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Rap star gets an early prison release
The American rapper Foxy Brown was released from jail according to BBC News after 8 months in custody. The artist was serving a one...
Thousands protest in Indonesia for a ban on Muslim sect
The Indonesian government is under pressure to ban a muslim sect known as the Ahmadiyya muslim community. The Indonesian constitution protects the freedom of...
The Olympic torch arrives in Malaysia
The Olympic torch continues its controverted world tour, landing in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning (Al Jazeera). As has been the case for the last...
Counterfeit Chinese made malaria medicines putting lives at risk
A time bomb has recently been unearthed in China. An international team coordinated by INTERPOL has discovered a huge trade in counterfeit malaria drugs:...
Why Obama must represent the democrats
Barack Obama goes into Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary as strong favourite, whatever happens, to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Yet the vote could still go...
James Bond’s car lands in lake Garda in Italy
James Bonds quarter million dollar aston martin car ended up in lake Garda in northern italy when it was being delivered to the film...
Danica Patrick becomes first woman to win IndyCar race
26 year old Danica Patrick driving for the Andretti Green Racing team finished first in the Indy Japan 300 race becoming the first female...
About 140 people taken ill from puffer fish poisoning
More than 140 mourners in Thailand are reported to have been taken seriously ill and hospitalised after eating soup suspected to have contained fish...
Trading at Nigeria stock exchange records downturn
Trading experienced a downturn at the close of transactions at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) this past week, with a turnover of 3.94 billion...
McCain’s honesty questioned
John McCain on Friday faced accusations of hypocrisy for failing to disclose his wife’s tax records, despite his promise to bring greater transparency and...
Mbeki a longtime Mugabe ally …
South African President Thabo Mbeki has been lampooned and condemned across the world for saying there is "no crisis" in Zimbabwe on his brief...
Education report indicates aid at standstill
In spite of promises to support basic education, aid commitments are stagnating and remain far short of what is required to achieve universal primary...
Obama gets three key endorsments
Robert Reich, a former Clinton cabinet member and labour secretary formally endorsed Barack Obama, saying that "my conscience won't let me be silent...
Institute moots new agricultural project to meet people’s needs
A project aimed at making agricultural research better serve the people's needs and make them have their say about the future of food in...
Obama stands to gain from Howard Dean call
Barack Obama will on Saturday embark on a whistle-stop train tour of Pennsylvania three days before the state holds a critical Democratic primary in...
Jimmy Carter disregards US warning and meets with Hamas
Former American President Jimmy Carter went against both governments of Israel and the US when he met with senior Hamas leaders Thursday after the...
Russia cancels Libya’s debts in exchange of contracts
According to BBC Russia agreed to cancel Libyas four and a half billion dollar debt it had accumulated by buying weapons during the cold...
French president and politicians pay tribute to Aimé Césaire
French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday affirmed "the whole France was in grief" over the death in Fort-de-France (Martinique), of Martinique's writer and politician Aimé...
Zimbabwe : Old Mugabe forgets elections as he condemns Britain
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, speaking in public for the first time since last month's disputed election, Friday sharply castigated former colonial master Britain for...
Ghana : Shocking official’s resignation could lead to breakaway party
A sudden resignation from Mr. Kyeremanteng from Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) comes at a very crucial stage in the country’s election campaign....
Britney Spears owes over $350 000 to lawyers
According to BBC News the American singer was ordered by a Los Angeles court to pay 372 000 dollars to her lawyer. This decision...
Al Qaeda N°2: Iraq to become a “fortress of Islam”
For the fifth anniversary of the US invasion in Iraq, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al Qaedas N°2 made public an audio tape claiming that the US...
Blackmen around the world victims of HIV spread
"Although treatment with antiretroviral agents has proven a very effective way to improve the health and survival of infected individuals, as we discuss here,...
Obama charm seduces top McCain adviser
A top adviser to Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has ruled himself out from internal strategic discussions about rival Barack Obama and said he...
Governor steals millions of dollars to buy personal oil blocks
A former Nigerian state governor used 36 billion naira of his state's funds to pay for the oil blocks allocated to him by the...
South Korea lifts US beef ban
According to BBC News, South Korea should lift the import ban on US meat in place since the world wide mad cow disease that...
Obama – Clinton Pennsylvania debate
ABC coverage of the debate hosted by George Stephanopolous and Charles Gibson that took place in Philadelphia between Obama and Clinton. The debate was...
Darwin’s original papers on his theory of evolution available online
According to The Guardian over 90,000 pages of Darwins original notes are now available online. The Darwin Online project where they have been published...
Over 60 Iraqi mourners killed in suicide attack
According to Al Jazeera at least 60 people will killed in a suicide attack earlier today. The attack took place in the village of...
Olympic Torch : About 170 arrested in New Delhi
After Pakistan, this afternoon the Olympic Torch toured New Dehli and security was once again an issue. As in most of its last visits...