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.
Malnourished Somali baby thriving as rare success
2011-08-07 19:41Seven-month-old Minhaj though now weighs more than 8 pounds (3.8 kilograms) _ still well below what he should for his age, but a major improvement from 7 pounds (3.2 kilograms) when he first arrived at a field hospital ward here.
Gadhafi seeks Islamist allies
2011-08-05 10:52Muammar Gadhafi's son has made a bid to divide the fractious Libyan rebellion, telling a newspaper he was forging an alliance with Islamist rebels against their liberal allies.
China on top of FDI new projects in Ghana for Q2
2011-08-05 09:11With a total of 23 new projects, investment from China remained on top of new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects registered in Ghana for the second quarter of this year, the Ghana Investment Promotions Center (GIPC) announced here on Thursday.
Famine-struck Somalis struggle to celebrate Ramadan fast
2011-08-05 08:09Islam's holy month of Ramadan should be a time of celebration and prayer, but for Mohamed Idris, a Somali struggling in the famine-hit and war-torn capital, daily survival is all he can care about.
Syria's president allows multi-party system
2011-08-05 08:04Syrian President Bashar al-Assad endorsed on Thursday multi-party and general election laws as part of a series of reforms to meet the Syrian people's demands.
France to withdraw Libya carrier
2011-08-05 06:25France will bring home its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier from its Libyan mission next week for maintenance, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet told the regional daily Var-Matin.
Britain urgently checking Nigeria hostage video
2011-08-04 16:04The British Foreign Office said on Thursday it was checking the authenticity of a video which appears to show a British man and his Italian colleague kidnapped in May in northern Nigeria.
Egypt's Mubarak pleads not guilty
2011-08-04 08:22Egypt's former president wagged his finger in the air and denied all charges against him Wednesday.
Mubarak's trial starts in Cairo
2011-08-03 20:19Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's trial started Wednesday in Cairo's Police Academy.
Mubarak in Cairo to face trial
2011-08-03 14:58The aircraft carrying Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak landed in Cairo on Wednesday where he will be tried for conspiring to kill protesters.
Mubarak en route to Cairo for trial
2011-08-03 14:26Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has left a Sharm el-Sheikh hospital and is en route to Cairo for trial due on Wednesday, state TV reported.
Mubarak leaves hospital for trial
2011-08-03 13:32Egypt's Hosni Mubarak left hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday to travel to Cairo where he will be tried for his role in killing protesters.
