The US government approved $40-billion in worldwide private arms sales in 2009, including more than $7-billion to Mideast and North African nations.
Europe and the US stepped up pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to quit, while on the ground his forces used their strength to press their advantage.
As the Dalai Lama steps down from his political role, it is difficult to identify a successor who can match his standing.
Abobo, usually one of the most populated suburbs of Abidjan, has become a place of terror, bloodshed and desperation.
Ousted ex-Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide will return within days to his homeland ending seven years in exile, an SA official said on Friday.
Japan scrambled on Saturday to reduce pressure in two nuclear plants damaged after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck its north-east coast.
Familiar foes India and SA will clash in a World Cup Group B match on Saturday with the aim of proving their World Cup credentials as favourites.
Legacy Hotel Holdings chief executive Bart Dorrestein has pledged that his Libyan minority shareholders will not pay any dividends back to Libya
Property tycoon Roux Shabangu has hit the jackpot with his controversial deal to lease a Pretoria building to the police.
A devastating tsunami triggered by the biggest earthquake on record in Japan on Friday looked set to kill at least 1 000 people.