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.
12 killed, 23 injured in school fire in Tanzania
2009-08-23 22:06Twelve students were killed and 23 others injured in a big fire at a girls' school in central Tanzania on Saturday night, police sources confirmed to Xinhua on Sunday.
Egyptian fishing boats returned home with 8 captured pirates
2009-08-23 19:56Two Egyptian fishing boats returned home with 34 fishermen and eight captured pirates on board on Sunday, after having been seized by Somali pirates for five months.
US families of Lockerbie victims plan next move
2009-08-22 15:07Relatives of Americans killed when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, plan to converge on New York City in September to protest Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's speech at the United Nations.
Libya's Gaddafi meets Lockerbie bomber: TV footage
2009-08-22 13:57Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was shown on television on Saturday embracing and meeting a former agent who was released by Scotland from a life sentence for the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.
Lockerbie bomber release stirs diplomatic row
2009-08-22 09:24The release of the only man convicted of blowing up a Pan Am flight in 1988 has brought high drama and controversy: the jeering mob outside a Scottish prison, the cheering crowd at a Tripoli airport, the furious families of the 270 people who died in the Lockerbie bombing.
Lockerbie bomber freed, returns to cheers in Libya
2009-08-21 12:02The only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing returned home Thursday to a cheering crowd after his release from a Scottish prison -- an outrage to many relatives of the 270 people who perished when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded.
Lockerbie bomber arrives home in Libya
2009-08-21 04:06The only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has returned home to Libya to die after Scotland released him from prison Thursday, a decision that outraged some relatives of the 270 people killed when the jetliner blew up over a Scottish town.
Swiss president apologizes in Libya
2009-08-21 03:35Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz apologised to the Libyan government on Thursday for the brief detention last year of a son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, clearing the way for a return to normal diplomatic ties.
China's direct investment in Africa up 81% in H1
2009-08-18 21:16China's direct investment in Africa rose 81 percent in the first half year from the same period last year to US$552 million, according to a report released by MOC Tuesday.
3 Somali gunmen die in attack on UN compound
2009-08-17 22:45Gunmen stormed a U.N. aid compound in Somalia overnight, sparking a gunbattle that killed three of the attackers and wounded one, the agency said Monday.
Clinton sets 'tough love' tone on Africa
2009-08-17 09:50Hillary Clinton set a new tone in US relations with Africa on a whirlwind seven-nation trip, sometimes ruffling feathers with a tough love message that Africans must tackle their own problems.
China-built hospital inaugurated in Afghan capital
2009-08-16 20:28Shafakhanai Jamhuriat or Republic Hospital, constructed with financial support from China, was formally inaugurated Sunday, said a statement released by the Public Health Ministry.
