Graeme Smith left South Africa on December 6 knowing he had plenty of doubters in his own country but aware that there were even more in Australia.

West African foreign ministers are set to gather in Abuja for the first part of a meeting that could formally suspend Guinea from the Ecowas group.

Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries said on Friday it will withdraw from MotoGP as the global economic crisis pressures the firm to cut costs.

At least 40 people were killed, more than half of them children, when a fire tore through dozens of homes in Pakistan's largest city Karachi.

Incoming administration will abandon Bush's isolation of Islamist group to initiate low-level diplomacy, say transition sources.

People with humility, dedication and efficiency is what the ANC needs to lead the party to victory, the party's KZN chairperson said on Friday.

The United States unemployment rate surged to its highest level in nearly 16 years in December.

Sixty-eight new cholera cases have been reported in Limpopo, the Department of Health said on Friday.

Sasol plans to invest $10-billion by 2015 to develop coal liquefaction plants in Indonesia, it was reported on Friday.

The Home Affairs Department said on Friday its "hands were tied" over the flood of Zimbabweans seeking political asylum.

Suddenly all is not well in the Bulls and Blue Bulls camp with injuries causing some concern for the coaches of the two sides.

Israel pounded Gaza with bombs and shells on Friday, vowing to pursue its war on Hamas despite a truce order from the UN Security Council.

The DA on Friday called for an investigation into the claim that portions of a video tape seized by the president's VIP officers were deleted.

Israel on Friday rejected a United Nations resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday Pakistan had sent India a response to evidence from the Mumbai attacks.