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Colombia's military chief quits over murder scandal

Colombia's military chief quits over murder scandal Bogota - Colombia's army chief General Mario Montoya on Tuesday resigned over the scandal around the alleged murder of 23 civilians by the military.

Last week, President Alvaro Uribe suspended 27 soldiers, including three generals, on suspicion of human rights crimes.

Distance doesn't matter - NASA astronauts vote from space

Distance doesn't matter - NASA astronauts vote from space Washington - Two NASA astronauts didn't let their distance from Earth deter them from voting in the US presidential election Tuesday.

Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Greg Chamitoff voted from their current home in the International Space Station - 322 kilometres above Earth and orbiting at 
28,200 kilometres per hour - and beamed back a message urging others to exercise their franchise.

NATO chief: Election outcome won't affect US policy on Kosovo

NATO chief: Election outcome won't affect US policy on Kosovo Pristina - The United States will continue to take part in the international peacekeeping mission in Kosovo regardless of the outcome of its presidential election, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Tuesday.

"Regardless who the winner of the elections will be, I don't expect any change regarding United States policy towards Afghanistan and Kosovo," he said in Pristina after meeting with Kosovo officials.

Holiday mood despite long US election lines

Holiday mood despite long US election linesRockville, Maryland - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama barely bothered to campaign in Maryland, a traditional Democratic stronghold.

On Tuesday, voters came out in droves to wait hours outdoors in mild autumn temperatures to participate in the historic election that could produce the first African American president in US history.

Egypt allowing Palestinian amendments on proposal, say officials

Egypt allowing Palestinian amendments on proposal, say officials Cairo - Palestinian negotiators have not had their proposals for amendments to a draft reconciliation plan rejected out of hand in the run up to inter-Palestinian peace talks, senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar said Tuesday.

"It is not true that the amendments were rejected ... we have already overcome many obstacles," al-Zahar told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa.

McCain votes in Arizona, Palin in Alaska

McCain votes in Arizona, Palin in AlaskaWashington - As Republican presidential candidate John McCain arrived at the Albright United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Arizona Tuesday to vote, scores of supporters cheered: "Go, John, go."

McCain was with his wife Cindy. In a break from tradition, he planned two final rallies on voting day - at an airplane hangar in Grand Junction, Colorado and later in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Both states went with President George W Bush in 2004, but polls have indicated that they are now leaning toward Obama.

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