British ex-general blames Blair, Brown for underfunding army
FORMER head of the British Army, Gen. Richard Dannatt, has accused former Prime Ministers, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of forcing the military to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan without adequate funding TheGuardian
 

Abbas threatens to quit peace talks over settlement construction
PALESTINIAN President, Mahmoud Abbas, has warned Israel’s Prime Minister that he would quit peace talks unless Israel extended a curb on settlement construction. TheGuardian
 

Australia’s opposition leader courts final support for PM post
IN an 11th-hour plea for their support, Australia's conservative leader, Tony Abbott, has promised three minority lawmakers who will decide if he should become prime minister a “fresh start” but warned them that a vote for Julia Gillard's ruling Labour party was “endorsing factional warlordism and... incompetence”, referring to the Prime Minister’s ruthless axing of former premier Kevin Rudd shortly before the polls. TheGuardian
 

'Many dead' in DR Congo accidents
The death toll from two separate boat accidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not yet clear. BBC
 

Ghana defeat Swazis, Egypt held
World Cup quarter-finalists Ghana cruised to a 3-0 win over Swaziland in their opening 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Mbabane on Sunday BBCSport