The Digit World contest has been conceived to provide answers to the expectations of public institutions as well as professionals of the numerical industry. Through new promotional e-platforms and awards, they are seeking new ways, new forms of visibility, in order to show their expertise and underline the quality of their work. Obtaining an award remains t...
Chinas worst fears about the spread of Sars pneumonia began to come true yesterday as state media said patients from a poor region had been turned away from ho...
The winners of this years so-called green Nobel prizes will be
honoured in Washington tomorrow. They include two Aboriginal elders
from Australia who block...
Exiled Iraqi leaders were today being flown into the country to meet
religious and community representatives. Talks in the town of
Nasiriya have been desig...
There are new moves to stop the killing in north eastern Congo.
Warlords and tribal leaders yesterday agreed to share power in a
United Nations backed admi...
In Syria prospects of ending the crisis look bleak, with the UN Security Council struggling to agree on an appropriate response. The Assad regime?s brutal crackdown, including shelling of central city Homs, shows no sign...
In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...
The Democratic Republic of Congo?s presidential and parliamentary vote went ahead on 28-30 November, after a campaign marred by violence and amid allegations of rigging and mismanagement. Political rallies were banned in the wake of...
Deadly clashes between government forces and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) broke out in the troubled southern Philippines in October.
In Sudan a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) offensive in Blue Nile state, and renewed clashes in Southern Kordofan between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, fuelled fears of a return to civil war.