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Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP): At Nelson Mandela's memorial, the crowd applauded dignitaries and even cheered the last apartheid-era president. But spectators booed South African leader Jacob Zuma, embarrassing him on an international stage ...

Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP):Snow and bitter cold snarled traffic and prompted another 1,650 American flight cancellations on Monday, and tens of thousands of people were still without power after January-like weather barged in a month early....

Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CENTURION (AP): The comparisons are perhaps inevitable. President Barack Obama and former South African leader Nelson Mandela each served as their nation's first black president...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2013 | 9:32 AM

Obama greeted Castro on the way to the podium, underscoring a recent warming of relations between Cuba and the U.S.

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2013 | 8:01 AM

South Africans joined by world leaders honoured Nelson Mandela today at a Soweto soccer stadium that was two-thirds full amid cold, driving rain.

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BRIDGETOWN (CMC):Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders departed the region yesterday for South Africa to attend the funeral of the country's first black president and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP): Workers busily constructed a stage yesterday at the Soweto soccer stadium where world leaders will eulogise Nelson Mandela before tens of thousands of mourners as police promised tight...

Published:Tuesday | December 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Obama off to memorial service - WASHINGTON (AP):President Barack Obama has taken off for South Africa to attend a national memorial service for anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.

Published:Monday | December 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

Afghanistan slow to enforce law on women - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP):The United Nations (UN) complained yesterday that Afghan authorities have been slow in enforcing a law protecting women against forced marriages, domestic violence...

Published:Monday | December 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP):South Africans of all races flocked to houses of worship yesterday for a national day of prayer and reflection to honour Nelson Mandela as a large contingent of foreign dignitaries, including royalty, begin arriving in the country ...

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2013 | 10:09 AM

At the Regina Mundi Church that was near the epicenter of the Soweto township uprising in 1976 against white rule, Father Sebastian J. Rossouw described Mandela as "moonlight".

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):The Metro-North Railroad has until Tuesday to identify places in its system with major speed changes under an order from federal transportation officials requiring an extra worker in the driver's cab on routes like the one where a speeding...

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

QUITO, Ecuador (AP):Investigative journalist Juan Carlos Calderon received multiple death threats after launching something rare in the claustrophobic media climate of today's Ecuador, a digital magazine exposing high-level corruption.

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CARACAS, (AP):As Governor Henrique Capriles campaigned for president of Venezuela last April, he couldn't venture more than a few steps without being hounded by dozens of sharp-elbowed cameramen and photographers.

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

CAIRO (AP):Egyptian authorities yesterday released two dozen Islamist women and girls convicted for staging a street protest after an appeals court reduced their harsh penalties, including prison terms of 11 years, to suspended sentences.

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

BANGUI (AP):France unexpectedly raised its troop deployment in Central African Republic by hundreds of soldiers yesterday, as Christians fearing reprisal attacks sought refuge from Muslim former rebels who...

Published:Sunday | December 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP:South Africa expects overwhelming crowds and a host of world leaders to attend services honouring late President Nelson Mandela, though with the ceremonies only days away officials acknowledged yesterday they couldn't offer any...

Published:Saturday | December 7, 2013 | 12:29 PM

Government ministers from 159 countries who are now attending a meeting of the World Trade Organisation, in Indonesia have reached a deal that is being hailed as a major boost for global trade.

Published:Saturday | December 7, 2013 | 9:35 AM

In South Africa, vigils are continuing as thousands mourn the death of the former leader, Nelson Mandela.

Published:Saturday | December 7, 2013 | 9:15 AM

Numerous flights have been delayed across the United Kingdom and in the Irish Republic because of a fault at an air traffic control centre.

Published:Friday | December 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP):The UN's economic body for Latin America and the Caribbean says the region's poverty is now easing at a slower pace. UN economists based in Santiago...

Published:Friday | December 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

ATHENS (AP):Greek police have raided the homes of three lawmakers from the extreme right-wing Golden Dawn party, days before they are to appear in court on charges of participating in a criminal organisation.The party said on its website that police...

Published:Friday | December 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

LONDON (AP):Hurricane-force gusts hit Scotland yesterday, causing a fatal truck accident, halting all trains and leaving tens of thousands of homes without electricity.

Published:Friday | December 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MICHIGAN, United States (AP):Twenty-five Michigan residents who entered the state capitol as citizens of 18 countries on Wednesday left as Americans.Governor Rick Snyder was co-host for what his office said was the first naturalisation ceremony held at...

Published:Friday | December 6, 2013 | 12:00 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP): Pope Francis is assembling a panel of experts to advise him on sex abuse in the clergy, a task that will involve looking at how to protect children from paedophiles, how to better screen men for the priesthood, and how to help victims who have already been harmed....

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