Egypt's Mubarak gets 3 years for graft
A Cairo court convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement on Wednesday, sentencing him to three years in prison.
Cape Town becomes S Africa's drug capital
2012-02-10 13:44With an awful lot of drugs available, Cape Town has become "the drug capital of South Africa".
7 killed in S Africa bus collision
2012-02-10 13:43A minibus collided with a car in the central South African province of Free State.
China and US can still cooperate on Syria issue: diplomat
2012-02-09 23:58A senior Chinese diplomat said Thursday China and the US can still cooperate on the Syria issue, although they hold different stances on a recent UN Security Council draft resolution.
Freed Chinese workers arrive in Beijing
2012-02-09 16:06The 29 Chinese workers who were freed from abduction by Sudanese anti-government forces arrived in Beijing on Thursday afternoon.
17 Chinese saved from rebel attack leave Sudan
2012-02-09 03:42Seventeen Chinese workers, rescued by the Sudanese army after a recent rebel attack on a camp site of their company, left the Sudanese capital of Khartoum for Beijing on Wednesday.
Egyptian legislature freezes relations with Syrian parliament
2012-02-08 04:42The Egyptian People's Assembly decided to freeze its relations with the Syrian parliament due to the escalated violence suffered by the Syrian protesters, state media reported Tuesday.
Kidnapped Chinese workers safe
2012-02-08 01:07Twenty-nine Chinese nationals abducted by local rebels in Sudan last month arrived Tuesday afternoon at the Wilson Airport in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
China starts trade talks with Libya
2012-02-07 20:12A Chinese Commerce Ministry delegation held talks with Libyan officials on bilateral cooperation and resumption of Chinese businesses in post-war Libya.
Sudan hands over body of Chinese worker
2012-02-07 17:13The Sudanese authorities on Tuesday handed over to the Chinese side a body of a Chinese worker.
Chinese worker's body found in Sudan
2012-02-07 06:18According to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Sudanese side will hand over the missing worker's body to China as soon as possible.
UNEP and the green economy
2012-02-06 11:1540 years ago in the Swedish capital city of Stockholm, history was made at a UN conference on the future of humanity and the planet.
Mubarak's former figures to be distributed
2012-02-06 10:22Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Youssef decided on Sunday to distribute Mubarak's former figures who were detained in Tora prison to five different jails.
