.... • A carbomb explosion followed by heavy gunfire hit near the northern gate of the presidential palace. • Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group linked to Al-Qaida, has claimed responsibility for the attack. MOGADISHU, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Somali Minister for National ...

Armed men wearing suicide vests have attacked the presidential palace in Mogadishu, killing scores of people. The militants, believed to be Al Shabaab, are reported to have used a car filled with bombs to ram into the barricade outside the presidential ...

President Yoweri Museveni has responded to criticism from the US president, Barack Obama who early this week said Uganda's enacting of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill would complicate relations between the two countries. On Feb. 16, Obama warned ...

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The 5" Android smartphone's sensors make 250,000 3D measurements every second to create an accurate 3D model of the space surrounding you, updated in real time. Google said the early algorithms were still in active development, but that possible future ...

Mogadishu – Al-Qaeda-linked militants al-Shabaab attacked the Somali presidential palace compound on Friday, blasting through a gate with a car bomb and engaging in a fierce gun battle with African peacekeepers, police said. Somali Islamist militant ...

When Google marked its deal to sell Motorola mobility to Lenovo for $2.9 billion, it ensured that the best division of Motorola – its Advanced Technology and Projects group – would be left behind for the Android team. Google's Advanced Technology & Projects ...

It's Robert Mugabe's 90th birthday today. The president is hailed as a revolutionary hero by some of Zimbabwe while the West considers him a tyrant, guilty of corruption and widespread human rights abuses. It is not surprising that a man who polarises ...

Washington, U.S.A: US President Barack Obama will host Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House on Friday, a move China said would "seriously impair" ties as it called for the meeting to be canceled. The meeting will take place in the ...

The new muscles can lift a hundred times more weight and generate a hundred times higher mechanical power than the same length and weight of human muscle. ET SPECIAL: Save precious time tracking your investments. WASHINGTON: Scientists have ...

When Oscar Pistorius has his day in court next month there'll be a media frenzy. Reporters, photographers, TV crews, tweeters and bloggers will work overtime, competing to deliver the latest coverage. COLUMNISTS. Paul Pereira. Weakness in welfare ...

TUNIS, Tunisia - A medical flight from Libya crashed in a field near Tunis in the early hours of Friday morning, killing all 11 Libyans on board, Tunisia's civil defence said. The plane went down at 1:45 a.m. in a sparsely inhabited farming area in the Grombalia ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden's Royal Palace says Princess Madeleine has given birth to a daughter in New York City — the first child for her and American husband, banker Christopher O'Neill. The palace says the daughter was born late ...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's presidency said Friday that it has negotiated an international deal intended to end battles between police and protesters that have killed scores and injured hundreds. It was unclear whether the deal would appease protesters, ...

Google has reportedly built a prototype Android smartphone device that is capable of learning and mapping the world around it. The Advanced Technology and Projects group, one of the few Motorola elements that Google has retained, announced Project ...

Although there is no official confirmation from the 33-year-old singer, who already has a son Max, 6, from her previous relationship, the speculation fuelled after Rutler's mother Kathleen apparently gave away a hint. (Reuters) ...

Ukrainian president's office says a deal intended to end violent battles between police and protesters is to be signed later Friday, but European mediators involved in talks wouldn't confirm it. Yanukovych's office says that the government and the opposition ...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe watches a video presentation during the summit of the Southern African Development Community in Johannesburg on August 17, 2008. Mugabe, Zimbabwe's ruler since independence from Britain in 1980, turns 90 on ...

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Kampala, Uganda: Uganda on Tuesday dismissed U.S. president Barack Obama's call to its leader Yoweri Museveni not to sign an anti-homosexuality law, saying the U.S. was trying to blackmail the east African country. On Sunday, two days after President ...