Obama outlines plans to create US jobs
WASHINGTON, DC (AP): President-elect Barack Obama yesterday outlined his plan to create 2.5 million jobs with public works programmes that will rebuild roads and bridges, modernise schools and create alternative energy sources."These aren't just steps to...

Gov't vote a key test for Chávez
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): President Hugo Chávez faces a critical test of his grip on power against an energised opposition in state and municipal elections today, a year after suffering his first defeat at the polls.Chávez remains the country's most...

Bush urges countries to avoid protectionism
LIMA, Peru (AP): United States (US) President George W. Bush yesterday urged nations of Asia and the Americas not to abandon free trade in the face of a worsening global economic crisis.