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Business confidence in Japan is now at a record low as the country the global financial crisis hits hard.

Raul Alfonsin, Argentina’s first democratically-elected president after the military dictatorship, dies of illness aged 82.

Will you vote in the country’s upcoming general election?

Ivory Coast announces an inquiry into a stampede at a football match which left 19 people dead.

Madagascar new president, Andry Rajoelina, announces his new administration, defying international calls to step down.

A US marine is tried for a killing in Iraq in a case sparked by an alleged confession made during a lie-detector test.

A US marine is tried for a killing in Iraq in a case sparked by an alleged confession made during a lie-detector test.

The government must stop Royal Mail privatisation plans until it has explained what the deal involves, MPs say.

A US marine is tried for a killing in Iraq in a case sparked by an alleged confession made during a lie-detector test.

Official bafflement in the aftermath of the Lahore attack