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Published:Wednesday | November 5, 2008 | 8:45 AM

The commander of the Colombian army, General Mario Montoya, has resigned following a scandal, which tied military officers to the deaths of 11 civilians.

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2008 | 5:45 PM

United States election officials are already reporting record turnout in one of the country\'s most historic ballots.

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2008 | 12:40 PM

Patrick Lipton Robinson, a Jamaican judge serving at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, was today elected President of that Tribunal.

Published:Tuesday | November 4, 2008 | 12:39 PM

Voters across the United States are flocking to polling stations to choose a new president.

Published:Monday | November 3, 2008 | 4:48 PM

A day before the democratic candidate Barrack Obama is to contest the presidential elections in the US, his grandmother has died.

Published:Monday | November 3, 2008 | 4:32 PM

The US presidential rivals are spending a hectic final day of campaigning across the country in a last push for votes in key states.

Published:Monday | November 3, 2008 | 4:31 PM

A United States military jury has convicted a man accused of being Osama Bin Laden\'s media secretary.

Published:Monday | November 3, 2008 | 12:53 PM

As of March next year, Jamaican students wishing to study at United Kingdom based universities will have to be sponsored by a U.K. Border Agency-licensed education institution.

Published:Monday | November 3, 2008 | 12:51 PM

The last day of presidential campaigning is underway in the United States.

Published:Monday | November 3, 2008 | 12:50 PM

Leader of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC), Jacob Zuma has accused a breakaway faction of the party of being bigamists.

Published:Monday | November 3, 2008 | 10:09 AM

The founder and editor in chief of Guyana’s Stabroek newspaper David de Caires has died.

Published:Monday | November 3, 2008 | 10:08 AM

The US presidential rivals have been targeting key swing states with just one more day of campaigning left in the race for the White House.

Published:Friday | October 31, 2008 | 3:53 PM

A controversial Democratic congressman has reportedly been approached by US presidential hopeful Barack Obama to be his chief-of-staff.

Published:Friday | October 31, 2008 | 3:52 PM

Chinese officials are reporting that the toxic chemical melamine is now being added to animal feed.

Published:Friday | October 31, 2008 | 3:52 PM

Chinese officials are reporting that the toxic chemical melamine is now being added to animal feed.

Published:Friday | October 31, 2008 | 9:11 AM

The new Grenada government said it has been trying to ascertain the citizenship status of opposition leader Dr. Keith Mitchell.

Published:Friday | October 31, 2008 | 9:10 AM

The Red Cross said fierce fighting between government and rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused a humanitarian catastrophe.

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2008 | 5:28 PM

The United Nations is expressing concern about the plight of tens of thousands of people fleeing a rebel advance on Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2008 | 5:28 PM

Republican US presidential hopeful John McCain has accused rival Barack Obama of offering oil companies tax breaks, at a rally in Defiance, Ohio.

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2008 | 4:08 PM

The United Nations General Assembly is again insisting that the United States economic embargo on Cuba be lifted.

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2008 | 4:07 PM

The United Nations General Assembly is again insisting that the United States economic embargo on Cuba be lifted.

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2008 | 4:07 PM

The government of Suriname said its not worried by the decision of one of the world\'s largest bauxite companies, BHP Billiton, to shut down its local operations in the country within the next two years.

Published:Thursday | October 30, 2008 | 12:15 PM

The former mayor of the US city of Detroit has been sentenced to four months in jail for obstructing justice in connection with a sex scandal.

Published:Wednesday | October 29, 2008 | 1:46 PM

An earthquake in southwestetern Pakistan has left at least 100 people dead.

Published:Wednesday | October 29, 2008 | 9:23 AM

Chile\'s health minister has resigned after a hospital failed to tell dozens of patients they had tested positive for HIV, which can lead to AIDS.

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