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AFP – Police hunted hundreds of inmates Thursday who escaped when suspected Islamists used machine guns and bombs in a Nigerian prison attack, while authorities warned other jails may be vulnerable.
The Islamist sect suspected in …

REUTERS - Afghan security forces used batons on unruly customers scrambling to withdraw their savings on Wednesday from a branch of the graft-hit Kabulbank, the country’s biggest private financial institution.
Kabulbank’s troubles have threatened to add a …

AFP – US computer titan Hewlett-Packard filed suit against former chief executive Mark Hurd on Tuesday after he was named a co-president at US business software giant Oracle.
  
In a civil complaint filed in California …

AFP – Thousands of Iranian narcotics agents have been killed and billions of dollars spent in Iran’s fight against the opium trade, the country’s ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday.
The ambassador, Mohammad Khazaee, told …

Hernia repair used to require an extensive operation, general anesthesia, and a long recovery time with an extended period of limited mobility. But  there is good news for the three-quarters of a million people who …

AFP – A prominent Iraqi state television anchorman was shot dead on Tuesday as he was driving in the capital, a colleague told AFP, as a media watchdog reported the conflict has been the most …

AFP - World number one Tiger Woods was chosen by Corey Pavin as one of the four captain’s picks for the US Ryder Cup team on Tuesday.
Woods was named as a wildcard pick along with Zach …

Fashion trends may come and go, in jewelry as in clothing and hairstyles, but just as in those arenas, there are some elements that never seem to go out of style. In fact, they get …

One week after the opening of the school year, college and high school teachers across France stayed at home on Monday as part of a one-day strike to protest against working conditions. The move by the …

AFP – US President Barack Obama unveils plans Monday to spend at least 50 billion dollars to expand and renew US roads, railways and airports, in a fresh bid to fire up sluggish economic growth.
Obama, …

One week after the official end to France’s legendary month-long summer holiday season, with their sun tans fading and the children back in school, the country now braces for another of its quirky traditions: the …

AFP – Authorities in eastern China covered up an outbreak of cholera for 12 days out of fears that publicising the often fatal disease would shock the local population, state press said Sunday.
According to the …

AFP – The Netherlands qualified for the semi finals from Pool A at the women?s field hockey World Cup here Sunday with a close win over Germany.
Germany and Australia meet in the last Pool A …

AFP – The French football federation has sent a letter of dismissal to former coach Raymond Domenech, who remains on the payroll as an employee of the federation’s training staff, a source told AFP.
  
According …

AFP – BP Friday removed the blowout preventer valve from atop sunken oil well, a key part blamed for failing and sparking the Gulf of Mexico spill and the worst environmental disaster in US history.
“The …

As the war of words over expulsions of Roma from France escalates, the leader of France’s Socialist Party (PS) has been accused of hypocrisy for herself demanding the dismantling of a gypsy camp at Lille …