Nigeria: Life and death in a city fearful of Islamist gunmen
In the final part of his series, David Smith reports from Maiduguri on the dangerous rise of the radical Muslim sect Boko...
Sudan Vote Trend Points at Split
Observers say ballot counting has so far been free and fair in south Sudan's independence referendum.
If the vote counting process stays on track, southern...
Sudan - Africa's biggest country - seems to be on the verge of splitting in two. Southerners will vote on Sunday whether or not to leave the north. They are widely expected to vote for...
By WILLIAM J. BROAD, JOHN MARKOFF and DAVID E. SANGER
Published: January 15, 2011
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran toured the Natanz plant in 2008...
Lanky and soft-spoken, Rwanda's President Paul Kagame portrays himself as a modern-day politician who sees social media as championing democracy and development. With a website that boasts...
TUNISIA: Cables From U.S. Diplomats Portray Ambivalence
By SCOTT SHANE The New York Times- January 15, 2011
Cables from American diplomats in Tunisia portray a deepening ambivalence toward...
Elephant at Tennessee zoo crushes trainer to death
8,000-pound animal backed 33-year-old woman into a wall, zoo says
NASHVILLE, Tenn. An 8,000-pound elephant at a...
15th Jan, 2011
Nelson Mandela is the lastest victim of the new death hoax rage.After Charlie Sheen, Aretha Franklin and many celebs now its Nelson Mandelas turn.
Some sick individuals seem to...
Je Wajua Nchi Inayoongoza Duniani kwa Rushwa 2010?
Nchi inayoongoza duniani kwa kula rushwa 2010 ni nchi ya Somalia, Africa ikifuatiwa kwa karibu na nchi za Myanmar, Afganistan na Iraq...
RANDY Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is being probed over claims he paid a 17-year-old girl nicknamed Ruby Heartstealer for sex.
Berlusconi, 74, has been formally placed under investigation and...
Brazilians are fearing further catastrophic landslides, after walls of muddy water tore through towns and claimed nearly 550 lives in the country's worst-ever flood disaster.
Call for Fox News to drop Glenn Beck
Ten thousand sign petition for rightwing talkshow host to be removed amid accusations that he has whipped up hatred in the wake of the Arizona shooting
Ed...