THE Anti-corruption Court will start trying high profile cases next month, the High Court registrar in charge of the court has said.

A 70-year-old man on Monday allegedly defiled his neighbour's two-year-old daughter in Mukono district.

DRAMA ensued at the Mityana magistrate's court when a suspected notorious conman was charged with seven counts of theft.

Chairman of the Inde- pendent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola has ordered immediate investigation into the N2.4 billion car scandal rocking the House of Representatives.

FORMER East African Community general secretary Amanya Mushega on Sunday night survived being beaten and robbed by armed thugs as he returned to his home.

The Police on Monday arrested a private security guard and a shamba boy in connection with a robbery at the home of a doctor in the municipality.

Two people have been reported dead after armed Kenyan Pokot warriors crossed to Bukwo District and shot at residents who were burning charcoal.

With the efforts to put an end to the misery, alienation and instability that corruption breeds, a global anti-corruption meeting was held in Athens over the weekend, with a call for making corruption a key factor that must be addressed

THE Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, has expressed concern over the escalating murder reports from Kibaale district.

As part of efforts to curb high incidence of rape in the country, the Nigerian Law Reform Commission (NLRC) has recommended stiffer punishment for rapists.

Yahaya Ndu is a member of the National Committee of the African Unification Front (AUF), a group which advocates the transformation of Africa into a federation, with a Pan African Parliament as the highest government overseeing key institutions, including a

The Rivers State government has called for the immediate and unconditional release of a Lebanese taken hostage by unknown gunmen.The Lebanese, an employee of Homan Engineering Company, whose name is yet to be disclosed, was said to have been taken

Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Emmanuel Ayoola, has set up a panel to investigate the controversial purchase of vehicles at N2.3 billion by the House of Representatives.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google said Wednesday it was ending its bid for a joint search advertising partnership with Yahoo to avert a "a protracted legal battle" with regulators.

PARIS (AFP) - ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, on Wednesday doubled its fourth-quarter output cut to 30 percent as the global financial crisis undercuts demand, sending its share price plunging.

CHICAGO (AFP) - Barack Obama on Wednesday put the first building blocks in place for his administration even as rejoicing reverberated around the world after his election as the first black US president.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced plans Wednesday to deploy missiles on the EU's doorstep in a warning shot to US president-elect Barack Obama and Washington's allies in central Europe.

PARIS (AFP) - The UN climate chief said Wednesday he was "very encouraged" by Barack Obama's stance on global warming, and said he hoped the US president-elect would join in key talks in December before taking office.

KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan's president said on Wednesday that around 40 villagers died this week in international air strikes targeting militants, as he urged Barack Obama to end civilian casualties in the "war on terror".

PARIS (AFP) - Laboratories have for the first time sequenced the full genetic code of an African and an Asian in what amounts to a major step towards the goal of a tailor-made profile of one's DNA.