LAGOS - The health of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, who has been hospitalised for two weeks in Saudi Arabia for a serious heart condition, has sparked a lively public debate in one of Africa's powerhouses. Amid growing calls for his resignatio
First Minister Alex Salmond has revealed his Christmas card for 2009.It features a picture entitled A New Journey , which shows a young girl carrying a Saltire flag, looking over a wintry landscape. Proceeds from the sale of the canvas, which is th
It’s textbook Cheney: Guantanamo Bay? Better than those terrorists deserve. Waterboarding? Effective and necessary. Barack Obama? A weak apologist.These words do not, however, come from Dick Cheney, the Bush administration vice president whose tenur
U.S. President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in Congress face potential peril in next year's election resulting from his decision to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan. The biggest problem may be with the Democrats' anti-war libe
OTTAWA/VANCOUVER - The Canadian government's move to legislate an end to a strike by Canadian National Railway locomotive engineers got a boost on Tuesday when a senior Liberal Party source said the opposition party is likely to back the bill. On t
Government jargon should be taken more seriously, particularly as some people are missing out on benefits, MPs say. A public administration select committee report said many pensioners did not claim benefits because of problems understanding forms.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras This Central American country held presidential elections on Sunday in a bid to regain international legitimacy after a coup that has rattled the hemisphere and frustrated the Obama administration's efforts to improve relation
Internet security and climate change had a surprising run-in last week, as thousands of emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit wound up on climate-skeptic web sites. The University says it is cooperating with police and la
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