On Saturday, Lebanon`s cabinet unanimously approved the establishment of a special United Nations tribunal intended to try those involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, in February 2005

Saturday brought with it shock to the Lebanese government and public as negotiation between Shia Muslim Hezbollah and Amal parties and the rest of the cabinet ministers failed to agree on the reshuffling of the cabinet and decided to resign.

As the pressure from the Palestinian public mounted both Hamas and Fattah factions have been under growing pressure to find a solution to end the economic sanctions enforced by Israel

An agreement signed between the Nepalese government and Maoists rebel leaders has brought the decade long insurgency to an end

The poor turnout of US vendors at an international trade fair in Havana, Cuba points to the increasingly dismal state of the situation between Cuba and the United States

Responding to a national and international cry for safer aviation conditions in its country, the Nigerian government has promised to overhaul the aviation industry and put an end to what President Obasanjo calls ?corruption and corner cutting? in the industry.

In the world of business there are numerous regulations and often the public believes that governmental regulations can actually hurt big businesses.

The federal government is using national security as an excuse to sue New Jersey state officials who are conducting investigations into allegations that certain telephone service providers passed on information about calls made by customers to the National Security Agency (NSA) illegally.

After Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert formed a coalition earlier this week that he hopes will help Israel to carry out his plan to redraw Jewish settlement lines in the West Bank, Israel`s new government will take office on Thursday. Olmert`s governing coalition will control at least 67 seats in the 120 seat parliament, or Knesset, in the Israeli capital of Jerusalem.

Lately it seems that American Politicians are fighting everything. From waging wars in Iraq and possibly Iran, to trying to bring down the online casino business, the US government just doesn`t give it a rest. So what else is the super power trying to fight now? The answer is of course Capitalism.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a Hamas government on Wednesday, in a 24-member Cabinet that includes 14 ministers who served time in Israeli prisons. The ceremony came a day after the centrist Kadima Party of interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert won Israel`s elections.

Russia, the world`s second-largest oil producer, sees energy as a key foreign policy tool. To date, Moscow has effectively renationalized almost a third of the formerly private oil-and-gas sector of the Russian Federation. President Vladimir Putin has appointed some of his top aides to run the Kremlin`s newly acquired oil empire.

Iran`s hard-line government said Wednesday it was removing 40 ambassadors and senior diplomats. The new president, elected in June, also generated a storm of international criticism last week when he called for Israel`s eradication, saying it should be "wiped off the map."

Women business owners in the Bay Area will be able to learn more about the ways to cut red tape and secure government contracts.