South African president Thabo Mbeki has arrived in Harare today to talk with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe about the upcoming presidential run-off election. This comes amid claims that violence has risen in the country over the last few days.
The United Nations (UN) is sharply criticising the government of Myanmar for impounding two airplane loads of food aid under the World Food Programme (WFP) and preventing aid workers from entering the country, calling the action "unprecedented."
Morgan Tsvangirai , leader of Zimbabwe 's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has said today that he will be standing for the presidential run-off election against incumbent Robert Mugabe .
David Cameron , the leader of the main UK opposition party, the Conservative Party , has said that aid to Burma should be dispatched by air if the Burmese government does not improve access to the country for aid workers.
Irena Sendler , a Polish humanitarian who saved the lives of 2,500 Jewish people during World War II , has died today in a Warsaw hospital. She was 98.
Queen Elizabeth II , the UK head of state, recently arrived in Turkey . She said in a speech made on arrival that she was "delighted to be back in Turkey more than 36 years after our last visit of
Shortly before midnight on May 13, Victoria Police intercepted a car on Clarendon Street in South Melbourne , Australia . A search revealed drugs and firearms in the vehicle and police took two people into custody while the third fled
This acquisition models a strong pattern of robust M&A activity since the arrival of current CEO Mr. Hurd. Since his arrival in 2005, HP has worked to expand their overall IT portfolio through organic R&D growth and the purchase of
The Diwan-Amiri confirmed that the late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah passed away today at his residence in Kuwait City . He was 78 years old.
Officials say the death toll in the recent earthquake in China has reached almost 15,000. The news comes as 2,000 of the nation's troops were dispatched to the Zipingku Dam to repair "extremely dangerous" cracks in the structure, which is
A community forum was held Monday in Mesa , Arizona , to discuss a recent attack on two Mormon teenagers which took place May 2 at a park in Gilbert . Local representatives from the NAACP and the Phoenix Anti-Defamation
According to police sources, a series of seven coordinated bombs detonated in Jaipur , the capital of the state Rajasthan , in India on Tuesday, May 13. At least eighty people were killed and over two hundred injured in the
The Diwan-Amiri confirmed that the late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah passed away today at his residence in Kuwait City . He was 78 years old.
