Gaza: Choked, but alive Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Monday that Israel would not allow a humanitarian crisis to develop in Gaza following a cut in fuel supplies of the Strip's power plant.
Five hacked to death in Kenya Five people were hacked to death in ethnic clashes in Nairobi slums, police said on Monday, as mediators prepared a fresh bid to break the deadlock that followed President Mwai Kibakis re-election.
US polls: Clinton, Obama court black voters Hillary Clinton paid homage to Martin Luther King on Monday in a bid to woo African-American voters ahead of this weeks Democratic primary in South Carolina, where her top rival, Barack Obama, enjoys strong support of the black community.
Cubans elect new parliament The new parliament chosen by Cuban voters could ultimately send ailing 81-year-old Fidel Castro into permanent retirement. Or not.
Palestinians wait to buy bread from a baker in the Gaza Strip on Monday. Large parts of the Gaza Strip plunged into darkness
when its main power plant shut down after Israel blocked fuel supplies and closed the border to the Hamas-run territory.
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There are reports that suggest extension of the President's Rule in Karnataka. Is that a right move or should the elections be held sooner?
Readers were invited to express their opinion. Most felt that the polls should be held preferably in April or May, in the interest of democracy so that the BJP may be given a chance to form the government. Some readers said that the elections should be deferred as no party has a majority and another coalition government would be a big mistake.
