"Preval says Aristide cannot be barred from returning to Haiti"

Preval says Aristide cannot be barred from returning to Haiti
Haitian President-elect Rene Preval said yesterday that the constitution permits the return of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was forced to flee into exile following a violent rebellion two years ago. Preval, a former protégé of Aristide's who shares the ousted leader's strong support among the poor, said the former president could not be barred from returning to the volatile Caribbean nation.

Museveni Surges Ahead in Key Vote
Unofficial provisional results showed President Yoweri Museveni was gaining a comfortable lead in Uganda's presidential elections after about 3,500 polling stations reporting.

Revealed: the brutality of the US reign of terror in Iraq
Abu Ghraib was no one-off. Simon Assaf reports on the documents that reveal systematic torture by secret US military units in Iraq and elsewhere – and the attempts to cover it up

Shell told to pay Nigerians $1.5bn pollution damages
A Nigerian court yesterday ordered Royal Dutch Shell to pay $1.5bn (£858m) in damages for polluting the Niger delta, a fresh blow to the company which was already reeling from a kidnap crisis and a wave of sabotage against its installations.

Hamas vows revenge after Israel kills two Palestinians