As Zimbabwe's current outbreak of cholera heightens, South Africa's cabinet has announced it will withhold its $28 million assigned to agricultural aid for Zimbabwe until an elected government is in place.
A meeting has been held amongst the Red Sea nations in the Arab League in an attempt to coordinate a campaign against pirates off the coast of Somalia.
A federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian men being held at Guantanamo, Cuba as the U.S. Government's evidence linking the men to Al Qaeda was not substantial for the men to remain locked without charges.
South Korean activists sent another batch of propaganda leaflets across the border into North Korea, ignoring calls from the South Korean government to stop the airdrops. The leaflets carried messages criticising the government of Kim Jong il, the North Korean leader, and calling on North Koreans to rise up against him.
World stock markets tumbled Thursday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul losing almost 7 percent each, after recession fears sent Wall Street plunging and Japan suffered its biggest drop in exports in seven years.
NASA scientists have been working on developing software that will lead to an Internet like network in outer space. According to NASA, the technological goal is to allow spacecraft's to communicate within a network much like computers on Earth.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reversed plans to hold a test vote Thursday on a Democratic-sponsored automakers bailout bill but held out the possibility for a last-minute vote on any compromise. But a House Democratic leadership aide said a compromise had little chance in the House,
Singer Michael Jackson plans to testify next week in a British court in a lawsuit brought against him by a Bahrain prince. Jackson is being sued for reneging on a contract to record a new album and write an autobiography.