Baghdad has extended their round the clock curfew in the capital until futher notice, according to government television.

Supposedly, this curfew was supposed to finish by sunrise on Sunday, after being imposed on Thursday night in order to control violence in the capital.
The increasing violence has been the response by followers of Muqtada al-Sadr to the Iraqi government's attempt to crush Shiite militias and criminal gangs in Basra.

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe seeks a 6th consecutive term as president of the southern African nation. He has ruled Zimbabwe "with an iron fist" for almost three decades and faces one of his toughest challenges yet in the general elections this weekend.

On Monday, officials from Cambodia's U.N.-backed genocide tribunal traveled to New York to request close to $114 million in additional funds at the United Nations for trying the the Khmer Rouge's surviving leaders.

U.N. officials relayed on Monday that a former Nicaraguan foreign minister is likely to be the upcoming president of the U.N. General Assembly. The presidential position for the world body of 192 members, rotates according to region.

Vice President Dich Cheney of Turkey, in conclusion of two-day talks with leaders of Israel and Palestine voiced out last Monday that Hamas militants as well as their backers situated in Iran and Syria spoil the Mideast peace talks.