South Korean health officials bury alive ducks affected by a highly contagious strain of bird flu in southeast of Seoul. Libya Willing to Sign NPT Additional Protocol Libyan officials have expressed their country's willingness to sign the Additional Protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

China-Africa Cooperation Forum The Second Ministerial Meeting of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation will be held from December 15 to 16 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Click to know more on the coming forum.

Bush Chooses Rice to Replace Powell US President Gorege W. Bush has chosen national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state.