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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has provided more than $3.6 million in aid to Georgia and supplies are being distributed in the Russian-occupied town of Gori, the U.S. government's aid agency said on Friday.

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 90 militants during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S. military and the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The author who put Democratic Sen. John Kerry on the defensive over his military record during his 2004 presidential run has turned his attention to 2008 White House hopeful Barack Obama with a new bestseller.

PERMATANG PAUH, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, facing a sodomy charge and a fractious alliance, officially kicked off his drive to seize power when he filed papers on Saturday to run for parliament.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian and Thai troops started to pull their troops back from a disputed border area on Saturday, Cambodian army officers said, after a month-long stand-off centering on a 900-year-old temple.

ABOARD THE USS TARAWA (Reuters) - Troops from countries across the Americas started a major military exercise on Friday to defend the Panama Canal from an attack by a fictional terrorist group bent on damaging the world economy.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Southern African leaders held lengthy discussions on Saturday on a power-sharing agreement to end Zimbabwe's post-election political crisis.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian general on Friday said Poland's deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian general on Friday said Poland's deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Seven people were killed and nearly 50 wounded in the most serious Colombian guerrilla attack this year when a bomb exploded in a small town as residents celebrated a festival, officials said on Friday.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Almost 50 people were killed in Somalia after separate roadside bombs targeting allied Ethiopian and government troops went off and led to retaliatory attacks, residents said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is confident an international fund set up with Libya to compensate victims of U.S. and Libyan bombings will be well financed and start paying out soon, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is confident an international fund set up with Libya to compensate victims of U.S. and Libyan bombings will be well financed and start paying out soon, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has ruled that an anti-Castro Cuban exile and former CIA operative accused in Cuba of a 1976 plane bombing that killed 73 people should stand trial for an immigration violation, court records showed on Friday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian general on Friday said Poland's deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian general on Friday said Poland's deal with the United States to set up parts of a missile defense shield on Polish territory lays it open to a possible military strike, a Russian news agency reported.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran rejected on Friday Western allegations that its central bank and other financial institutions were trying to skirt U.N. sanctions by covering their tracks, and threatened to seek compensation.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's political rivals are expected to resume power-sharing talks on Saturday on the sidelines of a regional summit in South Africa with pressure mounting to find a way to end the country's political crisis.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Government auditors are urging the Pentagon to improve its oversight of a troubled program to produce new military radios, warning that delays and immediate radio replacement needs have more than doubled costs.

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The United States threatened more cuts in aid to Mauritania on Friday if the country's new military rulers did not reinstate its first freely elected president.