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BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Five Shiite ministers resigned from Lebanon's Cabinet on Saturday after talks about giving the Hezbollah party more power collapsed, according to party spokesmen. The withdrawal of three ministers from Hezbollah and two from the largely Shiite Amal movement does not topple the Western-backed government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora but it makes it more difficult for Siniora to govern. Hezbollah has threatened to stage street protests to bring down Siniora's governmen ...

By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States on Saturday vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning an Israeli attack in Gaza that killed 18 Palestinian civilians and urging a quick withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area.

An official at a Welsh FA Cup derby has been stretchered off the field and taken to hospital after being hit by a coin thrown from the crowd. The first round tie between Newport County and Swansea City was halted for eight minutes as fourth official Alan Sheffield received treatment. He was hurt just after a heated dispute with Newport manager Peter Beadle. Two other recent coin-throwing incidents at West Ham and Fulham are already being investigated by the FA. The FA said it was awaiting re ...

By Claudia Parsons BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Saturday his chosen new defence secretary was an "agent of change" in a sign of the growing momentum for a new direction in Iraq policy after election defeat for Bush's Republicans. Two car bombs in a Baghdad market killed eight people and Iraqi security forces were the target of several attacks around the country on Satu ...

A pensioner attacked during a break-in at his Belfast home lay injured for 15 hours before he could raise the alarm. Up to four men forced their way into the 75-year-old man's home at Carrick Hill at about 1800 GMT on Friday. A struggle ensued and the elderly man sustained a broken leg. The gang then spent up to 30 minutes searching the house, before escaping with money. The man managed to raise the alarm at 0900 GMT on Saturday. Police believe one of the intruders has a head wound. It is b ...

In-form Didier Drogba fired a brilliant hat-trick as champions Chelsea outclassed Watford at Stamford Bridge. Drogba opened the scoring after 27 minutes when he finished from close range after Geremi's cross. The Ivorian made it 2-0 after a one-two with Andriy Shevchenko before providing the pass for his strike partner to round the keeper and tap home. And Drogba capped another impressive individual display on 69 minutes when he converted another Geremi cross. It took Drogba's tally for the  ...

Two men have died and a third has been airlifted to hospital after being hit by a huge wave on an oil tanker. The incident happened after the tanker left Scapa Flow, Orkney, heading for Houston in Texas in what were described as "horrendous" weather conditions. The wave struck the men as they stood on the deck of the tanker, which turned back after the incident. The third man was said to be in a serious condition in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. A coastguard helicopter from Stornoway airlifted a ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Navy will help move the historic aircraft carrier USS Intrepid from its muddy berth in the Hudson River to New Jersey for repairs, officials said Saturday. The agreement comes after the floating carrier museum refused to budge Monday despite tugboats' attempts to pull it from the mud at its Manhattan pier. The ship has rested in the spot for 24 years. (Watch what was done t ...

Clashes have erupted between security forces and supporters of a presidential candidate in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa. Gunfire and explosions have been heard in the city near the offices of Vice President Jean Pierre Bemba. Mr Bemba is trailing his rival, President Joseph Kabila, with most votes counted in the second round of a presidential poll. Fighters loyal to the two men clashed after the first round of voting. At least 23 people were killed in gun battles in K ...

Vandals have daubed Nazi swastikas on a war memorial in West Sussex. Police officers also found anti-Semitic graffiti painted on one home and a shop close to the memorial in Chapel Road in Worthing on Saturday morning. A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "This is offensive and racist graffiti. It's fairly large-scale." The Royal British Legion said it was "dismayed and upset" by the graffiti which was removed prior to the main service at 1100. A spokeswoman for The Royal British Legion said: ...