World News Ivory Coast announces new government Wed 24 Feb, 2010. Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro has announced a new government, including both main opposition parties, after 48 hours of crisis negotiations. Read more... Pope condemns Irish bishops over child sex abuse Wed 17 Feb, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI has upbraided Irish Roman Catholic bishops over their handling of child sex abuse scandals. Read more... Five Sydney terror attack plotters sentenced Mon 15 Feb, 2010. Five men convicted of a terrorist conspiracy in the Australian city of Sydney have been handed jail sentences of between 23 and 28 years. Read more... Haiti quake toll rises to 230,000 Wed 10 Feb, 2010. The number of people killed in the Haiti earthquake could be 230,000, the Haitian government says, revising its latest estimate up by 18,000. Read more... Rwanda genocide-row politician attacked Fri 05 Feb, 2010. A Rwandan politician who stirred up controversy with comments on the genocide recently has been attacked by a group of men at a government office. Read more... Hilary Clinton rejects US-Iran prisoner swap proposal Thu 04 Feb, 2010. The US has rejected Iran's suggestion of a prisoner swap for several Iranians jailed in the US for the three American hikers currently being held in Iran. Read more... Haiti girl rescued after 15 days Thu 28 Jan, 2010. A teenage girl has been pulled out of the rubble in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, a full 15 days after the earthquake struck, rescuers say Read more... Haiti's president appeals for more tents Wed 27 Jan, 2010. Haitian President Rene Preval has made an urgent appeal for more tents to house up to a million people left homeless by the quake two weeks ago. Read more... China economy sees strong growth Thu 21 Jan, 2010. China has said its economy expanded by 8.7% in 2009, exceeding even the government's own initial expectations. Read more... Ghana civil servants face TV ban Thu 14 Jan, 2010. Ghana's president has risked a backlash by banning civil servants from watching TV at work - just as the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament begins. Read more... Chile apologises over treatment of indigenous people Wed 13 Jan, 2010. Chile's president has apologised to the descendants of a group of indigenous people who were shipped to Europe in the late 19th Century and exhibited. Read more... Spanish supermarkets get cocaine delivery in banana boxes Fri 08 Jan, 2010. Drug smugglers appear to have made a major slip-up, after huge quantities of cocaine were delivered to supermarkets in Spain hidden in boxes of bananas. Read more... US charges Nigerian suspect over plane bomb plot Thu 07 Jan, 2010. A US grand jury has indicted Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on six counts over an alleged plot to bomb a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day. Read more... Papers reveal Britain's anxiety over Iranian Shah Wed 30 Dec, 2009. Britain despatched an undercover diplomat on a covert mission to the Bahamas to convince the deposed Shah of Iran not to seek to settle in the UK. Read more... Iran's parliament speaker calls for 'harshest punishment' Tue 29 Dec, 2009. (CNN) -- Iran's influential parliament speaker Ali Larijani said Tuesday that authorities should mete out "the harshest punishment" to protesters who disrupted Ashura observances. Read more...   [First Page] [Prev] Showing page 1 of 352 pages [Next] [Last Page]