Archive for December 2012
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Six more countries have been added to the list of nations that have eliminated "the scourge of landmines", organisers of a conference on the deadly weapons said Friday. Congo, Denmark, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Jordan and Uganda
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A nurse at the hospital which treated Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine was found dead on Friday, days after being duped by a hoax call from an Australian radio station. The private King Edward VII
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday condemned a wave of street violence during a trip in Northern Ireland, saying it showed the peace process she has long supported in the British province was
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Sri Lanka's opposition walked out of parliament on Friday protesting what it called unfair impeachment proceedings against the country's chief justice and its party members left the select committee which is carrying out the investigation.
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Hundreds of thousands of survivors of a deadly Philippine typhoon crammed into shelters Friday, braving the stench of corpses as the government vowed action to prevent storm disasters. Typhoon Bopha whipped the south on Tuesday,
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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday vowed to overhaul business laws to require 100 percent black ownership of firms, up from 51 percent. In a pre-election address to the ZANU-PF party faithful, Mugabe said the
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Italian police on Friday raided the Milan offices of US social media giant Facebook over possible violations of tax laws, Italian media reported. Facebook Italia is based in Milan and is associated with Facebook Inc
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The upper house of India's parliament voted Friday to allow foreign direct investment in the supermarket sector. The government announced back in September it would permit global firms to buy up to a 51-per-cent stake
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that Nato and the United States were partially to blame for insecurity in his country and threatened to suspend negotiations on a future role for US forces. "Part of
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Rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared Damascus International Airport a battle zone on Friday, while Moscow and Washington both sounded downbeat about the prospects of a diplomatic push to end the conflict.
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