US Senate allows gay soldiers to fight

Openly gay soldiers, sailors and airforce men and women are now allowed to fight for America, after a US Senate vote on Saturday.

The change of legislation won’t take immediate effect, but president Barack Obama is expected to sign one of his campaign promise into a law next week. (photo, from aljazeera.net)

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Iran fears unrest after food and fuel cuts

While subsidies are gradually lifted in order to bring prices up to international levels, Iranian police are guarding petrol stations.(photo, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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Parliament grants special powers to Chavez

President Hugo Chavez (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk) has been granted special powers by the country’s parliament in order to deal with the aftermath of devastating floods.

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Workers enslaved in Chinese factory

In the Chinese western region of Xinjiang, at least 11 workers were sold to a building materials factory to work without pay, said Chinese state media reports.

Among those workers, who have been fed on “food given to dogs”, are eight intellectually disabled people.

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Sweden appeal against Wikileaks founder bail

A British judge decided to grant bail to WikiLeaks founder, but Swedish prosecutors have said that they would appeal against the decision.

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Votes recount rejected by Haiti candidates

In Haiti, the proposed recount of the first-round votes has been rejected by two of the three main candidates in the disputed presidential election.

Opposition supporters held days of street protests before the recount was announced.

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Venezuelan president to move to tent

Venezuelan president will temporarily govern from a tent, in order to let families made homeless by recent floods take refuge in his office.

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Ex-EU leaders ask for sanctions against Israel settlements

The European Union was urged by 26 ex-EU leaders to impose sanctions on Israel for continuing to build settlements on occupied Palestinian territory.

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One of Madoff son found dead

Mark Madoff, the elder son of jailed financier Bernard Madoff (photo, from aljazeera.net), has been found dead in an apparent suicide in his apartment in New York.

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Bolivia lowers retirement age

While all contries say people have to work longer and older, Bolivia has lowered its retirement age from 65 to 58.

On Friday, the country passed the law which also nationalises the national pension system and extends coverage considerably to the poor.

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