Bin Laden says France will pay for Afghan policy
2011-01-21 20:18:37
Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said in an audio recording on Friday that the release of French hostages held in Niger depended on France's soldiers leaving Muslim lands.
Castro urges to produce food instead of bio-fuels
2011-01-21 11:27:12
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro urged the international community on Thursday to increase the production of food instead of bio-fuels.
All Tunisian ministers quit ruling party: state TV
2011-01-20 17:36:01
All ministers in Tunisia's interim government have resigned from the ruling party of the ousted president, state TV reported, after demands the RCD party be stripped of power or dissolved.
Tunisia frees prisoners, unity govt row rumbles
2011-01-20 10:03:02
Tunisia said it freed the last political prisoners of its fallen strongman on Wednesday as the new caretaker leadership faced more calls for a fuller purge of the old guard from the fledgling national unity coalition.
Cote d'Ivoire's Gbagbo rejects Kenyan PM as mediator
2011-01-20 09:37:28
Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent Laurent Gbagbo has rejected Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga as mediator for the political crisis in the West African country, saying he was biased, media reports said on Wednesday.
Haiti police detains former President 'Baby Doc'
2011-01-19 10:24:21
Former Haitian President Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who returned from France to the country on Sunday, was detained on Tuesday, police said.
Israeli defense minister to set up new party
2011-01-18 15:06:47
Israel's Defense Minister and Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak announced Monday morning that he decided to quit his lifelong political connection with the Labor Party, to create a new faction, the "Independence Party."
Haiti's 'Baby Doc' in surprise return from exile
2011-01-18 11:23:57
Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, a once feared and reviled dictator who was ousted in a popular uprising nearly 25 years ago, has made a stunning return to Haiti, raising concerns he could complicate efforts to solve a political crisis, a cholera outbreak and the stalled reconstruction from last year's devastating earthquake.
Asia is 'most important region' for US interests
2011-01-17 09:53:31
As US President Barack Obama prepares to host his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao this week, his fellow Americans increasingly see Asia as the region of the world most important to US interests and want to build stronger Sino-US ties.
Tunisia plans unity government
2011-01-17 07:21:30
Tunisian politicians were holding talks on January 16 to try to form a unity government to help maintain a fragile calm two days after President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted by violent protests.
Carter says South Sudan vote orderly, without violence
2011-01-15 20:02:28
Former US President Jimmy Carter said Saturday that the voting process in south Sudan referendum, which entered its final day on Saturday, was very organized and with no violent incidents.
Lebanese gov't collapses after 11 ministers resigns
2011-01-13 16:02:41
Lebanese government on Wednesday collapsed after 11 ministers from the 30-seat cabinet declared resignation