Video secretly recorded by a Zimbabwean prison guard appears to show evidence of vote-rigging in the country's recent presidential runoff election. The video is believed to be the first footage of vote-rigging from the Zimbabwean election.

Ingrid Betancourt, 46, has been reunited with her daughter, Melanie Delloye, and son, Lorenzo Delloye-Betancourt, a day after she and 14 others were rescued from leftist rebels in the jungles of Colombia.

Fifteen hostages held by Colombian rebels -- including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt -- have been rescued, the country's defense minister said. Appearing healthy after being held hostage for six years in the jungle, Betancourt -- wearing a camouflage vest -- walked down from a Colombian military jet in Bogota and hugged her mother and husband.

Officials at an African Union summit Tuesday adopted a resolution urging talks in Zimbabwe aimed at promoting peace and stability in the country, according to Egypt's official news agency.

The U.S. military underestimated the looting and chaos that followed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and lacked the troops needed to restore order, an official Army history concludes.

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has weighed in on the tense situation in Zimbabwe, calling the violent political crisis "a tragic failure of leadership." His criticism comes as the countries of Tanzania, Swaziland and Angola call for a postponement of Friday's runoff election.

His country is chaos, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said that Friday's presidential runoff election will happen as planned, despite the withdrawal of opponent Morgan Tsvangirai. "They can shout as loud as they like from Washington or from London ... only our people will decide, and no one else," Mugabe said at a rally in Bankent.

即便競選對手摩根資法加利退出，國家陷入混亂，辛巴威總統穆加比表示週五的總統大選還是會如預定舉行。穆加比於一場班肯特的遊行中說道 "那些人在華府或倫敦可以盡情的叫囂......只有我國人民自己可決定，絕不受他人影響。"

Zimbabwe's government should postpone Friday's presidential runoff, since a vote held in current conditions "would lack all legitimacy," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has said. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the election at the weekend and has sought refuge in the Dutch Embassy.

U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton will officially end her campaign for the presidency by the end of the week, multiple sources have told CNN.