on Thursday tightened his grip on power as one of his closest allies became prime minister and his party formed a government coalition.
, who Yanukovych defeated in a February 7 presidential election, and means the new president now controls all
's man power centres.
and is seen as a steadfast Yanukovych ally — as [...]

for accepting a court decision that prevents him from running for a third term.
Obama says Uribe’s respectful heeding of the Feb. 26 ruling by the Colombian Constitutional Court “will resonate in the Americas” as an “invaluable example.”
The court declared unconstitutional a law that would have convened a referendum to ask voters if the [...]

Istanbul, Turkey –
on Wednesday, as
arrived in Kabul and charged the US with playing a “double game” in the country.
, who from the same podium at the presidential palace two days earlier accused Iran of “playing a double game” in Afghanistan by declaring support for the government while secretly assisting its
enemies.
Mr. [...]

CANBERRA (Reuters) –
A leading Southeast Asian militant, wanted for the
, was the man killed in police raids in Jakarta, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Wednesday.
“Today I can announce to you that after a successful police raid against the terrorists hiding out in Jakarta yesterday, we can confirm that one of those [...]

that he would support a tribunal for abuses committed during Indonesia's occupation.
Amnesty had claimed he was in favour of the establishment of an international tribunal for crimes committed during the 1975-1999 occupation, should the
set it up.
But Ramos-Horta said Amnesty International had “inaccurately reported and thus misrepresented” a discussion he had with Amnesty [...]

.
Chief prosecutor Amilcar Velasquez says the Mexican government approved extradition. The OK was needed under terms of Mexico’s extradition of Portillo back to Guatemala in 2008 to face domestic corruption charges.
Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department was not immediately available to confirm the report Tuesday.
The 58-year-old Portillo was president from 2000 to 2004. He [...]

on Tuesday for a three-day visit during which he will be given the rare honour of addressing the country's parliament.
Yudhoyono, who will also speak to business leaders in Sydney, was greeted by
with his wife, Ani.
On Wednesday, Yudhoyono will become the first Indonesian president to address a joint sitting of the Australian parliament, [...]

in another grave three months after it was stolen from its tomb in an apparent ransom bid, authorities said.
The body, which disappeared last December, was found late on Monday in someone else's grave in another cemetery after police received a tip-off.
“Police had realised early on that the theft of the body was for [...]

For a guy who professes to have no interest in running for president, Gen. David Petraeus can come off as surprisingly eager to talk about it – sometimes without even being asked.
In a recent appearance at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia he turned a question about his retirement plans into an opportunity [...]

for losses in the Icesave bank collapse.
President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, whose refusal to sign the compensation bill voted through parliament in December led directly to the referendum, challenged Britain's prime minister to settle the matter.
should now step forward and ensure the next steps to guarantee a solution that everyone can accept,” he told [...]