December 24, 2009 - Page 4

SECURITY forces in Madagascar's capital have used tear gas to scatter hundreds of protesters angered by the military-backed leader's rejection of international attempts to mediate a political resolution, the Associated Press (AP)

AN American Airlines flight from Miami with more than 150 aboard overshot a runway and skidded to the edge of the Caribbean Sea, injuring more than 40 people, according to agency reports.

BRITISH police yesterday announced that the number of lawmakers who could face criminal charges over the expenses they claimed from the public purse has risen to six, according to Associated Press (AP).

ESIDENTS fled their homes yesterday as savage wildfires blazed out of control in South Australia. Several homes were destroyed and more under threat, officials and witnesses told Agence France Presse (AFP). The

THE governor of the southern Colombian province of Caqueta, Luis Francisco Cuellar, has been found dead less than a day after he was kidnapped by suspected rebels, authorities say. The British Broadcasting