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Kim Jong-Il's only sister appears to be gaining more power in North Korea after returning to the public spotlight for the first time in nearly six years, according to South Korean reports.

KIEV — Defeated Ukraine presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday launched a legal challenge to elections won by her rival Viktor Yanukovych, even as parliament set a date for his swearing-in.

SRI LANKA- General (retd) Sarath Fonseka yesterday filed a petition in the Supreme Court, requesting that the re-election of Mahinda Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka at the Jan. 26 polls be declared void.

BRUSSELS — The European Union on Tuesday renewed its sanctions against Zimbabwe for another year, citing a lack of progress in implementing the country's power-sharing agreement.

MOSCOW – Israel will erect a memorial commemorating the Red Army’s crucial role in the victory over the Nazis, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Russian Prime Minster Vladimir Putin at a photo opportunity before their meeting Tuesday.

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told an audience of Saudi college women on Tuesday that it is the shared responsibility of Iran's neighbors to ensure it does not get nuclear weapons.

Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri has urged France to take a firm stance against Israeli aggression on his country.

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga will ask former UN chief Kofi Annan to intervene in an increasingly bitter power struggle, his office has said.

KIEV, Ukraine — Viktor Yanukovych will be inaugurated Feb. 25 as the new president of Ukraine despite Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's challenges to the election, a party official said Monday.