Britain’s Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has blamed a private contractor for losing the details of thousands of criminals, held on a computer memory stick.
A message believed to be from al-Qaida\'s North African wing has claimed responsibility for the bombs that killed about 60 people in Algeria this week.
Nato foreign ministers are gathering in Brussels for an emergency summit to discuss how the alliance should respond to Russia\'s military action in Georgia.
Zimbabwe\'s ruling party and opposition have reportedly failed to reach a power-sharing agreement at a summit of Southern African leaders in Johannesburg.
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon is calling for the Zimbabwean government to lift restrictions on aid deliveries in a bid to stop a catastrophic humanitarian crisis.
