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Published:Tuesday | April 2, 2013 | 12:27 PM

The Cypriot government says President Nicos Anastasiades has accepted the resignation of Mr Sarris, who had been under fire for his handling of the bailout deal.

Published:Monday | April 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP): Former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in hospital up to yesterday receiving treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the government said.South African presidential...

Published:Monday | April 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

VERACRUZ (AP):Officials say a bus travelling on a mountain road collided with a truck in thick fog and plunged over a cliff, killing 12 people and injuring 14.The Veracruz state public safety department says the bus was travelling between the cities of...

Published:Sunday | March 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CARACAS, (AP):Not even the observance of Holy Week stopped Venezuela's time-pressed presidential candidates from sprinting through the holidays towards an April 14 election to replace the late Hugo Chávez.Nicolas Maduro, Chávez's chosen successor, and...

Published:Sunday | March 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Nairobi (AP):Kenya's Supreme Court says the results of the country's March 4 presidential election are valid and that Uhuru Kenyatta has won.Yesterday's verdict - following a drawn-out court case that riveted the nation - means that Kenyatta will be...

Published:Sunday | March 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BEIJING (AP):Rescuers digging for victims of a massive landslide at a gold-mining site in mountainous Tibet found one body yesterday, nearly 36 hours after 83 workers were buried in the disaster, Chinese state media reported.

Published:Sunday | March 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP):Pope Francis has won over many hearts and minds with his simple style and focus on serving the world's poorest, but he has devastated traditionalist Catholics who adored his predecessor, Benedict XVI, for restoring much of the traditional pomp to the papacy.

Published:Sunday | March 31, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Zanzibar (AP):At least 18 people were killed when a building collapsed last Friday in Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam and hopes have dimmed of rescuing more survivors, a municipal official said yesterday.

Published:Saturday | March 30, 2013 | 8:03 AM

The Central Bank said debit and credit cards can be used normally for domestic payments.

Published:Thursday | March 28, 2013 | 8:58 AM

Across Cyprus, large but orderly lines formed ahead of the opening of banks for six hours from noon, and guards from private security firms reinforced police outside some ATMs and banks in the capital

Published:Thursday | March 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

SAO PAULO (AP): Brazil's health ministry says a doctor is suspected of killing seven terminally ill patients in a southern Brazilian hospital.A ministry press officer says Virginia Helena Soares de Souza and seven assistants are suspected of injecting...

Published:Thursday | March 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

HAMILTON (CMC) :Bermuda's largest broadcaster has been fined US$4,000 for naming a defendant in a sexual assault case.Chief executive officer Rick Richardson, appearing on behalf of Bermuda Broadcasting Company, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court ...

Published:Thursday | March 28, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (CMC): A high-ranking New York Police Department (NYPD) officer has acknowledged setting monthly quotas for summonses, arrests and stop and frisks of Caribbean and other minority youths while heading...

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

DENVER (AP):As lawmakers across the United States debate arming teachers and administrators to prevent another deadly school shooting, one Colorado school district has voted to let its superintendent and a high-school principal carry concealed...

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

LAWRENCEVILLE (AP):The Dominican immigrant who won one of the largest lottery jackpots in United States history said yesterday he felt "pure joy" at winning, but his mind wasn't yet clear enough to know what he'll do with the money.

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP):Earthquakes shook a broad swath of southern Mexico yesterday, causing buildings to sway in the capital and sending thousands fleeing into the streets as quake alarms sounded.

Published:Monday | March 25, 2013 | 9:01 AM

Reports suggest that the deal will include a levy on deposits of more than 100,000 euros in Cyprus' two biggest banks.

Published:Friday | March 22, 2013 | 1:03 PM

It is alleged that staff acting for Bettencourt gave 150,000 euros or £120,600 in cash to Sarkozy's aides during his successful 2007 campaign to become president.

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2013 | 6:14 PM

A group of nations led by Ecuador is pushing to “reform” the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and its office on freedom of expression.

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2013 | 9:37 AM

The legislation contains new penalties for stalking, groping, voyeurism and acid attacks.

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ORLANDO (AP): A college student with two guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and a backpack filled with explosives pulled a dorm fire alarm Monday, in an apparent attempt to force other students out into the open so that he could slaughter them, authorities said. But he instead put a bullet in his head as police closed in.

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (CMC): New York State court has suspended a highly respected lawyer and philanthropist whom it claimed lived a double life by secretly marrying a prostitute in Jamaica while living with his first wife and two daughters in Manhattan.

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CASTRIES (CMC):Officials from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are meeting this week to examine the use of credible data from social development programmes to further inform policies for reducing or eliminating juvenile delinquency in...

Published:Wednesday | March 20, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW HAVEN (AP): Applications for gun permits have jumped in Newtown since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, which sparked a renewed debate about stricter gun-control laws and a surge in gun sales around the country because of worries about new limits.

Published:Monday | March 18, 2013 | 12:00 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP): Walking up to crowds, shaking hands with surprised bystanders in the street, mixing his formal speeches with off-the-cuff remarks, Pope Francis stamped his own style on the papacy yesterday.His humour and down-to-earth manner...

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