The pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer has agreed to pay a record 2.3 billion dollars to settle charges related to improper marketing of drugs in the United States. The company was accused of repeatedly trying to sell drugs for uses not approved by regulat...
The United States has announced new measures against Honduras during talks in Washington between the ousted president Manuel Zelaya and the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It is terminating a broad range of assistance in response to the coup last...
The White House said its gravely concerned about reports that civilians were among 90 people killed in an attack by NATO-led aircraft in Afghanistan. Local officials said up to 30 civilians had been killed. The Afghan President Hamid Karzai said targ...
The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has said G20 finance ministers have agreed to continue to use government spending to boost their economies. Mr. Darling said the ministers from the worlds 20 leading economies meeting in London...
Latest results in Afghanistans presidential election showed the incumbent Hamid Karzai has established a clear lead. For around 2/3 of the votes now counted, President Karzai has just under 49% his nearest rival the former Foreign Minister Abdullah A...
A court here in London has found three British Muslim men guilty of conspiracy to murder by plotting to blow up planes bound for North America in 2006. Four more defendants were cleared of involvement in the plot. Another was found guilty of general...
The Election Commission in Afghanistan says President Karzai now has 54% of the votes in the presidential poll. His nearest rival Abdullah Abdullah has 28%. But the results have been dogged by allegations of cheating. As the United Nations publicly e...
The hurricane season this year in the Atlantic Ocean has been the most destructive on record. There was Hurricane Katrina which devastated New Orleans in August, then Hurricane Stan sweeping through Central America and Hurricane Wilma which hit Flori...
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A United Nations investigation says Israel committed war crimes and broke international humanitarian law during its offensive in the Gaza Strip at the beginning of the year. The investigation led by the former war crimes prosecutor, Richard Goldstone...
