Lebanese leaders today pledged to press ahead with a divisive election for president, to be held in Parliament in the coming days, despite the car bombing assassination of an anti-Syrian MP.

A powerful bomb killed a pro-government parliament member and four others today in a Christian suburb east of the Lebanese capital Beirut, security officials said.

Libya will allow snap inspections to prove it has abandoned its nuclear weapons programme, Prime Minister Shokri Ghanem said today.

Mike Tyson was not surprised the Nevada State Athletic Commission refused to grant him a licence to fight Lennox Lewis in Las Vegas on April 6.

Two Israelis were shot dead in the West Bank and an Israeli was gunned down in neighbouring Jordan today.