BAIJI, Iraq (Reuters) – A U.S. military helicopter air strike on Wednesday night killed eight civilians, including two children and an elderly man, north of Baghdad, police officials said on Thursday.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition block said on Thursday it would challenge the result of a parliamentary election that President Mikheil Saakashvili said he had won.

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s National Movement of President Mikheil Saakashvili was leading with 60.92 percent of the vote in the country’s parliamentary election, early official results showed on Thursday.