Aussie sailor tells of monster wave that rolled yacht An Australian yachtsman was reunited with his family Thursday following a dramatic rescue after a massive wave picked up his boat and rolled it over, hundreds of kilometres off the coast.
18 October 2012
Fidel Castro statement issued amid health rumors The first public statement in almost four months from Fidel Castro appeared in Cuba's state media on Wednesday, as rumors persist about the 86-year-old revolutionary icon's health.
18 October 2012
Second Kazakhstan investment forum held in Hong KongThe event was organized by Kazakhstan’s General Consulate in Hong Kong and Macau Special Administrative Regions jointly with SB Capital and Cedrus Investments.
18 October 2012
Fear of famine stalks Sudan's South Kordofan Hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan's conflict-torn state of South Kordofan are on the brink of famine as Khartoum keeps up a blockade on aid agencies.
Crowned heads of Europe due at Luxembourg royal wedding It won't be as big as "Will and Kate" yet the cream of Europe's royals head to tiny Luxembourg this week for a two-day wedding between Prince Guillaume, heir to the throne, and a Belgian countess.
18 October 2012
Former Chinese official sheds light on dark side of power "Politics is an ugly business," says an official in Chinese author Wang Xiaofang's novel, The Civil Servant's Notebook. "You always need to keep a knife in reserve, even for your own boss."
Kazakhstan's export to Customs Union lowered in 2012The commodities turnover between Kazakhstan and CU-countries made $4.5 billion in January-August, which is 12 percent less than in the same period last year: Statistics Agency.
Cruise ship crew member dies of meningitis in Italy An Indonesian cruise ship crew member died of meningitis on Tuesday, nine days after being hospitalised with three colleagues in the western Italian port city of Livorno.
As euro-tension eases, EU summit mulls eurozone redesign EU leaders will go into a brainstorming session Thursday in the first of three summits being held before Christmas in the hope of ending the year with a deal on a stronger economic and monetary union.
18 October 2012
Cuba eases despised foreign travel restrictions Cubans will no longer need an exit permit to travel abroad from January, the communist regime said on Tuesday, in a major overhaul of a half-century-old policy despised by the island's citizens.
17 October 2012
Syria 'ready to explore' truce even as it bombs rebels Syria has said it is prepared to explore a truce proposal by international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, even as it unleashed multiple air strikes on rebel positions on a key highway.