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The U.S. edges China in the medal count as the Americans continue to dominate swimming.

When a Zimbabwean man would rather spend life behind bars than live one more day on the streets of his nation's capital, you know things have gotten bad.

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday that the nation's polarizing president, Robert Mugabe, would accept the result of the next elections, even if they don't go his way.

A national election is expected to take place in Zimbabwe next year. Without sanctions to condemn, Mugabe would be hard-pressed to find something else to blame.

The World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, ranked Vietnam the worst country for wildlife protection among 23 nations assessed for enforcement and protection of species prone to poachers, such as rhinos, elephants and tigers. (Check out the full report and list here).

As Damascus and other parts of Syria convulse in clashes and violence, one must wonder where Assad is and where can he go should he be able to flee the country.

?The time has come to do something more drastic toward economic transformation and freedom,? Zuma said.

Zuma?s ruling party has proposed that the nation?s key mining sector pay more in taxes to finance social spending and also wants to encourage state-owned enterprises to create more jobs.

A group of Zimbabwe politicians got circumcised in Harare on Friday as part of a public campaign to fight HIV, but not all MPs support the practice.

As expected, the App Store has officially launched in 32 new countries as of Friday, including Albania, Fiji, Namibia, Nepal, and Ukraine. This means that app developers can now sell or distribute their applications for gaming, productivity, news, business, education and entertainment in a total of 155 countries around the globe.

The State Department released its report ahead of the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln?s Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in the U.S. South in 1863.

For the third time in a mere two weeks, the motorcade of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been involved in a fatal accident. Who is to blame?

African governments -- and international animal-rights organizations -- contend the Chinese luxury consumer's appetite for ivory is driving a new wave of illegal killing of one of their continent's most iconic animals.

Moving swiftly from the realm of tin foil-hat conspiracy to a bullet point being openly talked about as a fait accompli by international financiers, an exit by Greece from the European common currency dominated conversation this week. But what would actually happen if Greece left the euro?

The accident happened in an area formerly operated by diamond giants De Beers.

Gabriel Shumba, chief of ZEF and a Zimbabwean human rights attorney, praised the ruling.

India and Russia have chosen to boycott Zimbabwe's 53rd International Trade Fair this year to express their deep discontent with the country's new policies to nationalize and seize control over foreign companies.

In 1980, Bob Marley performed for a crowd of more than 100,000 in Zimbabwe, a country that had just been pardoned from British rule. The circumstances of the event made for one of the best scenes in Marley, a lengthy documentary that focuses on the singer's life and astounding rise to global stardom.

The Kimberley Process only addresses diamonds produced in areas controlled by rebel militias. It doesn’t take into consideration violence committed by government forces.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has yet to return from a trip to Singapore, and rumors that he is hospitalized and in critical condition are quickly intensifying.

Six years after its inception in Sydney, Australia, an estimated 5,251 cities and towns in 147 countries and territories across the globe are expected to celebrate Earth Hour 2012. Co-Founder Andy Ridley explains...