Africa

The government of Zimbabwe is giving its impoverished citizens a stark choice, U.S. Ambassador James McGee said today: Vote for President Robert Mugabe in the upcoming election — or starve.

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In 1994, South African photojournalist Kevin Carter won the Pulitzer prize for his disturbing photograph of a Sudanese child being stalked by a vulture. That same year, Kevin Carter committed suicide.

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Hi everyone and thanks for joining this spot. (I won't say new spot, because it's probably not so new when some people come, so it just seems weird)

I hope that you like the spot, and I will do everything to make it as good as possible. I will make a forum where you can contact me, if you want something changed or have any suggestions. I'm all open.

I also want to say a little thing about Africa and the purpose with this spot.

I made this spot, because no one else did, and I thought it needed to be here. (Like I did with the Europe spot...) There...

Caterpillar Inc. 's second-quarter profit climbed 34 percent, exceeding analysts' estimates, on demand for backhoes and mining equipment in Asia and the Middle East.

NEW YORK: Prostitution penetrated the news in a major way in recent months -- from ex-governor Eliot Spitzer of New York and his paid binges with women to the suicide of DC madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey and the ...

Lockheed Martin Corp. , the world's largest defense company, said second-quarter earnings rose 13 percent on higher sales of computer services to the U.S. government and development work for a new NASA ...

South African adventurer-explorer Mike Horn is seen aboard his 35-meter yacht "Pangaea" at St Katharine's Dock, London.

Indian cricket captain Anil Kumble and his Sri Lankan opposite number Mahela Jayawardene Tuesday welcomed an experimental rule allowing players to seek a second opinion on umpiring decisions.