Brazil's Rousseff calls for 'culture of cycling'
2011-05-31 11:32:41
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday demanded local governments build more bicycle lanes in the country.
Gadhafi ready for truce, rejected by rebels
2011-05-31 11:09:36
Moammar Gadhafi is ready for a truce to stop the fighting in his country, visiting South African president said Monday after meeting the Libyan ruler.
S Korean base in Afghanistan hit by rocket attack
2011-05-31 11:08:53
A base for South Korean reconstruction workers in Afghanistan came under what appears to be yet another rocket attack, local reports said Tuesday.
Zuma says Gadhafi ready to implement AU roadmap
2011-05-31 09:52:56
Visiting South African President Jacob Zuma said on Monday that Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is ready to carry out an African Union (AU) roadmap for solving the crisis in the North African country.
Zuma says Gadhafi refuses to leave Libya
2011-05-31 21:23:57
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is not prepared to leave Libya but will press efforts to find a political solution to the country's conflict, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
At least 63 die in Yeman protests; 800 injured
2011-05-31 09:44:38
The death toll of clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces overnight Monday in Yemen's southern province of Taiz rose to at least 63, doctors told Xinhua.
Lagarde in Brazil to promote IMF candidacy
2011-05-31 09:37:16
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde met with her Brazilian counterpart Monday to promote her candidacy to head the International Monetary Fund and said she backed the institution's reforms giving developing nations more of a voice in its operations.
DPRK threatens to close hotline with ROK
2011-05-31 08:59:07
Pyongyang threatened Monday to cut off a military communication channel with Seoul and to stop talking with its southern rival, an apparent reversal of its recent push for dialogue.
Yemen warplanes bomb Islamists who seized town
2011-05-31 07:55:18
Yemeni forces opened fire on a protest camp and killed more than 20 demonstrators Monday in the southern city of Taiz while government warplanes launched airstrikes on another southern town seized by radical Islamists.
Combative Blatter denies FIFA in crisis
2011-05-31 06:54:28
FIFA president Sepp Blatter, facing a deepening corruption scandal including accusations that Qatar bought the right to stage the 2022 World Cup, denied there was a crisis and described the problems as local difficulties on Monday.
Zuma says Gadhafi ready to implement AU roadmap
2011-05-31 09:52:56
Visiting South African President Jacob Zuma said on Monday that Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is ready to carry out an African Union (AU) roadmap for solving the crisis in the North African country.
Russia,NATO far from joint missile shield
2011-05-30 09:26:09
There is little hope that Russia and NATO will agree on building a joint missile shield.