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January 31, 2010 1:32 PM
Leaders of the 53-nation African Union are beginning three days of talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Sunday. But the discussions are likely to be overshadowed by differences over which country should chair the organisation. Libya has chaired the AU for the past year. Under the system of ...
January 31, 2010 12:46 PM
Libya has signed a deal with Russia to buy weapons worth nearly two billion dollars. This was stated by the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after a meeting with the head of an ordnance factory in Moscow. He, however, did not specify the type of arms or military equipment involved in the deal. ...
January 31, 2010 12:01 PM
The authorities in Haiti have arrested ten Americans, they say were trying to take more than 30 children abroad without authorisation. A government spokesman said they did not have any documents proving the children were earthquake orphans or they have the right to move them.
January 31, 2010 11:58 AM
U.S doctors in Haiti have voiced concern about the suspension of evacuation flights to America for critically injured Haitian earthquake victims. A senior US medic told newsmen that scores of patients could die if they did not get treatment in the U.S soon. The US military stopped the flights to Flo...
January 31, 2010 11:57 AM
Taiwan is keen to pump investments into India, particularly in the Information Technology sector, and hopes the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement will be signed by the year-end to help in this regard. The East Asian nation, over which China lays its claim, also wants to contribute its expertise in...
January 31, 2010 11:39 AM
South African President Jacob Zuma was forced to defend his right to have three wives after he was put on the spot during an interview at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Polygamy is legal in South Africa but remains a subject of contentious national debate. Zuma has married five times in to...
January 31, 2010 11:10 AM
For the first time, an India-born businessman has been nominated to the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. 73-year-old Vim Kochhar is expected to take the oath of office next week. Kochhar is among five outstanding Canadians who have been nominated to the Senate by Harper, whose Conse...
January 31, 2010 10:10 AM
As the international rights group accused the Sri Lankan authorities of harassment of media, the Sri Lankan police sealed off the premises belonging to the 'Lanka' newspaper a day after it took its editor into custody. Police Spokesman I M Karunaratne said that a court order has been obtained prior ...
January 31, 2010 10:09 AM
In U.K, talks aimed at resolving the impasse over devolution in Northern Ireland have made considerable progress. But Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward said there was still work to be done. The DUP's Edwin Poots said there had been considerable advancement while Sinn Fein's Conor M...
January 31, 2010 10:09 AM
U.S doctors in Haiti have voiced concern about the suspension of evacuation flights to America for critically injured Haitian earthquake victims. A senior US medic told newsmen that scores of patients could die if they did not get treatment in the U.S soon. The US military stopped the flights to Flo...
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