Mayor C. Ray Nagin issued the city’s first mandatory evacuation order since Hurricane Katrina and said Gustav was larger and more dangerous.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet in Jerusalem for a further round of US-backed peace talks.

With Hurricane Gustav on course to hit the US Gulf, the damage it does to the region’s oil facilities could be a “worse case scenario”.

Hurricane Gustav has disrupted plans for the president to appear as the featured speaker on the first night of the gathering.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – More than 1,000 government supporters marched on Thailand’s parliament on Sunday as lawmakers began a special debate on street protests threatening to topple Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – More than 150,000 Mexicans dressed in white marched on Saturday to protest a wave of kidnappings and gruesome murders, putting pressure on President Felipe Calderon to meet his promises to crack down on crime.

ABOARD THE SAMBONG COAST GUARD SHIP (Reuters) – On a South Korean coast guard patrol ship chugging towards desolate islands at the centre of a bitter territorial row with Japan, academics and officials vow to repel any Japanese claim to the lonely outcrops.

The Ministry of Defence will meet animal activists to discuss ethical alternatives to the bearskin hats worn by Buckingham Palace guards.