Thanks to Twitter, delegates to the World Economic Forum on Africa are spreading their own soundbites faster than journalists can file them.
A stash of cash landed in the trash when a woman in Israel dumped her mother’s mattress not knowing it was stuffed with money.
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The WHO will on Thursday consult its emergency committee of flu experts, which could recommend the declaration of a swine flu pandemic.
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The French judiciary has rescued web users, striking down a law which would have allowed the state to cut off internet connections of filesharers.
Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadaffi wears photograph of Libyan resistance leader hung by Italians during visit to Rome.
The G8 group of industrial nations looks set to break its promise to eradicate poverty in Africa because of a poor performance by France and Italy.
Although the core index is the same, Bing is not just a rebranding of Microsoft Live Search, but has new features — including previews of websites.
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Kevin Rudd on Wednesday needed just two four-letter words, and the odd shorter word, to convey his view of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.
In the first <i>Terminator</i> movie he tried to extinguish all human life. Now, Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to make textbooks history.
Meteorologists in Japan say the rainy season has just started, but residents in a small coastal town have reported tadpoles dropping out of the sky.
Warning letters are thought a deterrent by only a third of internet users — but the threat of getting cut off would be much more powerful.
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Howard Webb are among leading officials chosen for the Confederations Cup — and both have come through big cup finals in May with flying colours.
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The RMB/BER business confidence index declined by one index point during the second quarter to a level of 26 from 27 during the first quarter.
There are just some of the coolest albums to listen to this year, according to <i>M&G</i> reviewers.
The artificial turf at Swaziland’s only football stadium has been ripped apart by players who planted magic charms known as "muti" under the field.
Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009, who has died aged 73, was, with 42 years in power, Africa’s longest-serving president.
Gabon’s President, Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa’s longest-serving leader, died on Monday afternoon, the country’s prime minister said.
The death toll of illegal miners at Harmony Gold’s Eland shaft has risen to 82, police said on Monday.
Gabon’s prime minister denied on Monday reports that Africa’s longest-serving president, Omar Bongo Ondimba, had died.
Sudan President Omar al-Bashir on Monday denounced moves to prosecute him for war crimes as an "infringement" on his country’s sovereignty.
Mexican parents have begun burying their children after a fire in a government day-care centre in the north of the country claimed at least 38 lives.
The cellphone maker Palm is gearing up for what could be the most important product launch in its history, the release of the new Pre handset.
Harmony on Friday said it has suspended 57 workers for gold theft, days after the bodies of 76 illegal miners were recovered from an abandoned shaft.
Danish lawmakers are calling for a dachshund kept by the husband of Denmark’s Queen Margrethe that savaged a royal guard to be put down.
At the time of writing on Thursday, the bodies of 76 illegal miners had been brought to the surface at Harmony Gold’s Eland shaft in Welkom.
As president of Sudan, Jaafar Nimeiri, who has died aged 79, mutated from a pan-Arabist and socialist into a supporter of free enterprise.