Bulls push oil over US$126 | Oil jumped to a new intraday record of US$126.20 a barrel at the weekend, extending gains to more than 11 per cent since the start of the month on fuel supply concerns and a rush of speculator buyin... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)NZ Herald
Arab foreign ministers appeal for Lebanon ceasefire | CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers, holding an emergency session on Sunday, appealed for an immediate ceasefire between Lebanon's political rivals to end the country's worst civil strife since... (photo: AP Photo / Gustavo Ferrari)The Star
US help could save thousands of lives | ONE April day in 1991, the world awoke to the news that a devastating cyclone and tidal wave had struck the coast of Bangladesh. As bodies washed ashore by the thousand and the death toll rose to 13... (photo: US Navy file/PHAN Nicholas Morton)The Australian AidDisasterPhotosSocietyUS
System transfers funds to radicals | AN "underground" banking system - investigated by the US for allegedly transmitting funds for terrorist operations - is suspected of being used in Australia to channel money to extremists in Africa.... (photo: WN)The Australian AfricaAustraliaMoneyPhotosTerrorism
Lebanese clashes shift to mountains | : Fierce clashes broke out Sunday in mountains east of Beirut between supporters of the Western-backed government and followers of Hezbollah, the militant group backed ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)International Herald Tribune HezbollahIranLebanonPhotosWar
Food hikes 'bad for Africa' | Maputo - The African Development Bank warned on Sunday that the near doubling of prices of some staple food crops in recent months had serious implications for Africa, ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)News24 AfricaEconomyFoodPhotosSociety
