A court in Sri Lanka has jailed former army chief Sarath Fonseka for three years…
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India minister says rural jobs funds spent on toys
Funds meant to provide work to India's rural poor have been diverted by corrupt officials…
UN warns Chinese pollution has dire health implications
Chinese people are paying for the country's heavy pollution with their health, the head of…
Military-dominated Myanmar to chair ASEAN in 2014
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Military-dominated Myanmar will chair Southeast Asia's regional bloc in 2014, officials…
China urges Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to expand economic ties
BEIJING (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe won praise on Wednesday as a great African figure…
China to lend Ethiopia $100 mln: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is set to loan Ethiopia $100 million and donate a fleet of…
S. African teacher hacked to death in front of class
A teacher was hacked to death with a machete in front of a shocked classroom…
Three-week strike ends at South Africa’s Robben Island
Workers at Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was jailed during apartheid, have called off their three-week strike after…
Rice containing radioactive caesium found in Japan
Radioactive caesium has been detected above the safety level in rice for the first time…
China welcomes Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as ‘old friend’
China's vice-president has held talks in Beijing with Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, whom he praised…