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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.

Published:Tuesday | October 28, 2008 | 3:28 PM

More than 600 persons have been arrested in raids across the United States that targeted people who force children into prostitution.

Published:Tuesday | October 28, 2008 | 3:28 PM

The rival candidates for the US presidential election are beginning the one-week poll countdown with rallies in the key state of Pennsylvania.

Published:Tuesday | October 28, 2008 | 3:27 PM

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Australia have signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement, which allows for full exchange of information pertaining to criminal and civil tax matters.

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