UN Reports Sharp Fall in Afghanistan Opium Production
Opium poppy cultivation and production in Afghanistan has decreased sharply, according to a United Nations report.
Opium poppy cultivation and production in Afghanistan has decreased sharply, according to a United Nations report.
An explosion outside the Athens stock exchange has caused minor damage to the building, Greek police said.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski has voiced his anger at the Soviet role in World War II at commemorations marking the beginning of the global conflict.
Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, declared Tuesday in Poland's city of Gdansk that the Ribentrop-Molotov Pact of 1939 was not responsible for the outbreak of World War II.
Iran has prepared a new nuclear proposal and is ready to resume talks on its nuclear program, according to media reports.
EBay is set to announce a deal Tuesday to sell its Skype Internet phone unit, according to a report in the New York Times.
A day of commemorations has begun in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
Nearly 60% of black and African people living in Russia's capital Moscow have been physically assaulted in racially motivated attacks, says a new study.
Entertainment giant Walt Disney is to buy Marvel Entertainment in a shares and cash deal valued at USD 4 B.
A top US general in Afghanistan has called for a revised military strategy, suggesting the current one is failing.
Greece's position on the Macedonia name dispute has hardened, which makes it likely that it will veto the EU entry of the Republic of Macedonia.
Three women have died in a collision between a train and a car in the Romanian Timis region.
Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, is beginning a transition to power after winning a landmark general election.
Two firefighters have died in California as they battled intense wildfires to the north of Los Angeles.
Police have arrested a young man in connection with a multiple slaying at a trailer park in southeast Georgia, CBC news reported.
The former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been indicted in three corruption cases, the attorney general's office says.
The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is set for a massive election victory, exit polls suggest.
A suspected suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's north-western Swat valley has killed at least 14 police recruits and injured others, officials say.
US Senator Edward Kennedy has been buried with military honours close to his assassinated brothers at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington.
A murder investigation is under way in the US state of Georgia following the discovery of seven bodies in a mobile home, police say.
Voting is under way in Japan in a general election which looks set to bring a historic change of government.
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