Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has indefinitely suspended rolling blackouts in capital city Caracas just a day after they began, and sacked his electricity minister.

GUERRILLAS and residents in Fallujah have "days, not weeks" to turn in heavy weapons, the top US Marine commander in Iraq said yesterday, warning an American push to take the city could be costly for both sides.

A member of Iraq’s new cabinet said today he wanted to see US and British soldiers pull out of Baghdad and other major cities within six months.