister.
Ahmed Tidiane Souare said on Thursday he and other members of the government that was overthrown after the death of Lansana Conte, the long-serving president, earlier this week were ready to work with the [...]

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) is recalling 121,930 cars in China to fix a problem that could result in loss of steering control.
The 54,657 Reiz and 62,517 Crown sedans were made by Toyota’s venture with FAW Group between February 2005 and October 2006, Toyota said in a statement seen on Friday.
The 4,756 Lexus [...]