The Canadian government plans to extend the country’s Afghanistan mission until at least 2011 — two years beyond the proposed February 2009 deadline.

Abkhazia demands that Tbilisi withdraw its troops from the breakaway Georgian region’s border, a spokesman for the Abkhazian president said on Tuesday.

The five Caspian Sea littoral states adopted a declaration at their second summit on Tuesday in Tehran, pledging to deny access to third countries who intend to use force against any Caspian state.