A publicity stunt involving envelopes of cash thrown at pedestrians from the top of a Paris bus turned ugly after it was canceled for security reasons. Youths angry at losing out on fast cash smashed shop windows and overturned cars.
China said on Monday that it had executed nine people in connection with deadly ethnic unrest that erupted in the Xinjiang region in July. Authorities convicted 21 defendants in October.
The African Union will meet on Thursday to discuss the situation in Guinea, a day after US and EU officials lashed out at junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara over a deadly army assault on an opposition rally late last month. But Camara adviser Chérif Id
Junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara (photo) is facing international pressure over a recent massacre at an opposition rally in Conakry, as the International Criminal Court investigates the incident. His advisor Chérif Idriss told FRANCE 24 in an intervie
Six people have been sentenced to death in China's western Xinjiang region over July's ethnic violence between the Uighur minority and Han Chinese majority that left almost 200 dead, Chinese media have reported.
Greek Socialist leader George Papandreou on Sunday pledged to "turn a page" on the economic malaise of the previous administration after his victory in snap elections that ousted the scandal-ridden conservative government.
Socialist leader George Papandreou formally declared victory in Sunday's snap election after his socialist Pasok party won over 43 percent of the vote according to results from nearly two thirds of polling stations.
Opinion polls show the socialist opposition in the lead as Greeks vote Sunday in a snap election called by PM Costas Karamanlis (photo) following a tough year for a country battered by the economic crisis, riots and corruption scandals.
The losing candidates of Gabon's presidential election have jointly filed a complaint with the country's top court. They accuse the victorious candidate, Ali Bongo, of having rigged the poll to ensure he would succeed his late father as president.
The recent political riots in Uganda's capital Kampala have left 14 people dead and resulted in more than 550 arrests, police have reported. The security services are making their presence felt in an attempt to calm the situation.
