In a letter sent to the USOC CEO Jim Scherr, Rep. John Dingell, chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Rep. Bart Stupak, chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, both Michigan Democrats, have raised their
Violence engulfed for a few days during early April in different parts of Haiti over the rising food prices including rice, fruits and beans that have surged by more than 50 percent over the last 12 months in the region.
Bapco's acting public relations manager Mohammed Shehab told AHN Media on Saturday, "There are still flames coming out of the oil well. A special team from Wild Well Control in US has arrived to extinguish the fire. They are waiting
An Abuja high court yesterday refused bail to the former Health Minister, Prof Adenike Grange, Minister of State for Health, Dr Yakubu Aduku and ten others.
PARIS (AFP) - A prototype robot that can induce a general anaesthetic for operations has been developed in France using American equipment and tested on some 200 patients, the project team leader has announced.
PRAGUE (AFP) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Saturday called for greater cooperation between Czech and Brazilian investors during a visit to the Czech republic largely aimed to promote trade.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund, after a meeting Saturday dominated by the global financial crisis, called for a strong front to put the reeling world economy back on track.
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and would-be prime minister Raila Odinga agreed on a new coalition cabinet to be unveiled Sunday, Kenyan and diplomatic sources said, ending weeks of delay that threatened to explode into new violence.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Saturday defended labelling struggling working-class voters "bitter," insisting they have every reason to be frustrated.
DAR ES SALAAM (AFP) - The Olympic torch, symbol of this year's 2008 Games in Beijing, arrived in the Tanzanian capital under tight security on Saturday for a low-risk, albeit drastically curtailed on this solo African leg.
The summit reflected Mr. Mugabe's growing isolation, as well as cracks in the usually uniform solidarity shown toward him by the Southern African Development Community. Mr. Mugabe, who has been in power 28 years, is the region's longest-serving president.
Mr. Bernier arrived in Kabul on the same day as French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner for a series of joint meetings inside the warrens of blast walls and barbed wire that surround official buildings in the Afghan capital.
The officials say Mr. Kibaki and Mr. Odinga agreed on a coalition cabinet following seven hours of talks and will announce the new ministers Sunday afternoon.
The semi-official Fars news agency said the explosion in the city of Shiraz went off as a cleric was delivering his weekly speech against extremist Wahhabi beliefs and the outlawed Bahai faith.
Sexual offence is altogether a different kind of crime which normally is a result of a perverse mind. A rapist degrades and defiles the soul of a helpless female and the impact is much more when such an offence is
However, Bangladesh said Barua is "no longer staying" in its territory, implicitly admitting for the first time about his presence there. "We have given to BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) a list of 117 terrorist camps currently operating in Bangladesh," Director General
Shabir Ahmad Bhat, an ultra of the LeT, was shot dead in a gunbattle which took place in Pir Mohalla in Chakoora area of the district early today, a police spokesman said. Police also apprehended a militant of Al Badr
