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Published:Monday | December 1, 2008 | 12:09 PM

At least 32 people have been killed in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul.

Published:Monday | December 1, 2008 | 12:08 PM

United States President-elect Barack Obama is due to announce the National Security team in his new administration later today.

Published:Monday | December 1, 2008 | 8:05 AM

Premier Ewart Brown says Bermudians should be offended and insulted by Britain\'s plan to investigate the island\'s financial operations.

Published:Monday | December 1, 2008 | 8:04 AM

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has opened cross-party talks on setting up a federal agency of investigation after the Mumbai attacks.

Published:Friday | November 28, 2008 | 1:03 PM

The death toll from alleged terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India has risen to over 146 people.

Published:Friday | November 28, 2008 | 1:03 PM

Thailand\'s Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, has fired the chief of the national police force.

Published:Friday | November 28, 2008 | 8:28 AM

The Conservative immigration spokesman in the United Kingdom, Damian Green, was arrested yesterday and his house and Commons office searched by police.

Published:Thursday | November 27, 2008 | 3:04 PM

Officials in China have confirmed the arrest of one of the country’s richest men.

Published:Thursday | November 27, 2008 | 3:03 PM

Indian soldiers are reportedly still trying to free people trapped by suspected Muslim militants who attacked at least 10 targets in India\'s financial capital of Mumbai, killing 125 people.

Published:Thursday | November 27, 2008 | 8:21 AM

Indian security forces have been exchanging fire with gunmen holding dozens of hostages in two luxury hotels in the Indian city of Mumbai.

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2008 | 5:51 PM

Gunmen have rampaged through a series of targets in the Indian city of Mumbai killing indiscriminately and taking hostages at two luxury hotels.

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2008 | 1:41 PM

The European Commission has announced a 200 billion euro plan aimed at preventing massive job losses in the region.

Published:Wednesday | November 26, 2008 | 1:40 PM

The Zimbabwe government has rejected calls for it to declare a state of emergency over a cholera epidemic in the country.

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2008 | 12:26 PM

The US Federal Reserve is to pump US$800 billion into the markets in another bid to deal with the financial crisis.

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2008 | 12:25 PM

Rescue efforts are being stepped up in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, where floods have left 65 people dead and about 43,000 homeless.

Published:Tuesday | November 25, 2008 | 10:41 AM

A Muslim charity and five of its former leaders have been convicted of funding the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which is designated a terrorist group in the US.

Published:Monday | November 24, 2008 | 12:52 PM

Candidates supporting Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez have won 17 of 22 state governorships in yesterday’s regional and state elections.

Published:Monday | November 24, 2008 | 12:51 PM

A group of tanker owners has proposed a naval blockade off the coast of Somalia as a way of stopping pirate attacks.

Published:Monday | November 24, 2008 | 11:00 AM

At least 20 people are reported dead and thousands have been forced from their homes following floods in Brazil\'s Santa Catarina state.

Published:Friday | November 21, 2008 | 12:56 PM

The United States Secretary for Homeland Security says the department is in negotiation with several Caribbean countries on immigration pre-clearance for US-bound flights.

Published:Friday | November 21, 2008 | 12:54 PM

A judge has sentenced a 19-year-old white South African to four life terms in prison for killing four black people in a shooting spree in January.

Published:Friday | November 21, 2008 | 12:53 PM

The governing and opposition parties in Venezuela are reportedly wrapping up their election campaigns ahead of Sunday\'s regional polls.

Published:Friday | November 21, 2008 | 9:48 AM

The authorities in Brazil are investigating more than 1,200 women suspected of having had abortions in a clinic in the state of Mato Grosso Do Sul.

Published:Thursday | November 20, 2008 | 12:02 PM

The Republic of Yemen is now facing an economic and political crisis as the country\'s oil resources near exhaustion.

Published:Thursday | November 20, 2008 | 12:02 PM

The government in the United Kingdom says it will be implementing several measures to clamp down on drivers in breach of road rules.

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