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Harare - Outgoing US ambassador to Zimbabwe James D McGee promised more United States support for the country's political and economic recovery on Friday but said democratic reforms needed to be in place first.

IRAN hanged 20 drug traffickers today, official media reported, days after putting to death 12 other convicted criminals.

It's the Fourth of July in America, and a U.S. citizen sits in solitary confinement in New York - and he hasn't even been convicted of a crime.

Italy's parliament has given final approval to legislation that allows unarmed citizen patrols and imposes tough measures aimed at fighting illegal immigration and boosting security on the streets.

Amnesty International has said stability could return to Russia's North Caucasus only if human rights violations were thoroughly investigated.

Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after their failed attempt to run Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, relatives and supporters said.

**ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, JULY 4** In this June 3, 2009 photo, a Myanmar woman student passes by a sign of the University of Yangon which can be barely seen due to tree branches that overhang it from outside.

The critics of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor have called her an activist and criticized her for using 'empathy' to judge cases.

The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public.

IRAN has hanged six people for murder, but the lives of two others due to be executed at the same time were spared by the families of their victims, an Iranian newspaper reported today.