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Where in the world would a deputy president have been subjected to a public investigation without any pressure being exerted by his supporters? One only has to look at the shenanigans of Blair’s Labour party to realise that we are about as good as it gets in the real world of accountable democracy.
Landslides due to torrential rain have killed 11 people, seriously injured eight and destroyed 102 homes in a remote rural area in southern Ethiopia.
Iraqi authorities in Najaf were searching for cars said to be loaded with explosives on Sunday as tens of thousands marched through Baghdad in a funeral procession for the Muslim Shiite leader killed in a bomb massacre in the city.
Nine years after international outrage stopped the cull of elephants in the Kruger National Park, more than 3Â 000 of the beasts face the new threat of a death sentence — because science has failed to come up with a cheap elephant contraceptive.
The latest outputs of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission provide an extraordinary memorial to the South African conflict — proving that the real power of the commission lies in its story-telling function rather than the granting of amnesty.
Recriminations have erupted over an international trade agreement to provide cut-price copies of life-saving drugs to the world’s poorest countries. According to trade analysts, the deal will be unable to provide the quantities of drugs needed to combat the world’s growing deadly infections.
At least 13 people were killed and 70 others injured on Sunday when a fire, one of the worst in years, swept through a residential building in suburban Taipei.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Young-Kwan warned North Korea on Sunday not to follow through on threats to build up its nuclear programme, saying such a move would only increase the North’s isolation.
Justine Henin-Hardenne and Juan Carlos Ferrero handled one of the strangest days in US Open history like the champions they are, winning with character and poise despite the distractions.