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Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2010 | 12:45 PM

China has executed a former community doctor who killed eight school children in China\'s eastern Fujian province on March 23.

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2010 | 12:44 PM

US Officials say they are considering setting fire to an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as efforts to stem a leak from a rig that exploded and sank are failing.

Published:Wednesday | April 28, 2010 | 9:08 AM

A US Coast Guard official says if leaks from an oil well in the Gulf of Mexico are not stemmed soon, they could cause one of the worst spills in US history.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 6:18 PM

The chairman of an inquiry into the causes of America\'s financial meltdown has attacked the role of US bank, Goldman Sachs.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 6:18 PM

China has lifted travel restrictions for foreigners who suffer from HIV and AIDS.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 1:23 PM

Sierra Leone has launched a free healthcare plan for pregnant women, breast-feeding mothers and children under five years old.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 9:28 AM

Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is being extradited to France after serving a 17-year sentence in the US for drug trafficking.

Published:Tuesday | April 27, 2010 | 8:53 AM

The Trinidad and Tobago police say they are moving to block artistes whose music contribute and appear to influence gang-related activity and behavior, from entering the country.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 6:30 PM

India\'s opposition parties today disrupted parliament over reports of secret phone-tapping by the government.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 6:29 PM

The twin brother of Poland\'s former president says he will run for election in his place.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 1:39 PM

Twelve people are reported to have died in violent storms that tore Alabama and Mississippi, at the weekend.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 1:38 PM

Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson wants compensation for the $77 million he says the airline lost in over six days because of a blanket ban on European flights due to volcanic ash from Iceland.

Published:Monday | April 26, 2010 | 9:09 AM

There are fears of an environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, as efforts to clear up an oil spill have been suspended because of bad weather.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 7:44 PM

US federal agents say they removed a man described as a potential person of interest from a flight during a fuel stopover in Puerto Rico yesterday.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 1:06 PM

At least 56 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Poland's government said yesterday that forensic experts have identified the last 21 bodies among the victims killed in the plane crash that claimed the life of President Lech Kaczynski.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Children watching the Disney Channel in Chile were offered a startling adults-only peek at Playboy programming this week because of a technical error, media reported yesterday.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

At least five grenades exploded yesterday in the centre of Bangkok near a massive encampment of anti-government protesters, killing one person and wounding at least 70, sending panicked people running through the streets and fleeing an elevated train station.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

Shrouded by the white lace curtains for sale in his market stall on a gray spring day, Dean Mitchell waits with arms folded for customers. And waits. There's plenty of people milling about at lunchtime on Dudley's main square, overlooked from high on a hill by the ruins of an 11th-century castle. But money is tight, un-employment is high and nobody is buying.

Published:Friday | April 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM

European airports sent thousands of planes into the sky yesterday after a week of unprecedented disruptions, with airlines piling on more flights and bigger planes to try to get as many people home as possible.

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 7:13 PM

The United States says there are currently no indicators that lead the US Coast Guard to believe Haitian migrants are taking to the sea in increased numbers.

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 7:11 PM

Armed men have reportedly stormed two hotels in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, abducting four guests and as many as three hotel employees.

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 12:48 PM

US President Barack Obama is today expected to push the case for more government regulation of big banks in a speech to financial leaders in New York.

Published:Thursday | April 22, 2010 | 9:32 AM

The US Coast Guard is searching the Gulf of Mexico for at least 11 oil workers who went missing after an explosion and fire on an off-shore drilling platform.

Published:Wednesday | April 21, 2010 | 6:40 PM

After almost a week of paralysis caused by ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, European skies are slowly re-opening to flights.

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