Indonesia, US cooperate in food resilience
2011-04-06 13:16:17
The governments of Indonesia and the United States agreed to cooperate on food resilience.
SA sees boom in Zulu print media
2011-04-06 08:04:15
Five newspapers line a vendor's makeshift table built from cardboard and sticks but most customers go straight for Isolezwe.
Alaska naval drills threaten marine wildlife
2011-04-06 08:04:15
Environmental groups and fishermen are sounding the alarm over planned US Navy live-fire exercises they claim threaten marine wildlife.
32 dead in UN plane crash in DR Congo
2011-04-06 08:04:15
Thirty-two people died when a UN plane crashed as it tried to land in a storm in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital on Monday, a UN spokesman said.
Ozone layer faces record loss over Arctic
2011-04-06 09:45:25
The protective ozone layer in the Arctic that keeps out the sun's most damaging rays -- ultraviolet radiation, has thinned about 40 percent this winter.
Missile kills 2 people in eastern Sudan
2011-04-06 09:25:49
An unknown missile, which was fired from the Red Sea on Tuesday evening, destroyed a civil car and killed two people onboard in Port-Sudan city.
Armed men, police fire on Yemeni protesters
2011-04-05 18:34:14
Security forces and armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on protesters in the Yemeni city of Taiz, south of the capital, on Tuesday.
10 killed in N India road accident
2011-04-04 19:17:20
At least 10 people were killed and 15 others injured in a road mishap in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh Monday.
50 killed in Pakistan shrine blasts
2011-04-04 20:26:10
The death toll from twin deadly suicide attacks near a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province has risen to 50, doctors said Monday.
Early births link to traffic noise
2011-04-04 15:49:47
Women who live near freeways and highways are more likely to give birth prematurely, said an Australian new research released on Monday.
Yemenis clash with police, two killed
2011-04-04 08:40:02
At least one Yemeni protester was killed and up to 900 others wounded, including eight policemen, on Sunday in clashes with police forces and government supporters in the Yemeni southern provinces of Taiz.
Suez Canal disrupted as ship runs aground
2011-04-03 21:58:51
Traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal was disrupted after a 42,000-tonne container ship ran aground on Sunday due to engine failure, an official at the Suez Canal Authority said.