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Russian Oil Tycoon Guilty of Embezzlement

Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev have been found guilty of embezzlement and money laundering Monday, BBC reports.

World | December 27, 2010, Monday // 12:08 | Viewed: 3754

Snow, Ice Paralyze Central Russia

Hundreds of thousands Russians are left with no electricity and communications are stalled after a cold front with ice and snow flooded the country.

World | December 26, 2010, Sunday // 16:44 | Viewed: 2823

Serbia Accuses UNMIK of Hiding Organ Harvesting in Kosovo

Serbia has filed a claim against UN interim administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) at the International Tribunal for ex-Yugoslavia for hiding information about alleged organ harvesting and trafficking.

World | December 26, 2010, Sunday // 15:22 | Viewed: 3933

South Korea Plans New Drills away from North

South Korea announced Sunday it will be holding new maritime military drills, though nowhere close to its border with North Korea.

World | December 26, 2010, Sunday // 10:48 | Viewed: 1588

Netherlands Nabs 12 Somalis on Terrorism Charges

Dutch police officers arrested on Christmas Eve 12 suspected terrorists for plotting a terrorist attack in the Netherlands.

World | December 25, 2010, Saturday // 16:47 | Viewed: 2099

Russian Duma Moves to Ratify START 2 after US Senate

After earlier this week, the US Senate ratified the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 2) between the USA and Russia, the lower house of the Russian parliament has followed suit.

World | December 25, 2010, Saturday // 11:23 | Viewed: 2877

BRIC to Become BRICS as China Invites South Africa to Join

South Africa will attend the BRIC summit in 2011 Q1, thus becoming part of the grouping of four major newly advanced global economies – Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

World | December 25, 2010, Saturday // 10:30 | Viewed: 3182

Pope Benedict: God Is Full of Surprises

God is faithful to his promises but often surprises us by how he fulfills them, Pope Benedict said in his first BBC radio broadcast.

World | December 24, 2010, Friday // 18:50 | Viewed: 3169

Snow Mars Christmas Plans for Thousands of Europeans

Two thousand travellers have been left stranded at the main Paris airport, Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, as a relentless snow storm continues to pound France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

World | December 24, 2010, Friday // 14:01 | Viewed: 3137

Macedonian Private TV Owner Arrested for Tax Crimes

Macedonian police have arrested the owner of the private TV channel A1, Velija Ramkovski, on suspicion of having committed serious financial crimes, the Bulgarian National Radio, BNR, reports Friday.

World | December 24, 2010, Friday // 13:39 | Viewed: 3166

Skype Resumes Service after Worldwide Outage

The internet program for calling and instant messaging Skype is now back in operation and had almost entirely recovered from the worldwide outage.

World | December 24, 2010, Friday // 12:28 | Viewed: 2500

Norwegian Paper Claims Possession of All WikiLeaks Cables

Leading Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has claimed it is in possession of all 250,000 diplomatic cables collected by WikiLeaks and plans to publish them at its own discretion.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 20:45 | Viewed: 1941

CE Deputy: Govts Knew of Kosovo Organ Harvesting

Foreign governments were aware of criminal organ harvesting carried out in Kosovo, stated Swiss Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly representative Dick Marty.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 18:11 | Viewed: 2156

EU, US Threaten to Freeze Ties with Belarus over Violence

The EU and US are ready to freeze rapprochement with Belarus if no swift improvement is made in the human rights sphere, according to a joint statement by the two heads of diplomacy, Catherine Ashton and Hilary Clinton.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 17:08 | Viewed: 2181

Swiss, Chilean Embassies in Rome Attacked, Two Injured

Bombs exploded in the embassies of Switzerland and Chile in Rome Thursday around noon, injuring at least two persons, reported world agencies.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 15:08 | Viewed: 2014

Suicide Attempt Marks Romanian No-Confidence Vote

Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc has expectedly survived a fourth no-confidence vote in 2010, while a man jumped from the balcony of the parliamentary chamber to protest Boc's economic policies.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 14:07 | Viewed: 2105

Austrian Police Bust 69 Macedonian Drug Dealers

 A total of 69 alleged members of a Macedonian drug ring have been arrested in the Austrian capital Vienna.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 13:30 | Viewed: 3939

North Korea Warns about 'Holy War' with South Korea

North Korea’s Armed Forces Minister, Kim Yong-chun, has announced that his country is ready for a “holy war” with nuclear weapons against South Korea, the BBC reported.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 13:26 | Viewed: 1965

South Korea Conducts Large Military Drills Near North Korea

The South Korean army has completed military exercises, billed as the largest land and air winter drills, about 50 km from the border with North Korea, CNN reported.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 10:47 | Viewed: 1799

Skype Apologizes for Global Outage

The Internet phone service Skype has apologized for causing an outage that hit millions of people around the globe, the BBC reported.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 10:06 | Viewed: 2018

US Senate Ratifies START 2 Treaty, Russia, NATO Cheer

The Obama Administration has managed to get the ratification of the new US-Russia Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 2) through the "lame-duck" Senate.

World | December 23, 2010, Thursday // 02:40 | Viewed: 3556
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