The man almost certain to be Japans next Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says his partys apparent landslide-victory in the general election was due to public anger with politics during a crippling economic recession. The exit polls suggested the Democr...
The anti-corruption commission in Nigeria has filed criminal charges against four former executives of banks that are to be rescued to prevent the countrys financial system collapsing. From Lagos, here is Caroline Duffield. A sight Nigerians never th...
Leaders from Poland, Russia and Germany have commemorated the anniversary of the start of the Second World War with a series of ceremonies in the Polish city of Gdansk. The first shots were fired there 70 years ago. Johnny Diamond was in Gdansk and w...
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...
