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- John McCain got a big boost to his presidential run --receiving a key endorsement from... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- India's tech industry suffers as its bandwidth is cut in half following an accident in the... 1/2008 AP |
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- One al-Qaida's top commanders in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi was killed in Afghanistan, a Web... 1/2008 AP |
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- A Kenyan police officer has shot dead an opposition MP - the second killed in a week -... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- North Korea welcomed Sung Kim, director of the US State Department's Office of Korean Affairs, to... 1/2008 AP |
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- An explosion at an Istanbul factory has killed more than a dozen people and injured scores... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- China's quality watchdog is investigating how dumplings made in China were contaminated with... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- US space agency NASA unveils new photographic images of Mercury and declares: "it was not the... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Hundreds of thousands stranded passengers rush to board first available trains in China. 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Suicide car bomber targets an Afghan army bus in Kabul, killing one and injuring many. 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Canadian researchers say they've developed a world first - a brain implant that improves memory. 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Some 100,000 of Estonia's 1.3 million residents have been hit by property restitution laws, among the most controversial reforms enacted since the Baltic state regained independence in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The law aims to restore houses to their pre-Second World War owners who had them confiscated by the occupying Soviets from 1940. But the current residents say not enough is being done to compensate them. There are some 3,600 holdouts and 42 of them are taking their cases to the European Court of Human Rights. |
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- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity has gone into virtual freefall in the past month, with new polls this week showing approval rating down another handful of points across the board. On the street, people are echoing what pollsters have also highlighted a discomfort with the splash-out style and high-profile celebrity romance of the man now known to many here as the "bling-bling president". |
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- In Rio de Janeiro, the city's samba schools are at fever pitch as they gear up for the annual Carnival extravaganza, the world's most famous street festival. An AFPTV report. |
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- Some 200,000 trees, endangered by one tiny insect. Egypt's date palms, the source of its famed dates, are facing an infestation of parasites too small to be seen by the human eye, but deadly to the trees. |
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- John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani quit their pursuit of the presidency 1/2008 Reuters |
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- The Federal Reserve surprised few with a half-percentage point rate cut, but Wall Street and... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Fans get into the game this year, thanks to a wave of Superbowl ads aimed at getting viewers... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas says Hamas must "reverse its coup" in Gaza after meeting... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Several Ugandan construction workers have been killed and 30 others are feared trapped in the... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- They're pleading for a stop to the unprecedented horror gripping their country as diplomatic... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- The season's first major storm caused flooding and transport chaos in Gaza, the West Bank... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Venezuelan police captured the robbers as they made their get away in an ambulance after a... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Gandhi's great-grandchildren immersed his remaining ashes in the Arabian sea in a solemn... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Nearly half a million passengers homeward-bound for the Lunar New Year are stranded at a... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- An illegal kidney transplant racket uncovered in an upscale New Delhi suburb has shocked India... 1/2008 AP |
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- A top US Envoy says Kenya's president and opposition leaders are not doing enough to curb... 1/2008 AP |
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- Former senator John Edwards has dropped out of the Democratic White House race, transforming it into a straight fight between bitter rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. On the Republican side, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani is also expected to quit in favor of endorsing long-time pal John McCain after failing to make an impact, even in the hard fought primary in Florida. |
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- The security barrier that runs between Israeli-controlled lands and the West Bank is now 450 kilometers long and growing. Israel says the barrier is needed to prevent attacks on the country and Jewish settlements. But the Palestinians denounce it as an "apartheid wall" aimed at grabbing their land and undermining the viability of their promised state. One family's home straddles the dividing line, and is surrounded by Israeli barriers on all sides leaving them bound in a no-man's land. |
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- A bus crash outside Mexico City killed at least 10 people. 1/2008 AP |
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- China's sabre fencing team arrives in Europe this week for Olympic qualificiation trials. Fencing is not a famous sport in China, but is still one of the nation's best chances for Olympic Gold. The Chinese fencing squad consists of the current world women's sabre number one, Tan Xue, and is coached by Frenchman Christian Bauer. |
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- The French government has vowed to defend the crisis-hit bank, Societe Generale, from any hostile takeover. But analysts warn the state has limited power to protect the troubled giant from market predators after a loss of 4.82 billion euros in a trading scandal. Bank chief Daniel Bouton has shaken off rumours of his ouster; the bank's board of directors "unanimously reaffirmed its confidence" in him during a crisis meeting on Wednesday. |
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- China's premier visits hundreds of thousands of stranded travelers with good news, some trains are... 1/2008 AP |
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- REFILING WITH MORE DETAILS OF FINANCING OF PROJECT. PLEASE USE THIS VERSION.The renovation of the Singerie a room with monkey paintings in France's Chateau de Chantilly is complete, and the room has re-opened. It?s part of a twenty year project, paid for in part by a foundation set up by the Aga Khan. |
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- Legendary Lebanese singer Fairouz has gone on stage for the first time in 20 years, performing in Damascus. But the diva's gig has stirred controversy at home, where her fans don't understand why she would sing for Syrians, whom many Lebanese consider their enemies. |
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- The end of the war in 1990 brought a fragile peace to Lebanon, but also social ills the country had not encountered before. Child labour is one of them. Now more than 10 percent of children, some as young as 10, work to feed themselves and their families. It's a poor record for one of the most developed countries in the Middle East. An AFPTV report following Mahmoud and his family in the northern city of Tripoli. |
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- Africa's white rhinos were driven to the brink of extinction in the early 20th century as poachers hunted the animal for its horn. A breeding programme launched in Botswana just over 10 years ago has been successful in bringing the white rhino back to Botswana's bush and it gives hope that black rhinos, which are still seriously endangered, may also survive. An AFPTV report. |
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- Gunmen who held more than 30 hostages inside a Venezuelan bank for over 24 hours were caught... 1/2008 AP |
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- Standoff ends in Venezuela as robbers speed away from police with a handful of hostages; the... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Violence in Kenya brings new problems as thousands flee from their homes to live on hand outs. 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Thousands of Mauritanians prepare to leave Senegal and return home after being forced out of... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Former UN chief Kofi Annan has launched mediation efforts to end the crisis in Kenya, where... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Armed robbers are holding around 25 hostages at a bank in central Venezuela in a standoff... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been cleared of racial abuse after charges against him... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- A gunman has walked into a Manila court and shot dead an ex-mayor on trial for murder. 1/2008 Reuters |
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- Gunmen have shot dead a Kenyan opposition politician at his home sparking more killings. 1/2008 Reuters |
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- At least 49 people have died as snow and ice sweep across much of China, affecting the annual... 1/2008 Reuters |
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- In his final State of the Union speech, US President George W. 1/2008 Reuters |
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- After a lengthy hostage situation, gunmen holding hostages at a Venezuelan bank flee. 1/2008 AP |
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