AFP - Officials in the Bahamas who conducted an autopsy on Jett Travolta said the 16-year-old son of actor John Travolta died here last week of a "seizure," and that his body showed no signs of head trauma.The autopsy results appear to contradict statements from the boy's family and island police that he had hit his head in the bathroom.Jett Travolta was last seen on N... READ MORE

AFP - The UN Security Council was to meet again Tuesday to weigh an Arab call for an immediate ceasefire in the conflict in the Gaza Strip and for protection of Palestinian civilians, diplomats said.French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the 15-member body this month, was to chair Tuesday's meeting, scheduled for 5 pm (2200 GMT),... READ MORE

AFP - One of Congo's main rebel military chiefs denied that Laurent Nkunda, head of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), had been toppled by a dissident group.A group of CNDP officers had told the BBC Monday that they had dismissed Nkunda for "poor leadership" adding that the decision had been taken Sunday during a meeting of the rebels' military... READ MORE

AFP - The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rebuffed appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further.French President Nicolas Sarkozy led new calls to halt the conflict, which doctors say has killed at least 555 Palestinians, but Olmert and other top officials said the offensive to halt milit... READ MORE

AFP - The new US Senate is set to convene in a swirl of allegations of corruption, voter fraud and dynastic nepotism that threatens to dog the early days of Barack Obama's presidency.The class of 2009 could face a chaotic swearing-in ceremony Tuesday. In the most high-profile standoff, Obama's designated replacement for Illinois, Roland Burris, could be stopped from taking his s... READ MORE