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Harare/Johannesburg, May 14 (DPA) The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Wednesday denied that it recently paid off $700 million in debt to the African Development Bank (AfDB), an announcement that had raised eyebrows given the country's severe economic woes.

Melbourne, May 14 (PTI) Lawyers for Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef, wrongly accused of involvement in the failed UK car bombings, today won a bid to fast-track a court challenge to secure

Sydney, May 14 (IANS) Indian doctor Muhammad Haneef's lawyers have succeeded in fast-tracking a court challenge securing the release of documents from the immigration department, which they say are crucial to the judicial inquiry into his failed case.

Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): A 13-year-old boy from Texas has been convicted of fraud for hiring two hookers and racking up 30,000 dollars in charges on his father's credit card, it has emerged.

Jaishree Balasubramanian Kuala Lumpur, May 14 (PTI) Malaysia's top court today refused to free five ethnic Indian leaders detained indefinitely under a draconian security law, dashing hopes of

Sydney, May 14 (IANS) Australia has strongly condemned the terror bombings in the Indian city of Jaipur in which at least 63 people were killed, saying that the 'the attack on a democratic, tolerant, open society is repugnant'.

Sridhar Krishnaswami Washington, May 14 (PTI) Hillary Clinton cruised to an emphatic victory over rival Barack Obama in West Virginia primary today, handing the Democrat front-runner one of

Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): If you want to believe in the green man from Mars, well then that's now OK with the Catholic Church.

London, May 14 (PTI) Sri Lanka has accused Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam (LTTE) of not reciprocating to its efforts for a dialogue while seeking global support in defeating the rebel

Dhaka, May 14 (PTI) At least nine persons were killed and 30 others injured when two passenger trains collided at eastern Bangladesh today, officials and witnesses said.

Raghavendra Beijing, May 14 (PTI) China poured in more troops into the earthquake-battered southwest Sichuan province today to speed up rescue operations as state media reported that only

Washington/Beijing, May 13 (PTI) US President George W Bush today nudged China to continue "substantiative" dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representatives on the vexed Tibet issue.

Toronto, May 13 (PTI) The United States paid a whopping USD 500,000 to Pakistani military officials who arrested a Canadian citizen Abdullah Khadr wanted for links to al-Qaeda, according to court

Sydney, May 13 (IANS) The Australian government has set aside an extra A$2.2 million (US$ 2 million) to fund the judicial inquiry into the way official agencies handled the terrorism case against Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef.

Dubai, May 13 (ANI): Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that energy security and infrastructure are the main foundations on which the relations between India and UAE will forward.

Wellington, May 13 (ANI): The traffic in central Christchurch, New Zealand, is not running smoothly anymore - all because of a nationwide billboard campaign that is promoting the new Prime Television programme 'Secret Diary of a Call Girl.'

Brisbane, May 13 (ANI): A Northern Territory driver was slapped with a fine of 750 dollars for putting a seatbelt around a carton of beer instead of a five-year-old kid in his car.

Abuja, May 13 (DPA) The Nigerian government has called for a large deployment of African Union observers to monitor run-off elections in Zimbabwe.

Nairobi/N'Djamena, May 13 (DPA) Chad closed its border with Sudan overnight and cut off all economic ties with its neighbouring country amid accusations of aggression from Khartoum, news reports said Tuesday.

Somerset West (South Africa), May 13 (IANS) India, Brazil and South Africa have expressed concern at the escalating violence in resource-rich Darfur in Sudan and asked all parties to work for peace, security and stability in the region.