Billions raised in Gates-championed vaccination drive
Donations led by the UK and Bill Gates have far exceeded the $3.7-billion targeted in a drive to fund vaccinations for children in poor countries.
Ministers meet amid fears of Libya stalemate
Ministers gathered in Qatar on Wednesday for talks on Libya’s future, with some eager to step up air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
EU weighs intervention in Libya
Britain urged the world to exert pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi and the EU said it was considering sending a intervention force.
Assange fights extradition to Sweden
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will try to persuade a British judge on Monday to block his extradition to Sweden to face trial for sex crimes.
WikiLeaks founder Assange seeks bail in UK court
Lawyers for Julian Assange, held in Britain over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden, will try again on Tuesday to win bail for the WikiLeaks founder.
WikiLeaks: Logs show 15 000 more Iraq deaths
WikiLeaks said on Saturday its release of classified US files on the Iraq war showed 15 000 more Iraqi civilians died than previously thought.
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Ed Miliband emerges from brother’s shadow
Ed Miliband has finally emerged from his older brother’s shadow but now faces a challenge to unify the Labour Party.
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Conservatives try for coalition after UK election
Britain’s opposition Conservatives said on Friday they would try to form a government with the smaller Liberal Democrats.
Pressure mounts on Goldman from near and far
Goldman Sachs sees pressure building on both sides of the Atlantic, two days after it was charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Nationalisation of mines unlikely, says minister
Nationalisation of South Africa’s mines is not government policy and is unlikely to become so, the trade minister said on Wednesday.
