Africa
Kadhafi bids to ease Moscow-Kiev tensions: source (AFP)
AFP - Libyan leader Moamar Kadhafi has launched a mediation effort to try to improve relations between Russia and Ukraine following a landmark visit to
Youth risk lives to flee oil-rich Algeria (AP)
AP - A dozen families were gathered on the wind-beaten beach mothers and fathers crying as they begged fishermen for news. Their sons and ...
Algerian parliament to vote on allowing third presidential term (AFP)
AFP - Algeria's parliament will meet next week to vote on constitutional changes which would notably allow President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to serve a third term, ...
Springboks withstand late Welsh charge (AFP)
AFP - World champions South Africa withstood a late onslaught to beat Wales 20-15 in their opening autumn international at the Millennium Stadium here on ...
Zimbabwe opposition: Mugabe's neighbors toughening (AP)
AP - President Robert Mugabe's peers are losing patience, the top negotiator for the Zimbabwe opposition said on the eve of an extraordinary regional summit ...
Sudan bans two newspapers over protest (AFP)
AFP - Sudanese security banned two newspapers from publishing on Saturday after they protested against draconian censorship measures and arrests of journalists. ...
Angola troops seen in DR Congo: UN officer (AFP)
AFP - Troops from Angola have been seen fighting alongside Congolese forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN peacekeeping official said Saturday. ...
Congolese soldiers advance toward rebel lines (AP)
AP - Congolese soldiers advanced toward rebel lines Saturday in renewed fighting that threatens a tenuous cease-fire around the eastern provincial capital Goma. ...
OPEC president: Oil cuts likely if no price rally (AP)
AP - OPEC nations could further reduce oil output if moves last month to slash production do not bolster plummeting oil prices, OPEC president Chakib ...
South African leaders under pressure over Zimbabwe (AFP)
AFP - Southern African leaders were under pressure to get tough with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as they gathered Saturday for a last-ditch effort to ...
