Colombia, Venezuela in crisis
BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombia and Venezuela faced Monday the worst turning-point in their bilateral relations in years after the Colombian president accused his Venezuelan counterpart of seeking to install a Marxist government in Bogota and Caracas froze relations
Mugabe to attend EU summit
AFP LISBON - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe desire be present the European Union (EU)-Africa summit on December 8-9 in Lisbon, the Lusa tidings agency reported today. “Yes, I’m thriving,” Mugabe said when questioned near Lusa. Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since its 1980. . . .
Hundreds of rebels dead: Chad
AFP NDJAMENA - The Chadian army said it had killed several hundred rebels in clashes shut to the edge with the discord-torn Darfur district, bringing to an extremity a single-month pause in fighting. In a provisional toll broadcast on communal radio, the army head said there were “several. . . .
Kenya executives take HIV tests
AFP NAIROBI - More than 20 of Kenya’s summit duty executives have taken communal HIV tests in a offer to lift awareness of the disease and encourage workers to follow adapt, condition officials said. At least 26 CEOs took the HIV tests in communal beneath a novel schedule organised. . . .
Ivory Coast tweaks peace deal
AFP OUAGADOUGOU - Leaders of Ivory Coast were to meet today with President Blaise Compaore of nearby Burkina Faso to fine-melody details of a serenity distribute brokered near him, officials said. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and his Prime Cleric Guillaume Soro, a previous rebel. . . .
Oil falls below 97 dollars
AFP SINGAPORE - Lubricant prices retreated in Asia commerce on Tuesday after ominous the symbolic 100-dollar even, although concerns above secure supplies continued to support the market, dealers said. In early morning commerce Novel York’s chief agreement, light sweet unrefined representing January. . . .