BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election on Sunday, defying insurgents who killed 35 people in a bloody assault on the poll.

AMMAN (Reuters) - A quarter of a million Iraqi exiles, or 90 percent of those registered, voted abroad in their homeland's historic election, organizers said on Sunday.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday the final resolution to the worst diplomatic dispute between Venezuela and Colombia in years will depend on the outcome of a meeting between the two countries' presidents this week.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 232 civilians have been killed while working on U.S.-funded contracts in Iraq and the death toll is rising rapidly, according to a U.S. government audit released Sunday.

ABUJA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Sunday to consider sanctions against Sudan for "gross violations of human rights" in Darfur.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A security officer and a Muslim militant were killed in a gun battle in U.S.-ally Kuwait on Sunday, the latest clash in the oil-rich Gulf state facing a surge in al Qaeda-linked violence.

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces could leave Iraq within 18 months, Iraqi interim Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib told Britain's Channel 4 News Sunday after Iraq's election.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Some came on crutches, others walked for miles then struggled to read the ballot, but across most of Iraq millions turned out to vote Sunday, defying insurgent threats of a blo

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election Sunday, defying insurgents who killed 35 people in a bloody assault on the poll.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - For nearly two years it has been the nerve center of U.S.-led operations in Iraq. Sunday, Baghdad's Green Zone became the heart of the country's first experiment with democracy