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A new era dawned for political co-operation in Namibia today with the announcement that the Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) and the Republican Party (RP) have started a process of unification.

The BP well which spilled 206m gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico poses no further risk to the environment, says the US official leading the clean-up.

(CNN) -- Tropical Storm Hermine is expected to cross into Texas on Tuesday after striking the Mexican coast about 40 miles south of the U.S.

Johannesburg, South Africa -- Schools in South Africa will reopen Tuesday after unions representing more than 1.3 million workers in the country suspended a three-week-old strike that has crippled hos

Santiago (dpa) - Rescue drilling on Monday reached the 100-metre- mark on its way to 33 miners trapped 700 metres under the Atacama desert in northern Chile.

Jakarta (dpa) - Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano erupted again early Tuesday, belching thick black smoke up to 5,000 metres into the air and spewing volcanic ash over a wide area, officials said.

Seoul (dpa) - North Korea requested aid in the form of rice, cement and construction equipment from South Korea after the impoverished country was hit by floods last month, the government in Seoul sa

Kabul (dpa) - Taliban insurgents killed a district governor and his bodyguard in an attack in northern Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.

Hong Kong (dpa) - A mobile phone used by the killer in the run-up to a hostage shootout in Manila was back with Philippine officials Tuesday after being sent to Hong Kong to give to victims' families.

Sydney (dpa) - Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday won the support of independents to remain in office, breaking a 17-day logjam that built up behind the inconclusive August 21 parliamentary elec