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India's First Unmanned Mission to Moon Carries Bulgarian-Made Equipment

India launched successfully Wednesday its first unmanned mission to the moon, the rocket Chandrayaan 1, which carries Bulgarian-made space equipment on board.

World | October 22, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 4483

Obama with Double-Digit Lead over McCain - Poll

The presidential candidate of the Democratic Party Barack Obama has reached a lead of 10% in public support over his Republican opponent John McCain, according to a poll of C-SPAN, Zogby International and Reuters cited by the Darik Radio, which was releas

World | October 22, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3111

Strike Brings Greece to Halt

Police and protesters clashed in Athens, flights to and from Greece have been disrupted, while public services and banks shut down during a 24-hour general strike in protest over the government's economic policy. The strike is expected to disrupt Wednesd

World | October 22, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2497

Macedonia, Kosovo Establish Diplomatic Relations

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the newly independent republic of Kosovo are going to sign an agreement for establishing diplomatic relations during the first week of November.

World | October 22, 2008, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3358

Obama Receives Surprising Endorsement from London Mayor

The US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama received Tuesday yet another somewhat unexpected endorsement from the London Mayor Boris Johnson. Johnson is a member of the Great Britain's Conservative Party, which is by history and tradition seen

World | October 21, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2425

McCain's Campaign Erroneously Asks Russian UN Mission for Financial Support

The Republican presidential candidate John McCain campaign staff has asked by mistake financial support from a quite unusual source - the Russian Mission to the United Nation (UN) in New York. The letter addressed to the Russian Ambassador to the UN Vita

World | October 21, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2413

Olli Rehn: 2009 to Become EU Year of Balkan States

The year 2009 is going to become for the European Union (EU) the year of the Balkan states, according to Olli Rehn, Member of the European Commission (EC), responsible for Enlargement. The fact that the Lisbon Treaty failed to become effective was not go

World | October 21, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1645

IMF Director Strauss-Kahn Apologizes for Love Affair

The Director of the International Monetary Fund Dominique Strauss-Kahn has sent an email to the IMF staff on Monday in which he apologized for having a love affair with a subordinate, the BBC reported. The IMF announced on Saturday that the Strauss-Kahn'

World | October 21, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3379

21 Dead in Mexico Jail Riot

At least 21 Mexican inmates have been killed in a riot in a prison in northeastern Mexico near the Texas border. The riot broke out in Reynosa prison early on Monday when rival jail gangs attacked each other with knives and guns while setting fire to a p

World | October 21, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2888

UK Reveals Thousands of UFO Sighting Files

Thousands of documents about UFO sightings reported in the period 1986-1992 have been released by the British Ministry of Defence, CNN informed. The 4,500 pages cover sightings were revealed for the curious public as part of a four-year project to transf

World | October 21, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1957

Obama Takes Two Days off Campaigning to Visit Sick Grandmother

The presidential candidate of the Democratic Party Barack Obama is going to take two days off the campaign trail for the 2008 US Presidential elections in order to visit his ailing grandmother in the state of Hawaii, CNN reported Monday.

World | October 21, 2008, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1919

Woman Gives Birth to Six-tuplets in Germany

A woman gave birth to six-tuplets in a Berlin hospital on Thursday, all of them in excellent health condition, Darik News reported. The four boys and two girls weigh between 800 and 900 grams.

World | October 20, 2008, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 4015

Former Mr Gay UK Jailed for Life, Cooked Dead Lover

A former Mr Gay UK who murdered his boyfriend before cooking a piece of his flesh with herbs and chewing it was given a life sentence by a jury at the Crown Court in Leeds. Anthony Morley, 36, was given a minimum of 30 years for slashing the throat of 33

World | October 20, 2008, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 4719

Republican McCain Continues Slow Advance on Democrat Obama - Poll

Republican John McCain continued a slow advance on Democrat Barack Obama in the US presidential race, as the race begins to head down the stretch run, the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby daily tracking poll shows. McCain now trails Obama by 2,7 points, down

World | October 20, 2008, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3577

Greece Shows Irritation by US Visas

The Greek ambassador to the United States expressed his disappointment with a US decision not to include Greece in the US Visa Waiver Program, in which Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia are now part. "Greece should hav

World | October 20, 2008, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2997

9 Chinese Oil Workers Kidnapped in Sudan

Unidentified gunmen abducted nine Chinese oil workers in central Sudan, state-run media in China reported. Three engineers and six other workers, employees of the China National Petroleum Corporation, were kidnapped in the oil district of Abyei in South

World | October 20, 2008, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1499

Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell Endorses Obama

Former US Secretary of State during US President George W Bush's first mandate, Colin Powell endorsed Sunday the election of the Democratic candidate Barack Obama for the White House.

World | October 19, 2008, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2562

French President Has Been Victim of Bank Fraud

The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been the victim of a brazen robbery, according to a publication in the French newspaper "Journal du Dimanche."

World | October 19, 2008, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2824

US to Host Summit on Global Financial Crisis

In a joint statement issued after their Saturday visit at the Camp David, Maryland presidential retreat, the presidents of the US, France and the European Commission unveiled plans for a series of summits to discuss the global financial crisis and to find

World | October 19, 2008, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2382

McCain's Appearance in Letterman Show Boosts Ratings

A research revealed the appearance of the US Republican presidential nominee John McCain in the show hosted by David Letterman Thursday night attracted the attention of 6.5 million viewers, People Magazine reported.

World | October 18, 2008, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2623

IMF Chief Probed over Sex Affair with Argentine Central Bank Ex-head's Wife

The chief of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is under investigation as to whether he abused his position by engaging in a sexual relationship with wife of former Argentine central bank president and his subordinate Piroska Nagy, B

World | October 18, 2008, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3782
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