Politics

Georgian opposition figure Nino rallies voters before polls

With twenty percent of Georgia's population undecided ahead of Sunday's election and a fiery perfomance by former parliament chairwoman Nino Burjanadze could force a second round run-off in the Georgian general elections. Duration: 00:48

Oct 24, 2013

Madagascar seeks to blot out bitter past in key vote

Madagascar votes Friday in long-delayed elections meant to pull the island nation out of a devastating political crisis that plunged millions into misery after a 2009 coup. Duration: 02:04

Oct 24, 2013

Rock cravings for pregnant women in Kenya

Pregnant women often have unusual cravings and in Kenya it's not unusual to crave, and eat, soft stones known as "odowa". Duration: 02:05

Oct 24, 2013

Bulgaria Roma questioned about mystery child in Greece

Bulgarian police are questioning a Roma couple who might be the biological parents of Maria, a mysterious blonde girl found in a Greek Roma camp, media reported Thursday. Duration: 00:38

Oct 24, 2013

Lagos Fashion and Design Week gets underway

Forty established designers and ten upcoming talents are presenting their latest work at Lagos Fashion and Design Week, one of two major fashion events in Nigeria's largest city each year. Duration: 01:27

Oct 24, 2013

French football clubs plan strike over 75% tax plan

French football clubs will go out on strike for the first time in more than 40 years next month in protest at government plans to tax top earners 75 percent, the clubs have announced. Duration: 01:08

Oct 24, 2013

Syria disarmament on track: watchdog

Syria is set to hand over a detailed plan for destroying its chemical arsenal Thursday, the international watchdog said, as a rebel attack near Damascus triggered widespread power outages. Duration: 00:26

Oct 24, 2013

Spying between friends 'just not done': Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the target of US snooping on her mobile phone, said Thursday that such conduct between friends was unacceptable. Duration: 00:53

Oct 24, 2013

Syrian expats lead Bulgaria's refugee relief efforts

Syrian refugees receives medical exams at the recently opened Vrazhdebna shelter in Sofia, a former school that now houses some 380 refugees on October 24, 2013. Duration: 00:40

Oct 24, 2013

Jobless rate dips as Spain fights way out of recession

Spain announced Thursday a dip in its towering unemployment rate in the latest sign that the eurozone's fourth-largest economy is battling its way out of recession. Duration: 01:05

Oct 24, 2013

Political unrest in Tunisia has reached a turning-point: analyst

Political unrest in Tunisia has reached a turning-point, according to one analyst. Duration: 00:55

Oct 24, 2013

Australia fires flare as military blamed, pilot killed

Firefighters prepare to battle approaching flames from a bushfire near Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains on October 24, 2013. Duration: 00:45

Oct 24, 2013

White House refuses to say whether US spied on Merkel

The White House refused to say Thursday whether the United States has spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, amid a growing furore over allegations Washington tapped her mobile phone. Duration: 00:30

Oct 24, 2013

Relatives of Bangladesh tragedy victims demand justice

Orphans who lost their parents when a garment factory complex collapsed in Bangladesh vented their grief and anger at leading Western retailers Thursday on the six-month anniversary of the disaster. Duration 00:53

Oct 24, 2013

NKorea rights investigator recounts harrowing testimonies

UN investigators probing human rights abuses in North Korea have been hearing harrowing evidence in London this week from people who have managed to flee the secretive Stalinist regime. Duration: 1:14

Oct 24, 2013