Some have been brought back home but with complications that need attention.

The story,how an explosion caused in a box of mangoes gifted by an army officer,which killed General Zia Ul Haq,the former President of Pakistan,in a plane crash in...

New Zealand a country of diverse landscape and environment with ever increasing environment awareness: the eco drive for sustainable living and how it works needs...

The head of the only genuine royal monarchy in North or South America is the fifty-two-year-old Brazilian prince, Dom João Henrique Maria Gabriel Gonzaga de Orleans e...

If you farted consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb. (Now that’s more like it!)

Going to Brazil? Want to know what Brazilians eat and what is in stall for you? Read on for a quick guide to food in Brazil.

Reopening the debate about the horrors of Brazil’s dictatorship is controversial but the country must come to terms with its past

The Kenyan foreign affairs minister Moses Wetangula recently told off the US ambassador to Kenya Michael Rannerberger after his country’s stance against the...

Brazilians have voted in local elections that are expected to reap big gains for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s governing party and its allies

Import/Export is a bizarre, horrifying, challenging work, often brilliant and spectacular, often troubling and indeed objectionable.

Three years ago, members of Brazil’s opposition parties were threatening to impeach President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva amid a widening corruption scandal.

It’s a commonly heard that the actual beauty lies inside. But does this thing hold good in practice too? How many marriageable people would accept a dark complexioned...

McDonald’s workers at six stores in Auckland and Hamilton went on strike last Friday. The strikes are a protest over pay negotiations that have been stalled by...

I have to admit, I have come to respect President Calderon, something I never thought I would say. He earned my respect by taking on the National Teachers Union, making...

The New Zealand Police Force are a wonderful body of hard working men and woman. The police in New Zealand do not carry guns, are easily approached and always there to...

Both John McCain and Barack Obama have said they would shut the U.S. military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, where about 250 men remain behind bars — some in...

Kidnapping has become a swelling line item in the global economy. The nabbing of wealthy individuals and executives has metastasized into a worldwide business.

On the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, last week, my parents’ dining room table was home to a political debate at least as interesting as the VP...

Long-time crusader for ‘consumer rights’, and past and current third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader has issued a challenge to Barack Obama and...