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Published:Monday | August 31, 2009 | 6:15 PM

Two Zambian journalists have been charged with contempt of court after publishing an article in support of their news editor who is on trial.

Published:Monday | August 31, 2009 | 1:12 PM

The intense wildfires in California have claimed the lives of two firefighters.

Published:Monday | August 31, 2009 | 1:11 PM

United Nations member states are gathering in Geneva for a five-day conference on climate change.

Published:Monday | August 31, 2009 | 1:10 PM

Canada has announced the signing of a new tax information-sharing agreement with the Netherlands, which covers the Dutch Antilles.

Published:Monday | August 31, 2009 | 1:09 PM

New York\'s Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo says his office is filing lawsuits against three companies for selling services to Caribbean and other immigrants that they were not authorised to provide, according to a report on www.gleanerextra.com.

Published:Monday | August 31, 2009 | 12:52 PM

A high court judge could face the sack after the Lord Chief Justice ordered an investigation into his attack on Britain\'s immigration system, according to a report on www.voice-online.co.uk.

Published:Monday | August 31, 2009 | 9:29 AM

Japanese Prime Minister, Taro Arso, has announced his resignation as head of the party that has governed Japan for decades.

Published:Friday | August 28, 2009 | 6:05 PM

Technology company Apple said a number of iPhones that reportedly exploded in France were not due to the battery overheating as had been suggested.

Published:Friday | August 28, 2009 | 1:04 PM

Discussions have begun over how to replace Edward Ted Kennedy in the US Senate following his death on Tuesday.

Published:Friday | August 28, 2009 | 1:04 PM

New claims have emerged that an associate of the Texan financier, Allen Stanford, has pleaded guilty to involvement in a multi-billion dollar fraud.

Published:Friday | August 28, 2009 | 9:08 AM

At least 21 people have been killed and 27 wounded following a suicide bombing in Pakistan, near its border with Afghanistan.

Published:Thursday | August 27, 2009 | 5:25 PM

Jailed Texan financier Sir Allen Stanford has been taken to a hospital in Houston in the United States.

Published:Thursday | August 27, 2009 | 5:24 PM

China is trying to move away from the use of executed prisoners as the major source of organs for transplants.

Published:Thursday | August 27, 2009 | 4:04 PM

Facebook has agreed to make worldwide changes to its privacy policy as a result of negotiations with Canada\'s privacy commissioner, according to a report on www.bbc.co.uk.

Published:Thursday | August 27, 2009 | 4:04 PM

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) says it will use phone tapping and surveillance to uncover British companies involved in corruption abroad, according to a report on www.bbc.co.uk.

Published:Thursday | August 27, 2009 | 1:06 PM

The former chief financial officer of billionaire Sir Allen Stanford\'s empire has pleaded guilty to charges relating to his boss\'s alleged US$7,000,000,000 fraud.

Published:Thursday | August 27, 2009 | 1:05 PM

One of the youngest detainees held at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is to sue the United States for compensation.

Published:Thursday | August 27, 2009 | 9:37 AM

The Honduran interim government says it will be going ahead with plans hold presidential elections, even if results are not recognised by other countries.

Published:Wednesday | August 26, 2009 | 6:20 PM

The US President Barack Obama today led tributes to Senator Edward Kennedy, who died last night from brain cancer at the age of 77.

Published:Wednesday | August 26, 2009 | 12:55 PM

The Supreme Court in Argentina has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish people for using marijuana for personal consumption.

Published:Wednesday | August 26, 2009 | 8:55 AM

Massachusetts Senator, Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died late last night at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer.

Published:Wednesday | August 26, 2009 | 8:54 AM

A federal report has indicated that employees at four New York juvenile residential centers abused wards that were in their care.

Published:Tuesday | August 25, 2009 | 6:03 PM

A new report on cancer has revealed that developing countries account for 5 per cent of the world\'s expenditure on the disease treatment despite having almost half of new cases worldwide.

Published:Tuesday | August 25, 2009 | 6:01 PM

Colombia said it plans to file a formal complaint against Venezuela with the Organisation of American States (OAS) over allegations that its president, Hugo Chavez, is meddling in its internal affairs.

Published:Tuesday | August 25, 2009 | 2:14 PM

A mass burial is to be held in Tanzania for 12 schoolgirls who died in a fire in their dormitory on Saturday.

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