GAZA (Reuters) - A British journalist left the Gaza Strip Thursday after nearly four weeks in a Hamas-run Palestinian jail facing accusations of spying for Israel. Paul Martin, a London-based freelance film-maker and writer, said as he left the enclave for Israel: "My release today is a great victory for freedom of the media, freedom of the press, to ...

The investigation into the gender of women's 800m world champion Caster Semenya is still ongoing, world athletics governing body said Wednesday. The 19-year-old South African dominated the 800m event in the world championships last August in Berlin, sauntering home to take the title despite coming into the event a virtual unknown. Her muscular physique and gravely voice drew questions ...

The South African government on Thursday announced a ramped up AIDS plan that aims to test 15 million residents for HIV in the world's worst affected country by next June. President Jacob Zuma's cabinet, which approved the scaled up programme on Wednesday, will lead a voluntary and public testing campaign with the goal of a 50 percent drop ...

The investigation into the gender of women's 800m world champion Caster Semenya is still ongoing, the world athletics governing body said Thursday. The 19-year-old South African dominated the 800m event in the world championships last August in Berlin, sauntering home to take the title despite coming into the event a virtual unknown. Her muscular physique and gravely voice drew ...