International

Sudan rejects ICC arrest warrant against president
04/03/2009 05:00
Sudan on Wednesday rejected an arrest warrant issued by the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) that charged its President Omar al-Bashir with war crimes and crimes against humanity. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attends a ceremony...
Egypt reports 57th human case of bird flu
04/03/2009 05:00
An Egyptian boy at the age of two years and eight months has contracted bird flu virus, bringing the number of human case of the avian influenza to 57 in the country, a Health Ministry spokesman said Wednesday. An Egyptian health worker gives...
Apple unveils updates to its desktop computer line
03/03/2009 05:00
Apple Inc. on Tuesday took the wrap off a new line of its desktop computers with highlight on their cheaper prices in a reflection of the current economic condition. (File Photo) The new line of iMac includes a 24-inch product starting at...
China opens political advisory session
03/03/2009 05:00
China’s political advisors convened Tuesday afternoon for their annual full session, focusing their major concerns on economy while the impacts of the global financial turmoil unfolded. Top Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leaders Hu Jintao...
Clinton highlights two-state solution in first Mideast foray
03/03/2009 05:00
Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday asked Israeli officials that the U.S. administration is committed to establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Israeli...
Koeln building collapses, 9 missing
03/03/2009 05:00
Nine people were still missing when a building in Western German city of Koeln collapsed on Tuesday, German news agency DPA reported. The remains of a house next to where the former town archive of the German city of Cologne collapsed, is pictured...
Guinea-Bissau’s parliamentary speaker takes oath as interim president
03/03/2009 05:00
Guinea-Bissau’s parliamentary speaker Raimundo Pereira took oath as the country’s interim president on Tuesday, one day after President Joao Bernardo Vieira was killed. Guinea-Bissau’s parliamentary speaker Raimundo Pereira stands during the...