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Researchers have predicted that there could be several problems with the elections in the United States on November 4.

Lloyd\'s of London, the world\'s biggest insurance market, has said that hurricanes Gustav and Ike will cost at least US$2.34 billion in damage claims.

Efforts to resolve Zimbabwe’s political crisis remained stalled yesterday after the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) failed to turn up for talks in Swaziland.

At least 20 people were killed after clashes broke out across the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

India\'s biggest private airline, Jet Airways, has reinstated more than 800 of its employees whose dismissal on Wednesday sparked public protests.

Wall Street has suffered its biggest drop in 21 years amid fears of a global recession.

A Commission established to probe post-election violence in Kenya is recommending that an international tribunal be set up in that country to try those implicated in last year’s clashes.

Three wildfires driven by strong winds have destroyed dozens of houses near Los Angeles and claimed at least two lives.

The government in the United Kingdom said it plans to inject up to 37 billion pounds of taxpayer cash into three of the country’s banks.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is due in Harare for further mediation aimed at breaking the political impasse in Zimbabwe.

US President George W Bush is seeking to assure Americans that the government is doing all it can in an effort to stabilise the country’s economy.

A meeting of the G7 group of leading nations will convene in the United States tomorrow to discuss the global financial crisis.