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ICC prosecutor says good case against Kenya violence suspects

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:04:15 -0500

Top war crimes prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says he has a strong case against the perpertrators of last year’s post-election violence in Kenya, and is preparing investigations that could lead to trials at the International Criminal Court.Duration: 01:44

China pledges 10 billion to Africa at summit

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:04:14 -0500

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiaobao pledged 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to Africa on Sunday, at the start of a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. He also pledged to cancel debts of African countries to boost his country’s role in the continent. Beijing has been pouring investments into oil and other raw materials on the resource-rich continent to fuel China's booming economy.Duration: 00:32

For Russia, with love

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:13:03 -0500

A rare treasure from tsarist Russia, the so-called Rothschild Faberge egg made in 1902, sold for a record of nearly nine million pounds (12.5 million euros, 18.5 million dollars) at auction house Christie’s in London on Wednesday. It is one of many Russian masterpieces being bought in the art capitals of the world and then shipped back to Russia — acts by newly rich Russians seeking to give something back to their country.

Latvia’s EU economic bubble bursts

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:13:39 -0400

Riga has been a boom town for the past five years, as European Union membership opened markets and handed down subsidies from Brussels. But the global economic crisis has come down hard, and Latvia has been forced to seek emergency loans from the IMF and the European Commission.

Sex tourism book comes back to haunt French minister

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:02:56 -0400

French politicians from the left and right on Thursday demanded that Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand answer allegations that a novel he wrote in 2005 endorses sex tourism. The 62-year-old nephew of late president Francois Mitterand last week came under fire for defending filmmaker Roman Polanski. Now he faces new criticism for his book. Duration : 01:49-

First Diwali at the White House

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:04:44 -0400

President Obama lit a candle to start off the Diwali holiday, a White House first, and re-established a presidential advisory commission for Asian-American and Pacific Islanders. Duration: 00:52

Miles ahead: Paris celebrates Miles Davis

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:47:02 -0400

50 years after the release of Miles Davis’s landmark album "Kind of Blue", Paris dedicates the world's first major exhibition to the late legendary trumpeter, who always had a special relationship with the French capital. Duration: 01:07

South Koreans protests against expected missile launch

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:00:40 -0400

Demonstrators in Seoul protest against the expected missiled launch in North Korea, with protesters setting fire to a mock Taepodong-2 missile and North Korean flag.