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Last Updated: Thursday, 18 January 2007, 05:06 GMT
Senators Biden (left), Hagel and Levin (right) announce their resolution
Three top US senators agree on a resolution to oppose President Bush's plan to increase Iraq troop numbers.

Militants in the Niger Delta free an Italian oil worker kidnapped last month, the Italian Foreign Ministry says.
Bolivia's central government refuses to accept a parallel government set up by protesters in Cochabamba.
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