New Orleans city attorney Sherry Landry said Friday that the city is now "fully secured" following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina and the disorder that broke out afterwards. She told a news conference that "Fourteen thousand troops are in Orleans Parish. At present they are actively patrolling all areas of the city and running [...]

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was re-elected to another six-year term in a landslide victory announced Friday following Wednesday's multi-candidate presidential vote, the first held in Egypt . The Presidential Election Commission announced the widely expected result of the 10 candidate race. Turnout was low with only 23 percent of voters going to the polls, while [...]

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Irish voters remain undecided about the proposed European Constitution despite plans to hold an Irish referendum on the document, according to a report issued Friday by the European Commission Representation in Ireland . The report showed that 50 percent of those surveyed had no opinion on the text, while 37 percent said they supported it. [...]

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