THE BUSINESS PICTURE
Workers pack bottles of olive oil at a factory yesterday in Algeria, where bad weather during the olive's flowering season has led to a dip in production.
Mining
Between a rock and a rewarding place
Canadian miners in Africa are excited about the continent's vast mineral resources but realistic about the risks
Nationalization talk puts miners on edge
Proposal by influential youth wing of South Africa's ruling party causing anxiety among Canadian and other foreign mining firms
Gadhafi's dream of united Africa suffers setback
Libyan leader is denied second term at head of African Union; Malawian president chosen after rancorous debates
Israeli membership in OECD hinges on renouncing bribery in arms sales
With arms exports of $6-billion a year, country has a lot at stake
Bureaucrat plots Yemen's 10 steps to recovery
Unpopular deputy finance minister believes economic growth and abolishing corruption are steps on the road to beating al-Qaeda
On historic South African street, tourists trump traditions
With the World Cup coming, the former centre of anti-apartheid tumult and home of Mandela gets a new look - and hopes to cash in
Producers turn to Asia
Booming East has Russia, Saudis 'going where the customers are'
Reports of ailing Nigerian President spark political crisis
Street protests, emergency parliamentary debates take place as officials try to reassure nation about absent leader's health
Cash-strapped Yemen finds a reason to join the hunt for al-Qaeda
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Abu Dhabi set to spruce up its not-so-green image
Among the world's worst garbage producers, residents threw out almost 2.5 kilograms of trash daily in 2007. That is about to change
Q&A
How the Burj Dubai measures up
As the Burj Dubai - more than 800 metres high - takes the title of the world's tallest building, Carol Willis, the founder of the Skyscraper Museum in New York discusses the role of super-tall structures with Siri Agrell
U.S., Britain close Yemeni embassies as new front emerges in al-Qaeda war
Threat points to 'spreading franchise'
World: South Africa
The wine world's African queen
After 25 years of defying expectations in the male-dominated industry, Edmonton-born vintner celebrates her pioneering success
Bridging the gap between supply and demand
The Leiv Eiriksson, one of the world's largest oil drilling platforms, passes under the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul yesterday en route to the Black Sea, where Turkey and Brazil will carry out joint oil explorations. Turkey imports almost all of its oil and has turned to prospecting for offshore oil in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea to reduce its dependence on foreign imports.
SCRAPING THE DUBAI SKY
In the annals of tall skyscrapers, there is no doubt that the soon-to-open Burj Dubai will be the world's tallest. But how tall is known to only a few.
South African violence strikes Canadians
Fears over high violent crime rate, effect on tourism envelop World Cup host nation after couple stabbed, beaten
Iran fires opposition leader from government post
Former presidential candidate Mousavi dismissed as head of Academy of Art in apparent backlash to new anti-regime protests
The making of a martyr: Death of defiant cleric revives Iran's reformists
Funeral becomes a protest as thousands defy security clampdown to mourn a pillar of the revolution who became its biggest critic. The ayatollah's death provides fresh spark for the opposition movement, setting stage for a new showdown with the regime
More double-doubles, Tanzanians told
A worker prepares tins of ground coffee in Moshi, Tanzania. The country is calling on its citizens to drink more coffee to reduce growers' reliance on foreign demand and boost output. "We want to mitigate the risk in the world market by boosting local consumption, create more employment and get the benefits of the drink too. Coffee is a new emerging market for our traditional local bars, but we have more modern coffee bars coming."