La Paz, May 19 (RHC) Bolivian President Evo Morales received dozens of municipality projects to be implemented in the second stage of the program “Mas Inversion para el agua,” or “More Investment for the Water,” in the city of Cochabamba.

Damascus, May 19 (Xinhua-RHC) The visiting UN under-secretary- general for peacekeeping said the observers’ mission to Syria is reaching complete deployment of unarmed military monitors.

Moscow, May 19 (RIA Novosti-RHC) -- At least nine people were killed and some 100 others injured after a car bomb exploded in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on Saturday, al-Jazeera television reported. The blast took place in a parking lot near military intelligence offices, according to official sources.

Washington D.C., May 19 (Xinhua-RHC) Activists of the U.S. Occupy movement kicked off their weekend protests against the Group of Eight (G8) summit on Friday in Frederick, Maryland, some 20 miles away from the heavily-guarded Camp David presidential retreat where the G8 leaders met later in the day.

Athens, May 19 (RIA Novosti-RHC) -- Officials in the Greek presidential administration say a report about German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s proposal that Greece hold a referendum on its membership in the Eurozone is true, the Athens News Agency reported.

Athens, May 19 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Greece will hold a repeat general election on June 17 while the new parliament will convene on June 28, an official decree signed by Greek President Karolos Papoulias said on Saturday.

Ramallah, May 19 (Xinhua-RHC) Palestinian residents of a village south of the West bank city Nablus clashed on Saturday with dozens of Jewish settlers after the latter attacked the villagers with stones, witnesses and security sources said.