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STRASBOURG: Europe's top rights court ruled Thursday that a French school ban on headscarves was not a violation of the European Convention on Human...

The Government says it is taking measures to cushion the country against fluctuation in the global price of oil by boosting its strategic energy...

Suez Canal revenues will rise, says officialTaiwan’s TMT, one of Asia’s biggest shippers, on Tuesday joined a growing list of firms openly diverting...

THE newly-formed Congress of the People (Cope) wants to govern the Eastern Cape after next years elections. This bold statement was made by former...

KINSHASA Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed some 500 political opponents over the...

EILAT Monday, September 08, 2008 (IRIN) - Israel deported to Egypt 91 illegal African migrants in four operations coordinated during the last two...

MASERU Wednesday, September 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Mantseuoa Rantho has been feeding her family on credit. "We call it living on skoloto [credit] in...

PORT LOUIS Friday, August 22, 2008 (IRIN) - High food and fuel prices may push Comoros to the brink of "social unrest" says a senior UN official....