• Corruption Charges Brought Against Zuma
• Lebanon Still Without a President
• Bush to Veto Spending Bill
• Aircraft Adapted for Forced Removal from EU
• Colombian Hostages Due for Release
• David Hicks Set for Release

Corruption Charges Brought Against Zuma
The newly elected head of South Africa's ruling party, Jacob Zuma, was today charged with racketeering, money laundering, corruption and fraud. Terna Gyuse reports from Cape Town.

Lebanon Still Without a President
Politicians from both of the rival political camps in Lebanon said that this weekend's parliamentary session to vote on a new president will likely be postponed. It is the 11th delay in four months. Jackson Allers reports.

Bush to Veto Spending Bill
President Bush plans to veto a defense spending bill over a provision that could freeze Iraqi assets in US banks in the event of lawsuits brought against the former regime in American courts. Speaking from Crawford, Texas, a White House spokesperson said the provision would make the current Iraqi government vulnerable to "massive liability in lawsuits concerning the misdeeds of the Saddam Hussein regime." The legislation also contained a provision that would have raise troop pay. The veto does not compromise funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as that funding was part of a separate 555 billion dollar spending bill signed by Bush earlier this week.

Aircraft Adapted for Forced Removal from EU
A newly launched Austrian-run company called ‘Asylum Airways’ is approaching the British government and other EU nations for lucrative contracts for mass forced deportations. From London, Naomi Fowler reports.

Colombian Hostages Due for Release
Venezuela has readied a convoy of aircraft to pick up three political hostages soon to be released by Colombia's FARC guerrillas. The pick up operation was scheduled to happen sometime this afternoon, but weather conditions and security concerns have led the Colombian Red Cross to announce that the release is not likely to happen today. The hostages include a Congresswoman, a former vice presidential candidate, and her young son.

David Hicks Set for Release
Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks is due for release from his Australian prison tomorrow. Hicks was detained in Afghanistan in 2001 and sent to Guantanamo where he spent more than 5 years in detention without formal charges. Hicks is so far the only person to have been sentenced by the military commissions set up to try terrorism suspects. In exchange for a guilty plea and a transfer back to his home country of Australia, David Hicks agreed not to speak to the press for a year. Upon release, Hicks will be subject to electronic surveillance, a midnight to 6am curfew, and must report to police three times a week.