International Business News - ZMB http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Early treatment for babies born with the virus that causes AIDS can significantly increase their chances of survival, according to a report Monday by four U.N. agencies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/testing-newborns-for-hiv-can-save-lives.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:27:02 EST Zimbabwe's neighbors should close their borders in an attempt to bring down President Robert Mugabe, Botswana's foreign minister said Wednesday in the strongest call yet for action from Africa. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/botswana-close-zimbabwe-borders-to-hit-mugabe.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:42:47 EST Chinese companies are shopping for companies in Europe and around the world, undeterred by the global financial crisis. In fact, they are hunting for bargains. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/crisis-could-mean-bargains-for-china.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:51:46 EST An undercover investigation of the illegal wildlife trade in five African nations led to the seizure of about a ton of ivory along with hippo teeth and cheetah, leopard and python skins, the Kenya Wildlife Service said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/a-ton-of-illegal-ivory-seized-in-5-african-nations.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:16:04 EST A dirty brown haze sometimes more than a mile thick is darkening skies not only over vast areas of Asia, but also in the Middle East, southern Africa and the Amazon Basin, changing weather patterns around the world and threatening health and food supplies, the U.N. reported Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/174532-china-brown-clouds.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/un-sees-new-peril-in-asias-huge-brown-cloud-cover.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/un-sees-new-peril-in-asias-huge-brown-cloud-cover.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:32:31 EST Hopes for a power-sharing government in Zimbabwe are doomed because President Robert Mugabe's party has unleashed a new wave of violence against opposition members, the opposition charged Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081106/zimbabwe-opposition-rising-violence-hits-backers.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:08:56 EST A veteran ruling party member was sworn in as the new president of Zambia Sunday promising to continue the free-market policies of a government that greatly expanded trade between China and one of the world's top copper producers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081102/banda-becomes-zambian-president-after-close-vote.htm Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:48:27 EST Nelson Mdlovu strides out of the small clinic with a spring in his step and a smile on his lips just minutes after being circumcised. Mdlovu swallowed his fears to line up with nine other equally nervous men for the 30-minute operation. They joined the ranks of hundreds of Swazi men who have opted for circumcision, after the U.N. said last year that it could cut the risk of contracting the HIV virus by as much as 60 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081102/aids-hit-swaziland-promotes-circumcision.htm Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:49:40 EST Zambia's main opposition candidate was ahead Friday in early presidential election results in this southern African nation, but his lead was slowly narrowing. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/164644-zambia-presidential-vote.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/zambia-opposition-leader-leads-early-poll-results.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/zambia-opposition-leader-leads-early-poll-results.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:32:27 EDT Voters were electing a new Zambian president Thursday, with candidates offering a choice between continuing the late leader's free-market legacy or opting for tax relief and more support for the poor in the southern African nation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/163761-zambia-presidential-vote.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/zambians-vote-for-new-president-after-leader-died.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/zambians-vote-for-new-president-after-leader-died.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:50:35 EDT The main contenders to replace Zambia's late president called economic progress their top goal as the global financial crisis cast a shadow over Thursday's vote in this southern African nation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/zambians-to-elect-new-president-after-leader-died.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:58:24 EDT Es'kia Mphahlele, a politically active South African writer celebrated for his vivid autobiography about the hardships of apartheid, has died. He was 88. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/south-african-writer-eskia-mphahlele-dies.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:13:50 EDT Swiss prosecutors are investigating suspicious payments totaling more than 500 million Swiss francs ($430 million) as part of a corruption and money laundering probe linked to the French engineering company Alstom SA, according to court documents released Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/swiss-probe-430-million-payments-in-alstom-case.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:56:20 EDT The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. The World Health Organization says the disease appears to be a form of hemorrhagic fever. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/who-probing-deaths-from-mystery-disease-in-safrica.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:24:19 EDT Making tests and treatment for malaria free dramatically increases the number of people who seek treatment for the disease that kills 1 million people a year, an international medical aid group said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/142680-africa-malaria.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/group-calls-for-free-malaria-treatment-in-africa.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/group-calls-for-free-malaria-treatment-in-africa.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:22:41 EDT The British prime minister on Thursday pledged nearly $1 billion over the next three years as part of a wider initiative to reduce the number newborns and mothers who die each year during childbirth. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/nearly-1b-pledged-to-help-cut-childbirth-deaths.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:47:22 EDT Malaria as a mass child killer would be virtually eliminated globally by 2015 under a plan backed by nearly $3 billion in pledges, officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/138773-un-malaria.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/leaders-try-to-rid-world-of-malaria-deaths-by-2015.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/leaders-try-to-rid-world-of-malaria-deaths-by-2015.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:51:30 EDT Leaders from Poland, Norway, Denmark and Indonesia on Wednesday pressed for a global climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol next year but said prospects were extremely unfavorable. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/leaders-wary-of-hurdles-to-climate-treaty-in-2009.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:52:28 EDT President Robert Mugabe and his main rival agreed to divide control of the police and army and strike a delicate balance in Zimbabwe's Cabinet--but their power-sharing deal will be under enormous pressure from long-simmering differences and economic collapse. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/128311-zimbabwe-talks.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/some-unhappy-with-zimbabwe-power-sharing-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/some-unhappy-with-zimbabwe-power-sharing-deal.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:58:04 EDT Familiar rituals of grief marked the seventh anniversary of Sept. 11 on Thursday as thousands paid tribute at the attack sites, the presidential candidates laid flowers at ground zero and children mourned parents they can barely remember. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/solemn-rituals-mark-seventh-anniversary-of-9-11.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:07:45 EDT