A Cairo court convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement on Wednesday, sentencing him to three years in prison.
The Somali ambassador to China urged the international community Thursday to help Somalia build up its own navy, as it would offer a "final solution" to fight the rampant piracy.
There's little question who will lead South Africa after Wednesday's national election. The real mystery lies in who will be the country's first lady.
There's little question who will lead South Africa after Wednesday's national election. The real mystery lies in who will be the country's first lady.
Archaeologists exploring an old military road in the Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress foreign delegations visiting Egypt.
Volunteers hold umbrellas over First Ladies during the African First Ladies Health Summit in Los Angeles April 20, 2009.
Pirates have hijacked a Belgian-flagged cargo ship and taken its crew of seven Europeans and three Filipinos hostage in an attack north of the Seychelles.
A gunman was captured Monday after hijacking a Canadian jet near Montego Bay, holding six crew members hostage for eight hours.Crew Held 
Passengers Freed
Archaeologists revealed a rocky hilltop in northern Egypt on Sunday where they believe Cleopatra was buried 2,000 years ago by the side of her Roman lover Mark Anthony after she committed suicide with a self-inflicted asp bite.
NATO warships and helicopters pursued Somali pirates for seven hours after they attacked a Norwegian tanker, NATO spokesmen said Sunday, and the high-speed chase only ended when warning shots were fired at the pirates' skiff.
Dutch commandos freed 20 Yemeni hostages on Saturday and briefly detained seven pirates who had forced their captives to sail a "mother ship" attacking vessels in the Gulf of Aden, NATO officials said.
Archaeologists will begin excavating sites in Egypt next week in an attempt to solve a mystery that has stymied historians for hundreds of years: Where is the final resting place of doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark Antony?
French frigate captured 11 pirates off the coast of Kenya after foiling an attack on a Liberian-flagged merchant ship, the French defence ministry said on Wednesday.
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