January 2011

Africa

African turmoil casts pall over summit

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 31 – African leaders said Monday Sudan and Somalia had not been forgotten at their annual summit overshadowed by the crisis...

January 31, 2011

Africa

UN, African Union meet on Sudan, Somalia

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 31 – UN and African Union leaders, gathered here for the second and final day of an AU summit, were discussing...

January 31, 2011

Africa

Tunisian Islamist leader eyes political role

TUNIS, Jan 31 – Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi told AFP his movement wanted to play a political role in Tunisia, upon returning to...

January 31, 2011

World

Macau tycoon family brawl takes turn

HONG KONG, Jan 3 – The family feud between Macau tycoon Stanley Ho and relatives he accused of trying to steal his empire took...

January 31, 2011

World

Chirac says he is well

PARIS, Jan 31 – French former president Jacques Chirac insisted he was in good health Monday and his wife denied reports he has Alzheimer\’s...

January 31, 2011

World

Myanmar opens junta dominated parliament

NAYPYIDAW, Jan 31 – Myanmar\’s new junta-dominated parliament opened on Monday as lawmakers assembled in secrecy following a widely panned election for the country\’s...

January 31, 2011

World

Probe starts into cash found at monastery

NEW DELHI, Jan 31 – The Dalai Lama has called for a thorough probe into the discovery of almost a million dollars in foreign...

January 31, 2011

World

Australia evacuates citizens from Egypt

SYDNEY, Jan 31 – Australia on Monday dispatched a commercial jet to evacuate its citizens from Egypt and urged Cairo to respect the "very...

January 31, 2011

Kenya

Kibaki sends controversial list to Speaker

NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 31 – The Speaker of the National Assembly Kenneth Marende said on Monday that he had already received the list of...

LABAN WANAMBISIJanuary 31, 2011

Kenya

TJRC to start hearings in northern Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 31- The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) on Monday announced that it would hold its first public hearings in Northern...

Sarah WambuiJanuary 31, 2011