KINSHASA, Congo - Medical experts monitored a remote area in western Congo hit by an outbreak of the Ebola virus Tuesday, trying to determine for certain if the disease was spreading.

MANILA, Philippines - Before reviving Charter change, government should first release needed funds to the Commission on Elections to implement automated polls in 2010, a poll watchdog group said.

MANILA, Philippines - Despite its initial failure to get Filipinos out of the Gaza area Monday, the Foreign Affairs Department is sticking to its evacuation plans for Filipinos there.