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UAE forces storm ship and detain pirates
United Arab Emirates special forces stormed a cargo ship hijacked in the Arabian Sea, freeing the crew and detaining the pirates on Saturday, the official news agency WAM said.
Anti-terrorism forces acting in coordination with the U.S.…
Exercises said to preserve, build heart muscle
Consistent lifelong exercise preserves heart muscle in the elderly to levels that match or even exceed that of healthy young sedentary people, a surprising finding that underscores the value of regular exercise training, according to a new…
Charlie Sheen show flops
Charlie Sheen's first stop on his My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not An Option tour took a giant nose-dive Saturday night.
A packed crowd of beer-drinking fans at the Fox Theatre started out on Sheen's side, booing an opening…
Oil prices up on US job data
Oil prices jumped on Friday, as supportive U.S. jobs data reinforced economic growth expectations and Libya's conflict and Middle East unrest kept supply threats in focus, pushing both Brent and U.S. crude to their highest settlements since…
Nigerians go to the polls to elect parliamentarians
Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is set to begin three consecutive weeks of elections.
Some 73 million people have registered to vote in the parliamentary, presidential and gubernatorial polls on the next three Saturdays.
Security…
Brazil banks sued for Amazon deforestation
Brazil's biggest bank - the state-run Banco do Brasil - is being sued for allegedly funding deforestation in the Amazon.
Public prosecutors say the bank lent money to companies that illegally cleared the rainforest and used labour…
Report says decent jobs won’t support standard of living
It's most welcome news that job growth seems to be picking up again--even if we'll need a whole lot more of it to get back to where we were before the Great Recession.
Still, as we've reported, there's growing evidence that the new jobs,…
US job surge fuels optimism in economy
US employers added jobs for the sixth straight month and the national unemployment rate fell to a two-year low in March, providing more evidence of an advancing economic recovery, the US Labor Department reported yesterday.
The solid job…
Western Sahara Envoy calls for more international support
Mr Oubt Bachir, Western Sahara Ambassador to Ghana and Nigeria, has appealed to the international community to put pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco to desist from hindering the organisation of a United nations backed referendum in Western…
UK to deport trafficked Ghanaian woman, despite protests by charity
Despite protests by a UK charity, against the deportation of a Ghanaian woman trafficked to the UK for prostitution, the Home Office has taken her to a detention centre awaiting a flight to Ghana this evening.
According to the UK…