At least 11 volunteer firefighters died as they fought a forest fire in Spain's central province of Guadalajara. None of the victims, whom officials say were part of two groups which had gone out to try to bring the blaze under control, have so far been i
Actress Sandra Bullock married mechanic and reality TV star Jesse James at a ranch near Santa Barbara, according to reports. Several hundred people attended the sunset ceremony Saturday at a large rented ranch in the picturesque Santa Ynez valley.
Former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath has died at the age of 89. His successor Lady Thatcher said he was a "political giant" and "in every sense the first modern Conservative leader".
A Russian-made plane believed to have been carrying 55 passengers and crew has crashed deep in a forest in Equatorial Guinea. All people aboard are believed dead as the plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the capital Malabo, the government said on Su
Afghan army and US-led forces killed 20 Taliban and Islamist fighters in the southeast of the country in the latest wave of violence ahead of parliamentary polls in September, an Afghan defense spokesman said on Sunday. Dozens have been killed in the past
Court proceedings against deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein could begin within days, according to a special tribunal which says it has made the first charges against him. The tribunal's chief investigating judge says Saddam has been charged along with
Two fresh car bombings in the Iraqi capital have killed four people, including three police commandos, hours after dozens died in a suicide attack. The first bombing, which took place in southern Baghdad, left two police commandos and a civilian dead and
A commander in the armed wing of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas has been shot dead by an Israeli sniper after he left his home in the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunus. Palestinian medical sources named the man as 30-year-old Said Seyam, a Hamas com
Police say a fuel tanker hit by a car bomber exploded, killing at least 58 people south of Baghdad.
The death toll from the London terrorist attacks climbed up to 55 after another victim died in hospital overnight, police say. Bombers targeted three underground trains and a double-decker bus in London during the morning rush hour on July 7.
Muslim leaders condemned the London's last week deadly bombings but did not decry all suicide attacks, saying those targeting occupying forces are sometimes justified. According to the imams the perpetrators of the subway blasts had violated the Quran by
The Opening Ceremony of the World Games Duisburg 2005 started Thursday evening with the arrival of the logo of the World Games Duisburg 2005. It was brought inside the MSV Arena by a representative of Akita (Japan) where the 6th World Games took place in
A building collapsed in New York Thursday, injuring six people. About 30 firefighting unites were sent to the scene to look for anyone who might be trapped under the debris.
NASA is hunting the source of a problem that forced it to abort the launch of space shuttle Discovery. The US space agency had to scrub Wednesday's launch attempt when a fuel tank sensor started to play up.
A pair of foreign workers, one British and one Austrian were kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. According to diplomatic sources, they were seized in the Bureij area of the central Gaza Strip, according to the Arabic TV network al-Jazeera.
British police have found a large quantity of explosives similar to the ones used in last week's attacks. The materials have been found in the city of Leeds.
The Israeli army has sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip after a bomber blew himself up at a shopping centre in the coastal city of Netanya in Israel, killing at least three Israelis, a military spokesman says. The explosion hit a shopping centre in N
The Spanish city Bilbao was hit by series of explosions to which ETA rebellious organisation has claimed responsibility. The explosions occurred near a power plant in the Spanish town of Amorebieta, located near the Basque city of Bilbao, several Spanish
The only line in the underground of Poland's capital Warsaw was evacuated on Tuesday after an anonymous bomb threat, police said. Security at train and bus stations in Poland was stepped up after the attacks in London last week, which claimed the lives of
A day-long celebration kicked off to officially proclaim Prince Albert II of Monaco the ruler of the tiny Riviera principality. Celebrations opened with a solemn Mass at the vast cathedral where his father Rainier III was buried three months ago.
A bomb blast wounded pro-Syrian caretaker Defense Minister Elias Al-Murr north of Beirut on Tuesday, security officials said. The blast targeted Murr's motorcade in the busy Christian Antelias suburb.
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