Nepal king leaves Narayanhity royal palace Nepal's besieged King Gyanendra has left the Narayanhity royal palace where his ancestors ruled for generations, in what is probably his final exit as the last king of a 250-year dynasty.
Talk of Hillary as No. 2 grows While Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers insist that she is determined to win the Democratic nomination, friends of the couple say that former President Bill Clinton, for one, has begun privately contemplating a different outcome for her: As Senator Barack Obama's running mate.
S Africa: Violence spreads further Anti-immigrant violence has spread to South Africa's second largest city, Cape Town, where mobs attacked Somalis and Zimbabweans and looted their homes and shops, police said on Friday.
'Mush cuts ties with PPP' President Pervez Musharraf has snapped informal consultations with the ruling PPP following its Chairman Asif Ali Zardari's stinging comments describing him as a "relic of the past" and an "unelected and non-democratic President", Pakistani media reported on Friday.
Torries win in Labour soil Britain's opposition Conservative Party won a mid-term parliamentary seat from the ruling Labour Party on Friday in a new blow to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's bludgeoned political fortunes.
US director Steven Soderbergh (L) poses with Venezuelan actor Santiago Cabrera (C) and Colombian actress Catalina Sandino
Moreno during a photocall for his film 'Che' at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, on Thursday. AFP
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