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RESIDENTS of Pakistan's tribal regions took to the streets to condemn the killing of three children and two women by a suspected unmanned US aircraft on Friday, the third such attack in as many days.

THE UN slammed rich countries in a report released on Thursday for failing to deliver on promises to help the world's least developed countries and urged them to boost aid by $18 billion (£10bn) a year.

VENEZUELAN MPs approved a new law giving the state a majority share in fuel distribution facilities on Thursday.

ISRAELI officials reported on Friday that Tel Aviv has allowed Palestinian security forces to receive a shipment of 1,000 Kalashnikov rifles and tens of thousands of bullets in a bid to bolster the West Bank administration.

TECHNICAL glitches at polling stations in Luanda on Friday delayed the start of voting in Angola's first election since 1992.

MALAYSIA dispatched three navy vessels to the Gulf of Aden on Friday to protect its merchant ships following a sharp surge in pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia.

A TOP UN official in Haiti warned on Friday that over 500,000 people are in desperate need of help due to flooding caused by tropical storm Hanna, which has already killed at least 137 Haitians.

THE UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) urged the central banks of major developed countries not to raise interest rates on Thursday.

SYRIAN President Bashar Assad announced on Friday that proposals for peace talks with Israel had been communicated to Turkish mediators.

THAILAND'S cabinet agreed on Thursday to hold a referendum on protests against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej which have paralysed the country for the past 10 days.