You are hereGlobal News Feed
Global News Feed
40,000 police jobs 'threatened'
BBC Africa - 30 min 29 sec ago
As many as 40,000 front-line police jobs may be at risk across England and Wales if 25% funding cuts go ahead, the Police Federation says.
Categories: News
West Africa: After 30 Years, Nutrition Strategy Revamp at Hand
All Africa - 37 min 24 sec ago
Aid strategies for treating children suffering moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) have remained virtually unchanged for 30 years. As part of UN-led efforts to revamp policy, several initiatives in West Africa are examining how best to treat the condition, a major cause of death and disease worldwide.
Categories: News
Sudan: Southern Child Soldiers 'Need More Opportunities'
All Africa - 37 min 25 sec ago
Southern Sudan's promise to divest its army of all children by November has to be backed by a comprehensive strategy to give them opportunities in civilian life, say analysts.
Categories: News
Maze escapee wins Irish damages
BBC Africa - 38 min 43 sec ago
The Irish government must pay compensation to former IRA leader Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane after a European court found he had spent too long awaiting trial.
Categories: News
7-Eleven makes offer for Casey's
BBC Africa - 40 min 49 sec ago
7-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain in the US, has offered $2bn to buy smaller rival Casey's General Stores.
Categories: News
California fire: 'It looks like a bomb went off'
CNN World - 45 min 24 sec ago
At least three people are dead, dozens are injured and more than 170 homes are damaged after a natural-gas line blast set a neighborhood on fire near San Francisco.
Categories: News
Police force plans 1,400 job cuts
BBC Africa - 48 min 40 sec ago
Hampshire Constabulary plans to axe 1,400 posts - 20% of its workforce - including police officers.
Categories: News
South Africans among world's fattest people
Mail and Guardian - 51 min 40 sec ago
It is renowned for surfing, rugby and the great outdoors, but South Africa is among the fattest countries in the world, a survey has found.
Categories: News
Koran protests sweep Afghanistan
BBC Africa - 1 hour 3 min ago
Anti-American rallies sweep Afghanistan over plans, now on hold, by a small US church to stage an "International Burn a Koran Day".
Categories: News
The site your mom warned you about
Mail and Guardian - 1 hour 3 min ago
The Daily Maverick is taking on big media in a big way -- and its fans love it. But its future still rests on support from advertisers.
Categories: News
Armed police attend flat seige
BBC Africa - 1 hour 7 min ago
A major police incident involving firearms officers results in one of Glasgow's busiest roads being closed to traffic and pedestrians.
Categories: News
Royal Mail to be floated or sold
BBC Africa - 1 hour 7 min ago
The government is to press ahead with privatising or selling Royal Mail, following an updated review of the postal service.
Categories: News
Garden burial murder son jailed
BBC Africa - 1 hour 10 min ago
A man is jailed for at least 16 years for murdering his father and burying his remains in concrete in a garden in Buckinghamshire.
Categories: News
Church abuse detailed in Belgium
BBC Africa - 1 hour 10 min ago
Harrowing details of alleged sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Belgium are released by an official Church investigator.
Categories: News
Naturist gardener gives council a dressing down
BBC Africa - 1 hour 18 min ago
A naturist claims a council has breached his human rights after it approved plans for houses overlooking his garden in a West Yorkshire village.
Categories: News
Zuma 'optimistic' over SA's progress on MDGs
Mail and Guardian - 1 hour 20 min ago
SA has made a lot of progress on the UN's Millennium Development Goals and there's no need for pessimism, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.
Categories: News
Swazi 'torture' threat condemned
BBC Africa - 1 hour 23 min ago
Swaziland unions condemn the prime minister's suggestion that dissidents should be whipped on their feet with spikes.
Categories: News
Live - Italian GP practice
BBC Africa - 1 hour 23 min ago
Second practice for the Italian GP is under way at Monza after McLaren's Jenson Button sets the pace in the opening session.
Categories: News
Boris Johnson to seek re-election
BBC Africa - 1 hour 23 min ago
Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces he will stand for re-election in 2012.
Categories: News
Agliotti's tweet revenge
Mail and Guardian - 1 hour 24 min ago
Glenn Agliotti is tweeting up a storm from court -- and keeping his enemies closer than his friends.
Categories: News
