Egypt army beat, tortured protesters: rights group

dailytimesPK Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:23:00 AM CEST | info

CAIRO: Egyptian soldiers beat and tortured protesters they had arrested at a demonstration near the Defence Ministry this month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Saturday, citing victims and lawyers. The New York-based group said soldiers arrested at least 350 protesters, including 10 children and.......

UN humanitarian chief to visit Burkina Faso, Senegal

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:47:00 PM CEST | info

UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (Xinhua) -- UN under-secretary-general ( USG) for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos, will visit Burkina Faso and Senegal on May 20-24 to assess the food crisis in the Sahel situation, according to a UN press release here Saturday....

Interview: China-Africa Development Fund to increase agriculture investment in Africa

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:02:00 PM CEST | info

by Ntandoyenkosi Ncube JOHANNESBURG, May 19 (Xinhua) -- China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund), the Chinese state fund promoting investment cooperation between China and Africa, is considering entering into partnerships with Agriculture development banks in some African countries to expand investment, the fund's vice president Hu Zhirong said....

Egyptian ex-president's senior officials rank high in polls before presidential elections

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:02:00 PM CEST | info

CAIRO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister to serve under ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, ranked the first with 12 percent in a presidential poll released on Saturday. The former Arab League chief Amr Moussa ranked the second with 11 percent in the poll conducted by the.......

Power reshuffle in Middle East may help achieve Palestinian reconciliation: Hamas

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:02:00 PM CEST | info

GAZA, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Mahmoud al-Zahar, high-ranking official of Hamas movement, said on Saturday that the power reshuffle in Middle East region may help achieve the Palestinian reconciliation. Al-Zahar made the comments during a ceremony commemorating Palestinian "Nakba Day....

UN chief meets French foreign minister

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 10:17:00 PM CEST | info

UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Saturday met with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the UN Headquarters in the city of New York, and the two discussed a range of issues on the global agenda. During the meeting, they discussed the situation in Syria,.......

UN imposes sanctions on Guinea-Bissau coup heads

ChinaPost Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:04:00 PM CEST | info

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to impose sanctions on the leaders of last month's military coup in Guinea-Bissau and key supporters, demanding they reinstate the legitimate democratic government immediately....

G8 leaders face calls to tackle hidden scourge of malnutrition

taipeitimes Saturday, May 19, 2012 7:39:00 PM CEST | info

For their meal tonight, Olinda Novela and her children will dine on tree root soup. This is what they ate for breakfast and what they will likely eat tomorrow. The soup, made from mashed wood shavings boiled in salty water, has zero nutritional value. It is a thin, brown, evil-looking gruel....

Presidential penis portrait riles South Africa’s ANC

taipeitimes Saturday, May 19, 2012 7:39:00 PM CEST | info

South Africa’s ruling African national Congress (ANC) threatened to take legal action against a Johannesburg gallery for displaying art which lampoons South African President Jacob Zuma and accuses the party of corruption. The ANC wants the Goodman Gallery to remove a painting of Zuma called The.......

52 organizations to monitor Egyptian presidential election

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 6:28:00 PM CEST | info

CAIRO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Secretary General of Egyptian Higher Presidential Election Commission (HPEC) Hatem Bagato said Saturday that 52 organizations from home or abroad will monitor the presidential election slated for Wednesday. "Three foreign organizations and 49 local ones will observe the coming election....

Seven dead in Somalia explosions

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 6:28:00 PM CEST | info

MOGADISHU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Seven people including five Somali government soldiers were killed and six more were injured on Saturday following two separate explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. Four Somali government soldiers died and a civilian was injured after a.......

Late charge puts Dufner in first place

japantimes Saturday, May 19, 2012 6:12:00 PM CEST | info

Jason Dufner chipped in from 37 feet on the final hole at the Byron Nelson Championship on Friday, finishing his second round with four birdies in five holes and the outright lead heading into the weekend. His second long chip-in wrapped up a 4-under 66 for a two-round total of 7-under 133....

Jamaica's Williams-Mills wins women's 400m at Diamond League Shanghai

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:12:00 PM CEST | info

SHANGHAI, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Novlene Williams-Mills of Jamaica won the women's 400m final at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai here on Saturday. Williams-Mills's winning mark was 50.00 seconds, while Amantle Montsho of Botswana, the reigning world champion, trailed in 50.83 for the silver. Jamaica's Kaliese Spencer settled for the bronze in 51....

Kenya's Chemos claims gold with world lead time at women's 3,000m steeplechase

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:12:00 PM CEST | info

SHANGHAI, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Milcah Chemos set a new world fastest time so far this year to win the women's 3,000m steeplechase at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai here on Saturday. Milcah, runner-up of the event in the 2009 and 2011 World Championships, clocked nine minutes and 15.81 seconds to win the title....

Kenya's teenager Kosencha won men's 800m in Shanghai

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:12:00 PM CEST | info

SHANGHAI, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's teenager Leonard Kirwa Kosencha clocked one minute, 46.04 seconds to finish first in the men's 800 meters event at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai here on Saturday. The 17-year-old Kosencha is the champion of 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille, France....

Cannes guests bid up to $255,656 at Haiti auction

JakartaPost Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:09:00 PM CEST | info

Guests at Cannes have bid up to €200,000 (US$255,656) at a Haiti fundraiser for items including a Bono-autographed guitar as the film festival's glitzy, global spotlight turned to charity.It was ......

Armenian photographer tells about the wartime life in Sudan by the photo gallery. Photos

armenpress Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:46:00 PM CEST | info

Ohanesyan’s photo series published in the Guardian newspaper present the lifestyle of people and the children living in Sudanese Tess Village Mountains....

Nigeria mass wedding for divorcees denounced

armenpress Saturday, May 19, 2012 1:46:00 PM CEST | info

Islamic police in the northern city of Kano recently organised the arranged marriage ceremony to fight a stigma that exists in the country of being widowed or divorced....

The shared authority to appoint

dawn Saturday, May 19, 2012 1:06:00 PM CEST | info

Pakistan should reconsider its judicial appointment system in favor of a process that includes the wisdom of the Court and the transparency of the Parliament....

The integration of immigrant women in the West

dawn Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:36:00 PM CEST | info

It seems sometimes that most cultural and social conflicts among the immigrants and the natives circles arise around the treatment and status of women....

ECOWAS force to Guinea-Bissau to be comprised of soldiers from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Senegal

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:26:00 PM CEST | info

BISSAU, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers and police officers from Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Senegal will make up the ECOWAS military force which started being deployed to Guinea-Bissau on Thursday to provide security for the transitional organs following the April 12 coup d'etat....

Malian MPs pass amnesty law for military junta, their associates

xinhuanet_en Saturday, May 19, 2012 12:26:00 PM CEST | info

BAMAKO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The Malian members of parliament (MPs) on Friday night unanimously passed a general amnesty law for the members of the National Committee for Redressment of Democracy and Restoration of the State (CNRDRE, junta) with 122 votes voting yes and no one voting no or any abstentions....

Angola workers crisis: Nitish asks PM to intervene

HindustanTimes Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:50:00 AM CEST | info

Concerned over the safety of over 1,100 Indian workers, including those from Bihar, facing trouble in Angola, chief minister Nitish Kumar has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention to resolve the crisis....

King of Bahrain attends British queen’s jubilee lunch

dawn Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:34:00 AM CEST | info

King of Bahrain, whose regime has been accused of rights abuses, was among nearly 50 foreign royals at a lunch on Friday....

Rock, Stiller come to Cannes with ‘Madagascar’

dawn Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:33:00 AM CEST | info

(from left) US actor Chris Rock, Canadian actor Martin Short, US actor Ben Stiller and US actress Jessica Chastain wave to fans as they arrive for the screening of “Madagascar 3 Europe’s Most Wanted” presented out of competition at the 65th Cannes film festival on May 18, 2012 in Cannes....

Egyptians to choose Mubarak's successor

haveeru Saturday, May 19, 2012 7:33:00 AM CEST | info

Egyptians are being called to vote on Wednesday in the historic first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was toppled by the Arab Spring uprising last year....

"Madagascar 3" premieres at Cannes Film Festival

peopledaily Saturday, May 19, 2012 7:13:00 AM CEST | info

Chinese model Du Juan attends the premiere of "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" during the 65th Cannes Film Festival, southern France, May 18, 2012....

Obama unveils food security plan for Africa

chinadaily Saturday, May 19, 2012 5:05:00 AM CEST | info

US President Barack Obama announced on Friday a plan with $3 billion in private sector pledges for food security and agriculture production in Africa....