21.   Opposition leaders prepared for a long standoff, but shortly before midnight, hundreds of police in full riot gear began pushing the protesters aside, then clubbing them.

22.   Also Friday, a northern Afghan leader prepared to release hundreds of Pakistani prisoners, but was negotiating how to get them home.

23.   But as the two leaders prepare for their third summit meeting, all is not sweetness and light.

24.   Chinese leaders prepare careful crackdown against secretive group.

25.   Cyprus leaders prepare for a new round of talks.

26.   Democracy leader prepares weekly address.

27.   European Union leaders on Saturday prepared the way for extending sanctions against Zimbabwe as they condemned the elections that kept President Robert Mugabe in power.

28.   EU leaders prepare reforms ahead of eastward expansion.

29.   European Union leaders on Monday prepared marching orders for their new Bosnia mediator that were aimed at reaching an end to conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

30.   European Union leaders on Saturday prepared the way for extending sanctions against Zimbabwe as they condemned the vote that re-elected Robert Mugabe as president.