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Beijing - Michael Jackson's new song "This Is It" emerged online before its planned release on the late singer's website early Monday.

Addis Ababa - The African Union (AU) has elected Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as the new AU Chairman to head the continental organisation.

Addis Ababa - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern over the deadly unrest in Madagascar during an address to African leaders gathered at the African Union (AU) Summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, on Monday.

London - Roads, airports and school were forced to close, buses and underground train services suspended, extreme weather warnings issued as the record-breaking snow hit much of Britain early Monday.

Pretoria - Football lovers who had been hoping to purchase 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup tickets for the eagerly awaited Italy/Brazil showdown have been thrown a lifeline.

Pretoria - Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson, both from the United States, won the 2009 Nobel Prize for economics for their analysis of economic governance, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday.

Addis Ababa - The World Bank has urged developed countries to start a fund to ensure more resources were available for African countries to develop the infrastructure they need to sustain economic growth.

Pretoria - Cooperation between South Africa and Finland has been intensified with the signing of a Declaration of Intent to deepen bilateral relations between the two countries.

Addis Ababa - African Union (AU) Commission Chairman Jean Ping has condemned the assassination of the President of Guinea Bissau, Joao Bernard "Nino" Vieira, and his army Chief of Staff, General Batista Tagme Na Wia.

Islamabad - At least seven persons including five policemen were killed and 19 others including seven Sri Lankan cricket players were injured in a terrorist attack in Pakistan on Tuesday.