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Published:Thursday | October 15, 2009 | 12:37 PM

Officials from Taiwan say not all its Caribbean allies have endorsed a signature drive for its bids to participate in two United Nations specialized agencies.

Published:Thursday | October 15, 2009 | 12:36 PM

A Ugandan MP has proposed creating an offence of \"aggravated homosexuality\" to be punishable by death.

Published:Thursday | October 15, 2009 | 9:10 AM

There is more confusion in Honduras over whether an agreement has been reached to solve the political crisis in that country.

Published:Thursday | October 15, 2009 | 9:08 AM

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has reportedly ordered the obligatory acquisition of a Hilton-run hotel on the resort island of Margarita.

Published:Wednesday | October 14, 2009 | 5:50 PM

British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, says the UK will send 500 more army personnel to Afghanistan, but only if key conditions are met.

Published:Wednesday | October 14, 2009 | 12:25 PM

Nigeria has lifted a law, which forced hospitals to withhold emergency treatment from victims of gun attacks until a police report has been filed.

Published:Wednesday | October 14, 2009 | 12:24 PM

The British travel Association (ABTA) wants the UK government to rethink its decision to increase its Air Passenger Duty from November 1.

Published:Wednesday | October 14, 2009 | 9:21 AM

A Senate committee has approved a bill to reform US healthcare, a key step in President Barack Obama\'s attempt to overhaul the system.

Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2009 | 5:52 PM

Two former managers at investment bank Bear Stearns are to face a court in New York to answer to fraud charges.

Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2009 | 4:16 PM

A four-day international conference on the role of the media in agricultural and rural development in the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries began in Brussels, Belgium today with a call for a change of attitude towards the sector.

Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2009 | 4:12 PM

A fourth person has been charged in court over an alleged multi-million-dollar drug importation scheme involving foreign nationals.

Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2009 | 4:09 PM

An independent audit of all Member of Parliaments\' expenses claims since 2004 found that Prime Minister Gordon Brown should repay £12,415, according to a report on www.bbc.com.

Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2009 | 1:02 PM

A federal judge in Miami is weighing whether to approve a reduced 20-year prison sentence for a convicted Cuban spy.

Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2009 | 1:01 PM

The US senate is to vote today on President Barack Obama\'s attempt to overhaul the country’s healthcare system.

Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2009 | 9:00 AM

A leading United Kingdom hospital has defended its practice of using organs donated by smokers after the death of a soldier who received the cancerous lungs of a heavy smoker.

Published:Tuesday | October 13, 2009 | 8:56 AM

American, Elinor Ostrom has become the first woman to win the Nobel prize for economics since it began in 1968.

Published:Monday | October 12, 2009 | 6:00 PM

British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has been ordered to repay more than 12,000 pounds following an independent audit of all Members of Parliament expenses claims since 2004.

Published:Monday | October 12, 2009 | 5:59 PM

The US says it has finally arrested a suspect hijacker who reportedly took part in the hijacking of a plane from New York to Cuba more than 40 years ago.

Published:Monday | October 12, 2009 | 1:00 PM

At least 41 people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in Pakistan\'s Swat Valley.

Published:Monday | October 12, 2009 | 1:00 PM

Former British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has been told to apologize in the House of Commons for breaching expenses rules.

Published:Monday | October 12, 2009 | 9:46 AM

An Iran news agency is reporting that three Iranians have been tentatively sentenced to death in connection with post-election protest activities.

Published:Friday | October 9, 2009 | 5:19 PM

At least 49 people have been killed in a bombing in a crowded area of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.

Published:Friday | October 9, 2009 | 5:19 PM

The Taliban is criticising the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US president Barack Obama.

Published:Friday | October 9, 2009 | 12:58 PM

At least 160 people have been killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain in the northern Philippines.

Published:Friday | October 9, 2009 | 12:58 PM

The Taliban is criticising the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to US president Barack Obama.

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