Mubarak suffers heart attack in questioning
2011-04-13 10:03:58
Hosni Mubarak was in hospital after suffering heart problems under questioning.
Gbagbo is under house arrest
2011-04-13 09:28:27
Former President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire has been put under house arrest.
Australian women destined for frontline military combat positions
2011-04-13 07:56:15
Australian women could soon be given the right to fight and die for their country by serving in frontline combat positions.
Libyan rebel leaders reject AU's peace plan
2011-04-13 07:56:15
Libyan rebels rejected a cease-fire proposal by African mediators because it did not insist that Muammar Gadhafi relinquish power.
Koussa speaks
2011-04-13 07:56:15
The highest profile insider to break with Muammar Gadhafi's regime since Libya's conflict began warned that the country risked becoming engulfed in civil war like Somalia.
Rival arrested, Ouattara calls for peace
2011-04-13 07:56:15
Cote d'Ivoire's internationally recognized president, Alassane Ouattara called for peace after his rival was arrested with the help of French forces.
150 years on, Civil War still influences US
2011-04-13 07:04:23
The US on Tuesday marked the 150th anniversary of the start of its Civil War, a bloody conflict that historians say still deeply influences the country.
Japan crisis different from Chernobyl
2011-04-13 06:55:40
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday that Japan's crisis is quite different from the 1986 Chernobyl accident.
Mubarak hospitalized with heart problems
2011-04-13 06:51:32
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was abruptly hospitalized Tuesday for heart problems during an investigation over allegations of corruption and violence against protesters.
DPRK diplomat visits China
2011-04-12 16:31:24
A senior diplomat of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPDR) has visited China to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
Pakistani spy chief presses CIA for concessions
2011-04-12 15:44:40
The head of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence directorate met CIA Director Leon Panetta on Monday to discuss ISI demands for greater control over US spy operations on Pakistani soil.
Radiation leakage in Japan may exceed Chernobyl
2011-04-12 13:19:00
The Tokyo Electric Power Co concerned that radiation leakage at the plant could eventually exceed that of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe.