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Japan Air Force Chief Faces Sack

The head of the Japanese air force is to be sacked after saying the country was not an aggressor in World War II, Japan's defence minister said. Yasukazu Hamada said Gen Toshio Tamogami's views, written in an essay, ran counter to the government's position on the war.   More

Zambia's Four Presidential Profiles

The BBC's Musonda Chibamba profiles the four Zambian presidential candidates standing in Thursday's polls and hoping to succeed the late President Levy Mwanawasa who died in August after suffering a stroke.   More

EU Launches Peace Initiative In Congo

France and Britain launched a European Union initiative on Friday to secure peace in east Congo and the EU may fly in food for tens of thousands of civilians fleeing attacks by rebels and soldiers.   More

Multiplicity Of Fake Ministers Is A Sign Of End-Time

Churches are multiplying nowadays without any corresponding transformation in lifestyle of church goers. What informed your decision to set up Christ Gift Revival Ministries?   More

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Russia Drafts Soldier To Run Restive Ingushetia

A career soldier has been appointed to run Russia's unstable southern republic of Ingushetia, where attacks on security forces have escalated. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev named Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, a paratrooper, as acting president, to replace Murat Zyazikov, a former KGB officer.   More

Row Over Rabin Killer's Interview

Leading Israelis have condemned interviews by two televisions channels with the man who assassinated Israel's former Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin. Short versions of the first interviews ever done from Yigal Amir's prison cell ran on Israeli television on Thursday.   More

Chinese Melamine Scandal Widens

The toxic chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal feed, state media has reported. Correspondents say the unusually frank reports in several news outlets are an admission that contamination could be widespread throughout the food chain.   More

Taiwan Corruption Probe: Police Arrest Former Deputy Minister

Police in Taiwan have arrested a former deputy prime minister, Chiou I-Jen, for alleged corruption. He is suspected of embezzling about $500,000 (£308,000) from diplomatic funds four years ago.   More

US O8: Obama On Threshold Of History

Democrat Barack Obama is extending his campaign advertising into traditionally Republican territory, as polls there show him closing on rival John McCain. He is to run ads in Arizona, his rival's home state, as well as North Dakota and Georgia, with only days to go before the US presidential election.   More

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