JERUSALEM - BAHRAINI officials visited Israel in an official capacity for the first time on Friday to collect five of their nationals Israel was deporting, a Bahraini news report and an Israeli official said.
BAGHDAD - VICE President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iraqi officials that Washington would politically disengage if sectarian and ethnic strife resumed as he warned of a 'hard road ahead'.
WASILLA (Alaska) - ALASKA Governor Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice presidential candidate said on Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.
Ms Palin made the surprise announcement from her home in suburban Wasilla on Friday morning.
