News stories by Correspondents* - IPS/Al Jazeera, page 12

Hugo Chavez's offer to mediate in the Libyan crisis marks the Venezuelan president's latest attention-grabbing foray onto the world stage, yet analysts warn that he risks 'ending up on the wrong side of history' if he stands by Muammar Gaddafi's internationally discredited regime.

A tribal leader in Sudan's flashpoint region of Abyei has given a war warning, six days before south Sudan votes on whether to split from the north.