Hosni Mubarak, the president of Egypt, has attended a graduation ceremony to congratulate a new batch of trained officers from the country's prestigious Military Academy, his alma matar and the oldest in North Africa.
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The United Nations is calling for increased aid from donors to avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Africa's drought-hit Sahel region. John Holmes, the outgoing head of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said more than $229m was still needed to respond to the crisis in Niger, the worst hit of the countries in the region. Holmes said UN agencies and non-governmental organisations were present on the ground in Niger and better prepared to respond than during a similar crisis five years ago, but need to "step up that capacity even further ... because people have no food or where there's food, they need money to buy it". (July 21, 2010)
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It has been three months since British energy giant BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and sparking the worst environmental disaster in modern US history. David Cameron, who was on his first visit to the US as British prime minister, said he understood the anger the spill had caused. But Cameron's words were unlikely to dampen anti-BP sentiment in the US, which has criticised the British company for putting its image above cleanup priorities. John Terrett reports from New Orleans. (July 21, 2010)
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ISLAMABAD ' Pakistan on Thursday observed a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country's worst aviation disaster, as rescue workers searched for the aircraft's black box. Investigators hope the flight data recorder will give clues to the exact cause of Wednesday's crash which occurred amid heavy rain and poor visibility in the hills outside Islamabad. The government said all possible causes would be investigated, including terrorism, bad weather and sabotage, although officials gave no indication that an attack might...
Pakistan has declared a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country's worst ever aviation disaster. The government has said all possible causes of the crash will be investigated although officials have given no indication that they suspect some kind of attack may have been to blame. On Thursday investigators were expected to continue their hunt for the crashed jet's so-called black box flight recorders, which they hope will give clues as to what caused the disaster. Airblue flight ED202 came down in bad weather on Wednesday morning in the Maragalla Hills, on its final...
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