Bogota, March 8 (RHC)—Colombia´s foreign minister Maria Angela Holguin said on Thursday in Bogotá that Cuba will be on the agenda of the upcoming Summit of the Americas, to be held next April in Cartagena, upon the request of other Latin American countries.

Havana, March 8 (RHC)--Although more than half of the Israeli population is against a military attack by Tel Aviv against Iran, as revealed by a survey conducted by the Haaretz daily on Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Washington to sell his government the necessary weapons to  launch a strike against the Persian nation, the Israeli newspaper reported.

Tehran, March 8 (RHC)-- Iran’s state TV reports that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised a recent statement by the U.S. president saying he saw a “window of opportunity” to use diplomacy to resolve the nuclear dispute.  Barack Obama on Tuesday said diplomacy can still resolve the situation and accused his Republican critics of “beating the drums of war.”

Baghdad, March 8 (RHC)-- At least 17 people have been killed and 24 wounded in three separate attacks in Iraq.  Fourteen were reportedly killed in a twin bombing in the northern town of Tal Afar, which is hosting an Arab League summit later this month.

Paris, March 8 (RHC)-- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that he would leave politics if he loses his re-election bid in the upcoming poll.

New York, March 8 (RHC)-- Thousands of demonstrators turned out in downtown New York City to form a three-mile line in order to draw attention to high unemployment.

Hebron, March 8, (RHC), -- An IDF soldier shot dead a Palestinian man after being stabbed in the neck by an attacker in the village of Yatta near Hebron on Thursday.

Havana, March 8, (RHC), -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return home next week from Cuba, where he is recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday.