The UN has warned the floods could spark locust plagues and disease
Togo has issued an urgent international appeal for food and medicine to help deal with flooding that has affected almost half the countries in Africa.
by Ezzedine SaidFri Sep 28, 5:09 PM ET
Israel and the Palestinians could sign a peace deal within six months of an international peace conference scheduled for November, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas told AFP on Friday.
At least 15 moderate-to-strong earthquakes have struck near the French islands of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, the US Geological Survey says.
Friday September 28, 2007 3:16 AM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Authorities investigating a mystery intestinal illness that has sickened up to 50 people restricted traffic in and out of a Holiday Inn briefly Thursday.
Updated Thu. Sep. 27 2007 9:29 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
The fallout surrounding a Saskatchewan chicken farm with confirmed cases of avian flu should not be as devastating as a B.C. outbreak two years ago that caused the destruction of 17 million chickens, according to health officials.
