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Published:Monday | December 8, 2008 | 7:00 PM

The World Bank has launched a fund to help developing countries to further the fight against corruption.

Published:Monday | December 8, 2008 | 12:47 PM

Opposition parties in Venezuela have issued a formal rejection of the plan by President Hugo Chavez to seek to stay in office as long as he keeps winning elections.

Published:Monday | December 8, 2008 | 12:46 PM

Pakistani security forces said they have captured 4 men who were linked to the recent attacks in Mumbai, India.

Published:Monday | December 8, 2008 | 10:05 AM

Thousands of protesters have attacked banks and shops in Athens and Greece\'s northern city of Thessaloniki, angered by the police\'s killing of a teenager.

Published:Friday | December 5, 2008 | 6:52 PM

Employers in the United States are said to have fired 533,000 people last month.

Published:Friday | December 5, 2008 | 6:51 PM

Former United States football star OJ Simpson has been jailed for 15 years for the kidnap and armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel.

Published:Friday | December 5, 2008 | 1:58 PM

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Zimbabwe\'s President Robert Mugabe must resign or be sent to The Hague for the gross violations he has committed.

Published:Friday | December 5, 2008 | 1:58 PM

The bodies of 13 people have been found on a dirt road in Mexico\'s Sinaloa state, which is home to one of the country\'s most violent drug cartels.

Published:Friday | December 5, 2008 | 8:01 AM

Oil prices have fallen to almost four-year lows after more bad economic data in the US, including unemployment benefit rises and big job cuts.

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2008 | 12:15 PM

The prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, said he will use every legal means to block plans by the opposition to overthrow his minority government.

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2008 | 9:02 AM

The estranged brother-in-law of actress Jennifer Hudson has been charged with killing three of her relatives.

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2008 | 5:57 PM

Thai anti-government protesters have agreed to end their takeover of Bangkok\'s airports.

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2008 | 5:56 PM

The International Organization for Migration is urging developed countries to keep their doors open to foreign workers, despite the global economic crisis.

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2008 | 12:13 PM

A US official says India was warned about a possible threat at least a month before last week\'s Mumbai attacks.

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2008 | 12:12 PM

A United States judge has dismissed most of the federal corruption charges against Puerto Rico\'s governor Anibal Acevedo Vila.

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2008 | 8:18 AM

A blast has killed at least one Thai anti-government protester and wounded 22 others at Bangkok\'s Don Mueang airport.

Published:Monday | December 1, 2008 | 12:09 PM

At least 32 people have been killed in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul.

Published:Monday | December 1, 2008 | 12:08 PM

United States President-elect Barack Obama is due to announce the National Security team in his new administration later today.

Published:Monday | December 1, 2008 | 8:05 AM

Premier Ewart Brown says Bermudians should be offended and insulted by Britain\'s plan to investigate the island\'s financial operations.

Published:Monday | December 1, 2008 | 8:04 AM

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has opened cross-party talks on setting up a federal agency of investigation after the Mumbai attacks.

Published:Friday | November 28, 2008 | 1:03 PM

The death toll from alleged terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India has risen to over 146 people.

Published:Friday | November 28, 2008 | 1:03 PM

Thailand\'s Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, has fired the chief of the national police force.

Published:Friday | November 28, 2008 | 8:28 AM

The Conservative immigration spokesman in the United Kingdom, Damian Green, was arrested yesterday and his house and Commons office searched by police.

Published:Thursday | November 27, 2008 | 3:04 PM

Officials in China have confirmed the arrest of one of the country’s richest men.

Published:Thursday | November 27, 2008 | 3:03 PM

Indian soldiers are reportedly still trying to free people trapped by suspected Muslim militants who attacked at least 10 targets in India\'s financial capital of Mumbai, killing 125 people.

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