World Bank, UN chiefs to visit African Great Lakes region Tuesday, 21 May 2013 09:39
Washington: The World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make a joint visit to Africa's Great Lakes region, a World Bank statement said Monday.The visit is to be undertaken in support of a landmark peace…
South African president not involved in Gupta jet scandal: Minister Sunday, 19 May 2013 22:31
Pretoria: South African President Jacob Zuma was not involved in a wedding scandal in which a private plane of the affluent and well-connected Indian Gupta family landed at a sensitive military airbase, an investigation revealed on Sunday, reported Xinhua."In any…
Remains of soldier who lived 1,400 years ago found in Egypt Friday, 17 May 2013 11:34
Cairo: Archaeologists found the 1,400-year-old remains of a soldier in Aswan, a city in southern Egypt, Minister of State for Antiquities Ahmed Eisa said.The soldier's remains were discovered in a field that dates to the Late Roman Period and Early…
`Dead` man wakes up at own funeral Wednesday, 15 May 2013 13:20
Mourners got the fright of their lives and ran in horror, after a man who was pronounced dead woke up at his funeral. 34-year-old Brighton Dama Zanthe had “died” after suffering for long from an illness at his home in…
Ethiopian branch of Indian college barred from registering new students Tuesday, 14 May 2013 12:32
Addis Ababa: The Ethiopian branch of a private Indian college has been barred from registering new students for four distance learning programmes until it renews its accreditation with its partner institution in India. The existing students can, however, continue.The directive…
Two held in Tunisia for spying for Israel's Mossad Tuesday, 14 May 2013 08:32
Tunis: Two young Tunisians have been arrested over suspicions that they work for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency.The Al-Moussawar newspaper said one of the suspects was caught while he was allegedly sending information via the internet on the security situation in…
Iran can be part of solution to Syrian crisis: Egypt Monday, 13 May 2013 20:50
Cairo: Iran could be part of a solution to the Syrian crisis, Egypt said Monday. Speaking at a press conference here, Egypt's presidential spokesman Ehab Fahmi said: "Egypt considers Iran part of a solution to the Syrian crisis not part…
