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Published:Monday | March 16, 2009 | 12:56 PM

The Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has confirmed reports that Russia will be using an airfield off his country\'s Caribbean coast for its strategic long-range bombers.

Published:Monday | March 16, 2009 | 10:27 AM

Heavy rain has flooded sections of either side of the Angola-Nambia border, forcing thousands to leave their homes.

Published:Saturday | March 14, 2009 | 11:11 AM

Wall Street rallied at the end of a choppy session yesterday as investors pushed the stock market\'s gains to four days in a row - its best stretch since late November.

Published:Friday | March 13, 2009 | 6:44 PM

Venezuela\'s National Assembly voted to switch control of the country\'s highways, ports and airports from the state to the federal level.

Published:Friday | March 13, 2009 | 6:43 PM

The European Union (EU) urged Latin American nations to agree to a banana deal and end the world\'s longest-running trade row.

Published:Friday | March 13, 2009 | 3:58 PM

Switzerland, the world\'s largest offshore financial centre, has agreed to accept concessions on bank secrecy.

Published:Friday | March 13, 2009 | 3:57 PM

Investigators in the US have now turned their attention to other persons believed to be involved in financier Bernard Madoff’s US$50B fraud scheme.

Published:Friday | March 13, 2009 | 10:17 AM

The United States is considering using its National Guard to prevent drug related violence in Mexico from spilling over into its border.

Published:Friday | March 13, 2009 | 10:15 AM

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook Panama late yesterday afternoon.

Published:Thursday | March 12, 2009 | 7:07 PM

One person was rescued but 17 remain missing in icy waters after a helicopter crashed off Canada\'s easternmost province of Newfoundland.

Published:Thursday | March 12, 2009 | 7:07 PM

The Bolivian president, Evo Morales, has called for the lifting of the ban on the coca leaf, the raw material used for making cocaine and crack.

Published:Thursday | March 12, 2009 | 1:53 PM

US investment banker Bernard Madoff has been ordered to jail after pleading guilty to a massive financial fraud scheme.

Published:Thursday | March 12, 2009 | 1:52 PM

The Iraqi journalist accused of throwing his shoes at former US President George W Bush has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Published:Thursday | March 12, 2009 | 9:48 AM

An avalanche in northeast Turkey has killed 10 climbers.

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2009 | 6:58 PM

Investigators in southern Alabama are trying to determine what caused a man to open fire on family members and several other people yesterday afternoon.

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2009 | 2:02 PM

A gunman has killed 9 people across two southern Alabama counties in the United States.

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2009 | 2:01 PM

A gunman has killed 9 people across two southern Alabama counties in the United States.

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2009 | 1:59 PM

At least 16 people have been killed in a shooting incident at a school in south-west Germany.

Published:Wednesday | March 11, 2009 | 9:47 AM

Embattled investment swindler Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty later this week to 11 counts of money laundering and fraud charges.

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2009 | 9:55 PM

Stocks in the US have enjoyed their best day in more than three months as banking giant Citigroup announced a profit for the first two months of 2009.

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2009 | 1:53 PM

The Houston, Texas office of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) says it is seeking to identify victims in its criminal fraud investigation of companies owned by Sir Allen Stanford.

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2009 | 1:52 PM

At least 33 people have died and 46 injured following a suicide bombing on the western edge of Baghdad.

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2009 | 9:49 AM

At least three senior Burundi officers are among 10 people feared dead after a plane flying to Somalia crashed in Uganda\'s Lake Victoria, yesterday.

Published:Tuesday | March 10, 2009 | 9:49 AM

A man accused of shooting and killing a pastor in the US state of Illinois has been charged with murder.

Published:Monday | March 9, 2009 | 7:06 PM

The Barack Obama administration in the US signaled its intention to crackdown on lucrative tax havens, including some in the Caribbean.

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