Police on Saturday arrested hundreds of ultranationalists who were among thousands who took to the streets in Moscow to protest a ban on far-right demonstrations.

Forty five African ambassadors and representatives of African embassies in Jakarta, Tokyo, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi and Singapore are attending the Indonesian- African Partnership Dialog (IAPD) started on Sunday in Batam of Indonesian Riau province, according to Indonesian foreign Ministry.

Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said that the development of a nation would be possible only through the parliamentary system, according to a local media's report Sunday.

The German Defense Ministry challenged a newspaper Saturday to provide proof for a claim that German soldiers terrorized a little Afghan boy in 2002 by holding a gun to his head.

Nicaraguans will vote on Sunday to choose the country's president, vice president, 90 deputies of the National Assembly and 20 Central American parliamentarians.

The White House on Saturday dismissed an editorial to be published Monday in four independent publications urging U.S. President George W. Bush to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper canceled a planned meeting with European Union leaders to avoid facing criticism over his environmental policies, local media reported on Saturday.

The European Union's current presidency Finland on Saturday expressed its deep concern about increased violence in Gaza and deplored the growing number of civilian casualties the Israeli military operation has caused.

The Iraqi police patrols found 15 unidentified bodies scattered in different parts of Baghdad on Saturday, an Interior Ministry source said.

Yemen had recalled two diplomats from their consulate in Germany after Berlin accused them of obstructing expulsions of Yemenis from the west European country, a German magazine reported Saturday.