International Forum

By Caren Bohan WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama will leave the presidential campaign trail to visit his ailing 85-year-old grandmother in Hawaii, whose health has...

NEW DELHI, India (AP) -- India was set to launch its first lunar mission Wednesday, putting the country in an elite group of nations with the scientific know-how to reach the moon, while heating...

Marx popular amid credit crunch BBC News Online Karl Marx's Das Kapital was published in 1867 Karl Marx is back in fashion, says one German publisher, who attributes his new popularity...

US warning on Iraq deal failure BBC News Online The deal was presented last week after months of painstaking talks US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned of "dramatic...

20bn barrel oil discovery puts Cuba in the big league • Self-reliance beckons for communist state • Estimate means reserves are on a par with US Rory Carroll, Latin America correspondent...

Iraqis stage mass anti-US rally BBC News Online Click Hapa:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7677551.stm]BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraqis stage mass anti-US rally Supporters of Shia...

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What were they thinking . ruleas are rules and have to be followed. Aki tena?!! Sex-on-beach trial Britons guilty A British man and woman have been sentenced to three months in jail in Dubai...

Biofuels: Today's Realities, Tomorrow's Promise Perhaps nowhere is the great boom in clean energy and renewables as visible as in biofuels. Ethanol and biodiesel refineries have popped up like...

The ex-premier of South Africa's Gauteng province has resigned from the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to join those calling for a new party. Mbhazima Shilowa said the rebels, led by...

Colin Powell danced and sang to the Olu Maintain hit Yahooze Ex-US Secretary of State Colin Powell has joined a hip hop band on stage...

Talks on rescuing Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal have ended without result but will resume in the morning, key leaders have said. President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai...

By Campbell Brown CNN Editor's note: Campbell Brown anchors CNN's "Campbell Brown: Election Center" at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays. She delivered this commentary during the "Cutting...

TAXPAYERS will fork out about $5 million to replace the M5 East tunnel computer after two recent glitches brought the city to a standstill. Roads Minister Michael Daley said taxpayers would be...

Veteran minister: Theo Theophanous is being investigated by police. VETERAN Brumby Government minister Theo Theophanous is being investigated by police for alleged sexual assault. Mr...

In a bid to ensure public trust in his leadership, New Patriotic Party Presidential Candidate Nana Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged to implement policies and reforms designed to strengthen democracy...

The World Bank Group today launched a financing facility to provide a simple, low cost way for developing countries to share their knowledge and expertise in overcoming poverty. The new...

Mbeki ally: ANC split inevitable BBC News Online Mr Lekota resigned after Thabo Mbeki was forced to step down It is inevitable that South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC)...

Haider death stuns friends and foes By Bethany Bell BBC News, Vienna Mr Haider broke away from the Freedom Party after bitter infighting The last time I saw Joerg Haider, just...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks slumped Friday in volatile trade, with the Dow sliding 550 points as the credit market crisis intensified, spooking investors. Credit markets remained tight...