TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition coalition said one of its activists was shot dead with a hunting rifle as he went to vote in Wednesday’s parliamentary election at a polling station in western Georgia.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition coalition vowed to bring about 100,000 people on to the streets of the capital on Wednesday to protest against the parliamentary election which it says is being rigged by the authorities.

ALMATY (Reuters) – Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has accused Kazakhstan of blocking access to its website which it said was deliberate interference in its news reporting.

(Reuters) – Here is a chronology of events leading to a parliamentary election in Georgia on Wednesday: November 2, 2007 – Up to 70,000 people demanding early elections protest against President Mikheil Saakashvili in the biggest show of unrest since a peaceful revolution swept him to power four years earlier.

(Reuters) – Georgia is holding a parliamentary election on Wednesday. Here are some details about the voting and the major parties: ELECTORATE – About 3.5 million eligible voters.

KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants set off a roadside bomb as a Pakistani military truck was passing on Tuesday, wounding seven people in the third bomb attack in the country in two days.

GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian civilian in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medical workers said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi army launched an operation on Tuesday to take control of Baghdad’s Sadr City slum, the power base of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Oil rose on Monday, extending last week’s climb that saw prices jump to a record high near $128 a barrel, as geo-political overshadowed gains in the US dollar.

TEHRAN (FNA)- International sanctions on Iran are not hurting a bid to expand petrochemical output because investors are attracted by the Islamic Republic’s vast reserves of cheap gas feedstock, an Iranian official said on Sunday.