Abbas vows to continue Arafat legacy in Gaza speech as death toll mounts

US begin new offensive in Iraq's "Triangle of Death"

Libya favours world peace by scrapping weapons of mass destruction: Kadhafi

Lithuania shuts down first unit at Chernobyl-type nuclear plant

Jordanian authorities ban protest by US anti-war group

Israeli army rabbi offers to resign over Gaza withdrawal

Guns in Ivory Coast always threaten peace in Liberia: UN general

Britain sends military ships and planes to help tsunami victims

Lithuania starts closing first unit at Chernobyl-type nuclear plant

Disaster brings Indian, US navies together in Indian Ocean for first time