Algeria security official: Spate of roadside bombs - A resident, foreground, and a rescuer stand by the wrecking of a building, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 at the scene of a car bombing in Thenia, some 60 kilometers (38 miles) east of Algiers....
Chinese logging company to invest 8.3 million euros in Congo | BRAZZAVILLE: A Chinese logging company will invest 8.3 million euros ($12.2 million) in the the Democratic Republic of Congo by 2010, a government ... Gunmen kidnap Israeli in Nigerian oil city | PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped an Israeli construction manager from his home in Nigeria's oil hub but the region's main militant group said on Wednesday it was not responsible and offered... IN THE NEWS / Singer's AIDS song a hit in Africa | JOHANNESBURG--"African people are strong and lively. I feel the spreading AIDS tragedy that afflicts them as if it were my own," said Kohei Yamada, 28, whose song about AIDS is gaining popularity in Africa. |... U.N. official freed in Somalia but MSF closes clinic | NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kidnappers freed the head of the U.N. refugee agency's office in Somalia on Wednesday but rising insecurity forced Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to close a clinic in Mogadishu that provid... Virgin profits fly high on premium sales | LONDON - Virgin Atlantic Airways, the privately owned British airline controlled by billionaire Richard Branson, said yesterday that a record number of business travellers sent profits skyrocketing more than ... Libya says Sudanese plane hijackers surrender | TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya after releasing all the passengers on Wednesday, Libya's aviation authority said. | The airliner was seized on Tuesday ...
Donaire defends title vs S African The Philippine Star| After a series of failures to book a date, IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. finally seale...
Moving forward The Philippine Star| It's easy to explain why Harbour Centre keeps on winning titles in the PBL but difficult to imagin...
Midfield primed to explode The Australian| WEST Coast has not so much put the cat among the pigeons as an Eagle among the vultures. | West Co...
