Bomb kills three police in Afghanistan: officials (AFP)

Bomb kills three police in Afghanistan: officials (AFP)
Australian MP on child porn charges (AFP)
VIDEO: Air France crash salvage to start
VIDEO: Air France crash salvage to start
VIDEO: Texas fires close to Fort Worth
Ivorian liberation forces turn guns on each other (AP)
Japan nuclear evacuation ring will be no-go zone, PM
U.S. sues over treatment of workers from Asia
Ivorian army attacks "Invisible Commando" militia
U.S. sues over treatment of workers from Asia
Pop star declared Haiti president (AP)
Goldman cuts stake in S. Korea's Hana (AFP)
Japan declares nuclear no-go zone
U.S. sues over treatment of workers from Asia
VIDEO: Journalists die in Libya clashes
VIDEO: Australia detention centre riot
VIDEO: Texas fires close to Fort Worth
U.S. sues over treatment of workers from Asia
Ivorian army attacks "Invisible Commando" militia
Ivorian army attacks "Invisible Commando" militia

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:56 PM PDT

AFP - Three policemen were killed and six others wounded on Thursday when a bomb planted inside their minibus exploded in eastern Afghanistan, local officials said.

Australian MP on child porn charges (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:46 PM PDT

AFP - A South Australian politician has been charged with four child pornography offences, police said on Thursday, as the state's Premier Mike Rann expressed shock at the arrest.

VIDEO: Air France crash salvage to start

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:49 PM PDT

The BBC's Tom Burridge looks at the kinds of vessel which will be used to help recover parts of the Air France plane that crashed into the southern Atlantic in 2009.

VIDEO: Air France crash salvage to start

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:49 PM PDT

The BBC's Tom Burridge looks at the kinds of vessel which will be used to help recover parts of the Air France plane that crashed into the southern Atlantic in 2009.

VIDEO: Texas fires close to Fort Worth

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 08:30 PM PDT

Firefighters in the US state of Texas are battling to contain wildfires which have burnt across more than one million acres in the past fortnight.

Ivorian liberation forces turn guns on each other (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:10 PM PDT

AP - Ivory Coast's new army turned its guns Wednesday on a former ally who helped liberate Abidjan and install the democratically elected president, military sources said of a major setback as the country was beginning to return to normal.

Japan nuclear evacuation ring will be no-go zone, PM

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:05 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Thursday said it would ban people entering the 20 km (12 mile) evacuation zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant north of Tokyo, weeks after the tsunami-wrecked facility began leaking radiation.

U.S. sues over treatment of workers from Asia

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:54 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. federal agency has sued over unequal treatment of more than 500 workers from India recruited to work at shipyards in Mississippi and Texas and over 200 Thai farm laborers brought to Hawaii and Washington state, officials said on Wednesday.

Ivorian army attacks "Invisible Commando" militia

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 08:51 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The Ivorian military attacked the 'Invisible Commando' militia in Abidjan on Wednesday, the head of the militia and other sources said, signaling a violent break between the formerly allied forces.

U.S. sues over treatment of workers from Asia

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:54 PM PDT

Pop star declared Haiti president (AP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 10:21 PM PDT

AP - Michel Martelly, a Haitian popular singer known by the stage name "Sweet Micky," was officially declared the earthquake-devastated country's next president, election officials said Wednesday.

Goldman cuts stake in S. Korea's Hana (AFP)

Posted: 20 Apr 2011 09:51 PM PDT

AFP - Goldman Sachs has disposed of part of its stake in South Korea's Hana Financial Group through a $297.9 million block sale, documents showed Thursday.