Friday, September 05, 2008
Haiti faces a "catastrophe" after being hit by a series of storms in recent weeks, President Rene Preval has said.
Friday, September 05, 2008
An Egyptian ship has been seized by pirates on Thursday off Somali coast, officials said.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Furious commuters in Argentina set fire to a train on Thursday over delays during the morning rush hour, incidents the government later blamed on leftist activists
Friday, September 05, 2008
Seventeen bodies have now been recovered from the site of a crashed plane in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Angolans head to the polls on Friday for the first time in 16 years in an election widely expected to extend the ruling party's more than three-decades.
Friday, September 05, 2008
PASSENGERS were forced off a Qantas flight this morning after fumes filled the cabin, according to one of the 220 people on board the flight out of Melbourne.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Denmark and Germany have signed an agreement to build a 20km (12 mile) bridge between their two countries over a stretch of the Baltic Sea.
Friday, September 05, 2008
Miner BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) Friday said it has suspended its iron ore operations in Western Australia state following two deaths in recent weeks