fter nearly two years of difficult, UnitedNations-mediated negotiations, the Israeli cabinet gave its final approval to aprisoner exchange deal with Lebanon's Hezbollah, paving the way for the swap togo ahead Wednesday, reported dpa.The exchange is expected to start at 9

wo Turkish engineers working on aconstruction project in Afghanistan's western Herat province have beenkidnapped, a senior police official said Tuesday."Two Turkish nationals, constructionengineers, and their interpreter were kidnapped by unknown gunmen from thePashtoon Pul area of the town of Islam

ussian President Dmitry Medvedev saidTuesday that US plans to site a missile defence system in Eastern Europethreatens the demise of the decades-old balance of power in Europe, reported dpa."This common (security) heritagecannot survive if one of the sides destroys isolated

n active political period of the parliamentary electioncampaign started in Belarus. On July 15, all the district election commissionsbegan their work, BelTA learnt from Chairpersonof the Central Election Commission (CEC) Lidia Yermoshina."The formation of the district election commissions is acrucial