World
Mexico starts campaign to save endangered porpoise (AP)
20.08.2008
AP - Mexico is investing 163 million pesos (US$16 million) to save a highly endangered type of porpoise from fishing nets in the upper Gulf of California. Read more…
Mugabe to open new Zimbabwe parliament Tuesday: official (AFP)
20.08.2008
AFP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will open the new parliament on Tuesday, despite opposition warnings that this would jeopardise power-sharing talks following controversial polls. Read more…
More firsts for China but curtains for Yao (AFP)
20.08.2008
AFP - China again pushed its sporting boundaries Wednesday by claiming more Olympic firsts, winning its maiden yachting gold medal and booking a place in the women's hockey finals. Read more…
At least 20 killed in crash at Madrid airport: media (AFP)
20.08.2008
AFP - At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured when a Spanish airliner crashed at Madrid's airport on Wednesday, Spanish media said. Read more…
Plane skids off Madrid runway, seven reported dead (AFP)
20.08.2008
AFP - A jet belonging to a Spanish airline skidded off a Madrid airport runway and crashed in flames on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, media reports said. Read more…
