KARIMOJONG warriors recently foiled a ploy to rob Stanbic Bank Moroto branch. A gang that had parked at the bank premises at midnight faced the wrath of the warriors who demanded for their identity.

KAWEMPE division chairman Nasser Kibirige Takuba has been accused of mismanaging division funds. Abner Besigye, the former assistant town clerk for Kawempe, said Takuba used his office to influence projects.

Police in Kigali have arrested four men suspected to have conspired to inflate the value of people's property during an expropriation exercise in Kavumu cell, Mageragere sector in Nyarugenge District. This is where Kigali's main prison, presently in Muhima, will

Concerns about the incessant cases of electronic fraud vis-à-vis Automatic Teller Machines (ATM) cards and other electronic devices have compelled the Senate to initiate a bill aimed at curbing the menace. Omololu Ogunmade looks at the content of the bill

Nigerians have a lot to think about as far as the war against corruption and financial crimes is concerned. Not a few would want to know the direction that the war is headed.

Crisis in the House of Representatives assumed a different dimension yesterday, as two groups took the National Assembly Complex by storm, distributing handbills on the allegations of fraud levelled against leadership of the House.

Armed robbery is on the increase in urban areas and on highways in the central region causing fear among travellers and the business community, Saturday Monitor can reveal.

SAO PAULO (AFP) - Emerging nations pressed for a stronger role in global financial coordination as key officials met Saturday in Sao Paulo to lay the groundwork for next week's Washington summit on the deepening economic crisis.

ALGIERS (AFP) - Current OPEC president Chakib Khelil refused Saturday to rule out another cut in the cartel's output if the price of crude oil remains below 70 dollars per barrel before an OPEC meeting in December.

FRANKFURT (AFP) - Germany's biggest regional bank LBBW has one billion euros (1.28 billion dollars) tied up in Iceland, which has been brought to the edge of bankruptcy by the global financial crisis, the daily Suddeutsche Zeitung reported Saturday.

KIBATI, DR Congo (AFP) - The United Nations accused rebels and pro-government militia Saturday of war crimes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as government troops reinforced their front-line positions.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Members of the Middle East diplomatic Quartet gathered in Egypt on Saturday to hear Israel and the Palestinians report on progress in peace negotiations, with domestic political turmoil adding to expectations there will be no

CILACAP, Indonesia (AFP) - Three Islamists sentenced to death for the Bali bombings which killed 202 people were executed by firing squad early Sunday morning, after five years of legal challenges.

WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand's Prime Minister-elect John Key started work Sunday to form a new government after his centre-right National Party swept to victory in national elections.

John Berrys leaned through the open window as the train slowly rolled west, past the bustling Kurfürstendamm where he lived and the villa-lined streets he bicycled to a private Jewish school in the leafy Grunewald district. He said goodbye.

Joe Wurzelbacher says he never knew about the tax lien against him until reporters looked into his background.

She nodded, pursed her lips and looked to the ground. Her brother, Severiano, two years older, had been her childhood idol and her teenage inspiration. A handsome boy with a mess of curly hair, he would scorn the clothes she

Prime Minister Helen Clark conceded defeat with nearly all of the vote of the vote counted, telling supporters that "tonight is not our night."

Less than 70 years ago, however, the Solovetsky Islands - known locally as Solovki - were the grim endpoint for the first political prisoners of the Soviet Union. Some of the country's top scientists, artists, clergymen and scholars - all

With control of the state Senate about to shift away from Republicans, it removes one clear obstacle to legalizing gay marriage in New York.