The Israeli and Palestinian presidents are to pay a symbolic visit to the Vatican next month to pray for peace.

The Bush administration has decided to repeal most of its 20-month-old tariffs on imported steel to head off a trade war that would have included foreign retaliation against products exported from politically crucial states, according to the Washington Post newspaper.

For years, Kirk Jones said it was possible to survive a jump from the top of Niagara Falls, and that he wanted to prove it.