South Africa’s Sovereign Ratings Raised

Capital Intelligence (CI), the international emerging markets rating agency, announced on Monday that it had raised South Africa’s long-term foreign currency rating to BBB+ from BBB- and increased its short-term foreign currency

Cyprus praises Iraq kidnap victim

Cyprus Foreign Minister George Iacovou praised a fellow national Monday for “heroically” surviving his captors in Iraq for 130 days. Garabed Jikerdjian, 40, an Armenian who holds both Cypriot and Lebanese nationality,

Two charged with illegal song uploads

Two men were charged in Singapore with distributing illegal digital music files on the Internet, including songs by popular international, Indonesian and Malaysian artists. Mohd Faizal Osman, 21, and Mohamad Azry Zainol,