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Google Inc. has started its 2010 Christmas with new holiday doodle, which has 17 interactive images of holiday destinations and cuisines from around the world.

China intends to boost its economic ties with Africa, which is already worth about $100 billion, according to a report by the government.

The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has named six high-profile Kenyans including senior politicians and a former police chief who were suspected to be behind the violence that followed the disputed 2007 elections. Close to 1,200 people lost their lives while over 650,000 were displaced in the riots. Kenyan police are on high alert after the announcement which observers say could spark renewed clashes in the region.

The court martial of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who disobeyed orders because he believes Barack Obama is not the legal President of the United States, begins today at Fort Meade in Maryland.

Burning tyres, rebel checkpoints, an angry mob and a placard that reads, Gbagbo thief... The West African state of Ivory Coast seems to be rapidly descending into a state of crisis. Acknowledged as the most expensive polls in Africa, the recent run-off was aimed at unifying the country which suffered bitter divisions and wrath of an armed uprising in 2002. But instead, they bared the discrepancy within the nation's population.

Whistle-blower-turned fugitive Julian Assange stayed off the hot trails of the Interpol on Friday to do a live chat on The Guardian; and he was reportedly flooded with messages brimming over with admiration, fulsome praise and offers of donations and other help.

Kenya's central bank said on Tuesday it would be revising its monetary policy targets after signs that two years of monetary easing had lowered commercial lending rates and increased loan volumes.

Following the announcement of the royal engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Clarence House confirmed in a brief statement that the Prince has gifted Kate his mother's 18-carat sapphire and diamond engagement ring.

According to a study conducted recently, the coastal city of Paphos on Cyprus Island in the Mediterranean has topped the list of most preferred honeymoon destinations this year.

In what looks like a setback for the Obama administration in matter of trial of terrorism suspects in civil court, the first suspect transferred from Guantanamo military prison to face a U.S. civilian trial was found not guilty by a Manhattan federal court jury on all but one charge in the 1998 African embassy bombings.

Kenya expects boom in tourism - thanks to the ‘royal couple’ of Prince William and Kate Middleton who recently got engaged in the African country.

One of the greatest challenges facing the developing world lies with their limited access to quality healthcare, a situation that threatens to jeopardize or undermine economic growth in these nations.