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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP):In central and western Kenya, farmers have had a bumper crop of plump ears of corn and earthy potatoes.

Libya's fugitive ex-leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has said in an audio message broadcast by a loyalist television channel that he is ready to fight a long guerrilla war against rebel forces.

SHANGHAI (AP) — Apple is defending itself against a fresh barrage of criticism from Chinese environmental activists over alleged pollution by the manufacturers who make its iconic iPhones, iPads and other products.

KILLINGTON, Vermont (AP): Running low on food and money, Vermont residents stranded by flooded roads relied upon provisions dropped by National Guard troops to get by yesterday, while the rest of the East Coast laboured to recover from the wrath...

An 11-year-old boy has been given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order for stealing a waste bin valued at £50 pounds during the recent riots in London.

KIEV (AP): The main suspect in the brutal slaying of an investigative reporter in Ukraine more than 10 years ago alleged yesterday that former President Leonid Kuchma played a role in the killing, a lawyer said....

SOLAN (AP):Sunil Sharma, a young tomato farmer in northern India, must navigate decripit roads, corrupt policemen and blazing heat to deliver his produce in an unrefrigerated truck to New Delhi's wholesale vegetable market.India is plagued by...

HEISHA (AP): Libyan rebels say they're closing in on Moammar Gaddafi and issued an ultimatum yesterday to regime loyalists in the fugitive dictator's hometown of Sirte, his main remaining bastion: surrender this weekend or face an attack.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):A 14-year-old teenager, who allegedly threatened the life of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar in a video posted on the social network, Facebook, has surrendered to police, less than 24 hours after the Attorney General...

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC): Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says he will not discipline his press secretary, Hans King, over a controversial comment he made on radio recently.Earlier this month, King told a radio talk show programme that he...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is on the run, his capital all but fallen to rebels, his hometown under siege.

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi's wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country.