Cuba starts to audit state-run companies
2011-04-26 11:24:27
Cuba started to audit more than 750 state-run companies across the country on Monday to review their management and legitimacy so as to determine which should be merged or liquidated.
UK counts 5,500 street parties for royal wedding
2011-04-26 11:15:26
British government officials say that more than 5,500 street parties are being planned in honor of Prince William and his bride on April 29.
Egypt suspends controversial governor
2011-04-26 11:06:26
The railway service from Cairo to southern Egypt will resume soon as protestors in Qena province decided to end their sit-in on railway tracks after a suspension of the new controversial governor.
16 killed as passenger bus torched in Pakistan
2011-04-26 11:03:18
At least 16 people including seven children were killed and over a dozen others injured as a passenger bus was set ablaze by unknown miscreants in the wee hours of Tuesday in Pakistan's southwestern city of Sibi.
List of guests attending the royal wedding
2011-04-26 10:29:12
A look at guests attending the April 29 royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London.
Bahrain crown prince not to attend royal wedding
2011-04-26 10:29:12
Bahrain government on Sunday officially announced that Crown Prince will not attend Britain's royal wedding of Prince William on April 29 in London because of the ongoing unrest in the Gulf kingdom.
Candles lit, bells tolled for Chernobyl
2011-04-26 10:21:33
Black-clad Orthodox priests sang solemn hymns, Ukrainians lit thin wax candles and a bell tolled 25 times for the number of years that have passed since the Chernobyl disaster as the world began marking the anniversary Tuesday of the worst nuclear accident in history.
Beckham, Elton, Mr. Bean to attend royal wedding
2011-04-26 10:07:51
David Beckham, Elton John and Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson will mingle with dozens of royal guests at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, according to a newly released official guest list.
UN chief to mark 25th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster
2011-04-26 09:56:24
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster on Tuesday after he visited the site of the former nuclear plant.
Venezuela to boost minimum wage by 25%
2011-04-26 09:52:21
President Hugo Chavez has announced a 25 percent increase for Venezuela's minimum wage starting May 1.
Poll: Over half of Egypt wants end to Israel peace
2011-04-26 09:41:39
More than half of all Egyptians would like to see the 1979 peace treaty with Israel annulled, according to results of a poll conducted by the US-based Pew Research Center released Monday.
Disneyland Paris shuts ride after accident
2011-04-26 09:37:52
The Disneyland Paris theme park closed its "Thunder Mountain" train ride on Monday after a piece of scenery fell onto one of the carriages and injured five people, one seriously.