The West African nation of Ghana is poised to begin pumping oil
Wednesday for the first time, kicking off a lucrative new industry
expected to bring $1 billion annually to a part of the world where most
people still get by on less than $2 a day.
International observers played down allegations of widespread fraud in
Haiti's critical post-quake election as ballots began to be counted at
an industrial park in the capital Monday.
After years of languishing in makeshift shelters in the Horn of Africa,
the final remnants of an Ethiopian community claiming Jewish descent
received permission Sunday to move to Israel.
