A Bangladeshi court on Tuesday sentenced to death by hanging three Islamic militants convicted of plotting to kill the British ambassador in a grenade attack four years ago. The British High Commission in Dhaka immediately welcomed a

DHAKA (AFP) - The prospect of Bangladesh holding its first democratic elections in seven years hung in the balance Thursday after the government refused to meet demands from a key party.The elections are planned for December 18, but one of

SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AFP) - Robert Mugabe’s spokesman told the West on Tuesday it can “go hang” amid growing criticism of the Zimbabwean president’s widely discredited re-election which has seen Washington push for UN sanctions.