Published:Wednesday | February 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Juba, Sudan (AP): A TOP political leader in the emerging nation of Southern Sudan yesterday accused the northern government of backing southern rebels who killed 211 people...
Published:Wednesday | February 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Abidjan, Cte d'Ivoire (AP):The entrance to the morgue is like a mouth through which comes an awful smell.It hits you as far back as the parking lot and makes your eyes water. From a dozen yards away, it's strong enough ...
Published:Wednesday | February 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP):Some state employees have been fired and two Pennsylvania agencies have overhauled their regulations in the wake of allegations that a Philadelphia doctor performed illegal abortions that killed a patient and viable...
Published:Wednesday | February 16, 2011 | 12:00 AM
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP):A couple have added a former Catholic priest to an ongoing lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Louisville.Gary and Margie Weiter of Louisville say 63-year-old Bruce Ewing led a parish council even while serving probation for a...
Bahrain's security forces set up checkpoints and clashed with marchers in at least one village yesterday as opposition groups blanketed social media sites with calls to stage the first major anti-government protests in the Gulf since the uprising in Egypt....
NEW YORK (AP):A motivational speaker's death looked like a sinister tale of a suburbanite killed in a rough New York City neighbourhood. But the man charged with Jeffrey Locker's death says Locker had wanted someone to kill him...
CAIRO, Egypt (AP):Egypt's military leaders dissolved parliament - both upper and lower houses - and suspended the constitution yesterday, meeting two key demands of protesters who have been...
NEW YORK (AP):Up to late yesterday the police in New York City were yet to charge a graffiti artist who, armed with five knives, went on a bloody 28-hour rampage on Friday fatally stabbing his stepfather, ex-girlfriend and her mother...
GENEVA (AP):Swiss voters came out strongly in favour of their right to bear arms yesterday, with a clear majority rejecting a plan by churches and women's groups to tighten the Alpine nation's liberal gun laws....
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP):The organisers of a pro-reform protest that brought thousands of Algerians on to the streets of the capital on the weekend called yesterday for another rally next week.The Coordination...
Dissidents released - HAVANA, Cuba (CMC):Cuban authorities have released from jail two popular dissidents who had requested their continued detention until other opposition leaders were freed.Hector Maseda and Angel Moya were freed Saturdayt...
The British telecommunications company, Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) Plc, is blaming the struggle of its Caribbean businesses for the biggest drop in six weeks in London trading.
The Israeli ambassador to Suriname has expressed his country's disappointment over the decision of the CARICOM member nation to recognise a Palestinian state.
A report into how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) performed in the lead up to the global financial crisis has strongly criticised it for failing to foresee the extent of the risks the world econ
North Korean military officials walk out on talks with rivalSeoul, South Korea (AP):North Korean military officers abruptly walked out of the first official talks with rival South Korea in months yesterday, dashing hopes for eased tensions after a...
