Egyptian mediator to meet Israelis after Hamas agrees ceasefire plan | · Islamists make concession to end economic crisis | · Initiative comes ahead of Bush visit over peace talks , Monday May 12 2008 | A senior Egyptian mediator will today present to the Isr... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)The Guardian
Beatings and torture intensify as Zimbabwe prepares to vote again div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | Solomon was naked and lying on his back in the bath. He smiled in greeting. For a man in hospital he looked fine.... (photo: AP Photo / Armando Franca)The Times
Peacekeepers sought for Zimbabwe runoff | ZIMBABWE'S main opposition group says it has stepped up efforts to secure regional peacekeepers for a run-off presidential election against Robert Mugabe after weeks of violence that intimidated vot... (photo: AP Photo / Sayyid Azim)The Australian ElectionsPhotosPoliticsSocietyZimbabwe
US help could save thousands of lives | ONE April day in 1991, the world awoke to the news that a devastating cyclone and tidal wave had struck the coast of Bangladesh. As bodies washed ashore by the thousand... (photo: US Navy file/PHAN Nicholas Morton)The Australian AidDisasterPhotosSocietyUS
Lebanese clashes shift to mountains | : Fierce clashes broke out Sunday in mountains east of Beirut between supporters of the Western-backed government and followers of Hezbollah, the militant group backed ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)International Herald Tribune HezbollahIranLebanonPhotosWar
Food hikes 'bad for Africa' | Maputo - The African Development Bank warned on Sunday that the near doubling of prices of some staple food crops in recent months had serious implications for Africa, ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)News24 AfricaEconomyFoodPhotosSociety
Tourism game plan to cash in on 2010 | Nine Southern African countries have pooled their tourism expertise to promote the region as a brand for the 2010 World Cup, with the launch of transfrontier conservati... (photo: Creative Commons / Dr. Thomas Wagner)Independent online AfricaBusinessIndustryPhotosTourism
