Beirut  - French Foreign Minister Bern

Riyadh - The Islamic conference on

Sana'a  - Yemen welcomed on Friday the call by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for a national dialogue based on a Yemeni plan to end the inter-Palestinian dispute.

"Yemen has comfortably received the call by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to hold a national dialogue," Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qerbi said in remarks carried by official media.

Cape Town  - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga believes the grand coalition that emerged from his country's post-election strife could serve a blueprint for the resolution of ethnic-based conflict

Harare - Zimbabwe police Friday dismissed reports that they had violated international protocols on Thursday during an incident in a rural area where United States diplomats say they were threatene