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Niger and Global Fund sign €13.5 million Malaria grant
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has signed a 13.5 million euro grant agreement that will intensify efforts to ...Ecuadorian president threatens to force papers to go digital
Ecuador President Rafael Correa has suggested he might try to eliminate print newspapers in the country and force them to ...US crime writer Elmore Leonard dead at 87
Legendary American crime novelist Elmore Leonard, who wrote countless best sellers and had his work adapted for both the small and big ...Israelis and Palestinians reportedly talk again
Diplomatic sources reveal that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met secretly in Jerusalem, a week after US-brokered peace talks were relaunched in the ...Al-Qaeda reportedly targeting European high-speed rail network
A report by the German mass circulation daily Bild on Monday said that al-Qaeda leaders have been plotting attacks on high-speed rail ...Volcano in southern Japan erupts
A volcano in southern Japan has erupted, creating a spectacular plume of ash 3.1 miles high.South Korea, U.S. begin two-week joint war drills
South Korea launched a military drill Monday with the United States against a simulated North Korean invasion, even as a recent easing ...Indian train accident kills 37
An Indian express train has ploughed into a crowd of Hindu pilgrims in the country\'s east, killing at least 37, an Indian ...24 Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai peninsula
Egyptian security officials say suspected militants ambushed two police minibuses in northern Sinai Monday, killing 24 policemen.Apology to Canada From Your Southern Neighbor
I don\'t speak for the United States or harbor any affection for ...