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British police investigating possible criminal behaviour in a parliamentary expense scandal said on Monday they had sent files on four legislators to prosecutors.

Two Congolese warlords go on trial at the world's war crimes court on Tuesday on charges they had subordinates attack civilians, rape women and enlist child soldiers in "the greatest armed conflict" since World War II.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged on Monday to keep emergency support measures for the economy in place and appealed to world leaders to work together to tackle global imbalances that could hamper recovery.

Air France unit KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was on Monday the first airline to make a passenger flight which partly used biokerosene.

Bernard Madoff's bankruptcy trustee and the law firm employing him submitted a $22.1 million legal bill covering five months of work.

Levels of happiness could help shape economic policy in the industrialised world in the same way such factors have gained prominence in developing countries, said economics Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

The case against a senior official in Zimbabwe's MDC party is based on false evidence, his lawyers said on Monday in a trial which has raised tensions within the fragile unity government.

A Sudanese woman who was punished for breaching decency laws by wearing trousers has defied a travel ban by coming to France to publicise her new book.

Iran's armed forces launched five days of large-scale air defence military exercises on Sunday to show off the country's deterrence capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its nuclear programme.

The Taiwan government said on Monday it was not claiming the territorial waters around two small islands that have long been part of its frontline defence against political rival China.

Mediators reported important progress at talks on Sunday between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but said difficulties were also identified as the Azeri leader threatened renewed war.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, aware his chances of re-election may hinge on Britain's economy emerging from recession, will call on European leaders on Monday to launch a drive for economic growth.

President Barack Obama's December jobs forum may be better at serving his political need to show the White House cares about sky-high U.S. unemployment, than discovering new ways to cheaply boost economic growth.

Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety.

Incumbent President Traian Basescu won the first round of Romania's presidential election on Sunday, and will face leftist leader Mircea Geoana in a Dec. 6 runoff, exit polls showed.

Brazil's government should hear native Indians before deciding on the construction of a controversial $17.3 billion hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, rock star and environmental activist Sting said on Sunday.

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Saturday urged his party to implement a zero tolerance policy on government corruption, as Africa's biggest oil producer struggles to improve its image abroad.

REUTERS - Following are details about the three main candidates in Romania's presidential election which begins with a first stage on Sunday.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Saturday he aimed to strip the country's president of his veto powers in a constitutional revamp designed to end institutional conflicts that have blocked key reforms.

Oil-exporting Venezuela is in recession, its socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday, adding that the capitalist system of measuring economic growth was established in the United States.