Sudanese torn ahead of south independence vote
By Guillaume Lavallee/ AFP KHARTOUM: Ordinary Sudanese in the capital were torn between regret and a feeling of "good riddance" as southerners prepared on Tuesday to vote on breaking away from…
Rival: Time running out for Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo
By Rukmini Callimanchi/ AP ABIDJAN: For the second time, Ivory Coast's renegade leader rebuffed an appeal from a high-level regional delegation to cede power to the internationally recognized winner of presidential…
Three found of dozens feared drowned off Yemen
ADEN: Yemeni coast guards have retrieved the bodies of three of dozens of African migrants feared drowned off south Yemen, a Red Crescent official told AFP on Tuesday. "Three bodies…
British actor Pete Postlethwaite dead at 64
British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in "In the Name of the Father," has died aged 64 following a lengthy illness, a friend announced…
World’s longest-running soap turns 60 with tragic twist
"The Archers," the world's longest-running soap opera, marked its 60th birthday over the New Year weekend with a plot twist that saw one of the BBC radio show's best known…
Singer Akon preaches African unity back home in Senegal
Senegalese-American rapper and songwriter Akon called for greater African unity as he arrived in his home country to perform last week at the world's biggest celebration of black arts and…
British government bids to save Beatle’s birthplace
The British government stepped in Sunday to stop Beatles legend Ringo Starr's birthplace from being bulldozed. Housing Minister Grant Shapps has written to Liverpool City Council urging a temporary reprieve…
Afghan clowns raise laughs in war-torn Kabul
Two Afghan policemen stand paralyzed by fear in front of a plastic cup. But this is not some farcical scene from the battle against the Taliban — it is a…
No to a bloody future for Egypt
By Amira Salah-Ahmed CAIRO: Al-Qeddesine Church (Church of the Two Saints) is just blocks away from my family's home in Alexandria, Egypt, where I spent endless days and nights among relatives…
India’s elites in crisis
By Sanjeev Sanyal NEW DELHI: For a country with 1.2 billion people, India is ruled by a surprisingly small elite, which runs everything from the government to large companies and even…