 | Xinhua - BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhuanet) --The 18th African Union Summit opens on Sunday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Leaders and delegates from 50 members of the union will focus on boosting African trade, amid growing global economic uncertainty. |
 | Times of India - India, which imports 12% of its oil from the Islamic Republic, cannot do without Iranian oil, Pranab Mukherjee said. CHIGAGO: India, the world's fourth-largest oil consumer, will not take steps to cut petroleum imports from Iran despite US and European ... |
 | ZDNet Asia - By Liau Yun Qing , ZDNet Asia on January 30, 2012 (2 hours ago) Research in Motion's new CEO says he plans "significant" changes for company and clarifies previous statement that he would make no "seismic change". |
 | BBC News - Senegal's highest court has dismissed opposition appeals and confirmed that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in office. |
 | Daily Mail - By Daily Mail Reporter Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe is planning to retire after his country's next elections, it was claimed yesterday. |
 | Daily Times Nigeria - The Senior Special Assistant to the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Political Matters, Dr. Godwin Duru, has urged Nigerians to commend President Goodluck Jonathan for his initiative in confronting the cabal in the oil sector by ... |
 | Independent Online - South Africa's attempt to flex its foreign policy muscle by capturing the AU's top post may be thwarted by nations resentful of its already dominant role on the continent. |
 | THISDAY Live - By Chuks Okocha The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sunday expressed dismay and bewilderment over the judgment of the Supreme Court that removed from office, in one fell swoop, five governors elected on the platform of the party. |
 | Times LIVE - Her death, which was announced by Mandela's grandson Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, comes hours after Madiba left Mthatha yesterday for his Johannesburg home while his house at Qunu village is being renovated. |
 | Ninemsn - Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd will use a meeting with his Russian counterpart to push Moscow to support a draft UN resolution calling on Syria's embattled president to step down. |
 | Herald Sun - THE cruise ship that capsized off Italy's coast will take up to 10 months to remove, officials say, as rough seas off the Tuscan coast forced the suspension of recovery operations. |
 | Macleans.ca (blog) - by Paul Wells on Sunday, January 29, 2012 11:07pm - 0 Comments In one of the elaborate prime-time TV interviews with selected interrogators that are a staple of French presidential politics, Nicolas Sarkozy tonight put his fate in the hands of Angela ... |
 | The Express Tribune - By Agencies KABUL: As US officials and Taliban negotiators reportedly open exploratory talks in the Gulf state of Qatar, a disillusioned administration of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is reportedly planning a parallel initiative to woo the hardline ... |
 | CNN (blog) - Editor's Note: This is an edited version of an article from the 'Oxford Analytica Daily Brief'. Oxford Analytica is a global analysis and advisory firm that draws on a worldwide network of experts to advise its clients on their strategy and performance ... |
 | WalesOnline - Banking chief Stephen Hester has bowed to intense political and media pressure to waive his bonus worth almost £1 million. Royal Bank of Scotland confirmed late on Sunday night the chief executive had decided to forgo the 3.6 million shares package ... |
 | The Guardian - China's embassy in Sudan has lost contact with 29 Chinese construction workers held by rebels in the troubled border state of South Kordofan, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Asian shares inched down and the euro fell from its highest in more than six weeks on Monday, as markets cautiously tuned in to a likely debt swap deal for Greece that is crucial to avoiding a messy default and eyed yet another European summit meeting. |
 | Sydney Morning Herald - Gold ticked lower on Monday after earlier rising to its highest in more than seven weeks as investors awaited the outcome of Greece's debt deal talks, but a slower-than-expected growth in the United States underpinned sentiment. |
 | Times LIVE - The revolution is being tweeted. But it's not the revolution you're thinking about. Though Twitter played a prominent role in last year's Arab Spring uprisings - but not quite as prominent as it was made out to be by a keenly observing outside world ... |
 | Economic Times - If 2011 was the year of the tablet, then 2012 will see ultrabooks trying to corner its market share. The new, slim, gorgeous-looking machines will try and wrest back from the slate what it wrenched away from netbooks, laptops and PCs over the last ... |
 | CNET Australia - By Craig Simms | January 30, 2012 Asus' Transformer Prime combined with Ice Cream Sandwich is an excellent tablet. For now, this is the one to get - at least until the TF700T comes down the line. |
 | Afrique en Ligue - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Tanzania's national senior women's football team, the Twiga Stars, Sunday thrashed their Namibian counterparts 5-2 at the National Stadium here to advance to the next stage of the Africa Women Championship qualifiers. |
 | Daily Monitor - By Fred Musisi Kiyingi (email the author) Morocco's Belgian coach Eric Gerets described the last twenty minutes of the match against Gabon on Friday as one of the worst in his coaching career. |
 | Ninemsn - More intense heat waves due to global warming could diminish wheat crop yields around the world through premature ageing, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change. |
 | Myjoyonline.com - The African Union has conferred on two African Scientists the Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards for their tremendous contribution to science on the continent. |
 | The Zimbabwe Standard - BY OUR STAFF NINE people in every 1 000 in Harare are at risk of developing colon or liver cancer from eating contaminated fish harvested from Lake Chivero and other water bodies around Harare, local scientific studies have indicated. |
 | Montreal Gazette - A sleepy snake came to a rather untimely end after having its head half chewed off by a fearless toddler in an Arab town in northern Israel, the child's family told AFP on Friday. |