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Woman Admits to Starting Paris Hotel Blaze

A woman has admitted that she accidentally started the fire at a discount Paris hotel last week. The blaze killed 22 people at the Paris Opera hotel.

World | April 19, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 567

Suicide Car Bomb Rocks Baghdad

A suicide bomber in a car attacked Iraqi forces in Baghdad on Tuesday and police officials said casualties were feared. The attack was directed at a National Guard camp in the Athamiya district of Baghdad, where insurgents are active.

World | April 19, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 581

Italy's Political Crises Remains Unsolved

Italy's government remained mired in crisis as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi tendered the resignation of four cabinet ministers. The government was plunged into crisis on Friday when a key ally said it would pull out of his coalition government.

World | April 19, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 476

Berlusconi to Form New Cabinet

Silvio Berlusconi will resign as Italy's prime minister and then accept a request to form a new coalition government, BBC reported. The moves would end growing political uncertainty in Italy and avoid the need for early elections after Berlusconi lost a k

World | April 18, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 619

South Asia Foes Say "Peace Irreversible"

The leaders of India and Pakistan have said that peace between the two nuclear rivals is "irreversible". Manmohan Singh and Pervez Musharraf were speaking after signing a joint statement that followed peace talks in the Indian capital, Delhi.

World | April 18, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 453

Several Killed in Swiss Bus Plunge

Several people are thought to have died after a bus plunged 150 metres into a ravine in south-western Switzerland. More passengers are still trapped in the wreckage of the vehicle, which crashed on the Grand-St-Bernard road in Valais at 0815 GMT on Sunday

World | April 17, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 500

Japan's FM Set to Ease Chinese Crisis

Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura flew into China Sunday to try to ease a crisis following the third weekend of violent demonstrations in Shanghai. The fury of the Chinese was triggered by a revised Japanese school textbook they say whitewashes

World | April 17, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 489

Paris Fire Toll Reaches 21

The death toll in a fire that broke out at the six-story Paris-Opera Hotel in downtown Paris early Friday reached 21, after the body of a woman was retrieved. Eleven adults and 10 children died in the disaster, while other 11 victims are currently being t

World | April 16, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 608

Blast in Baquba Kills 7 Diners

Seven people have been killed in a bomb attack in a restaurant in the Iraqi city of Baquba, north of Baghdad. Five other people were injured in the lunchtime attack, Col Ismail Ibrahim told AFP news agency.

World | April 16, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 577

Ukrainian Troops Pullout Goes On

A total of 136 peacemakers of 7th detached mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have returned to Ukraine from Iraq. Also on Friday the group of the new rotation of the Ukrainian peacemaking contingent in Iraq has been conveyed to Iraq by two f

World | April 15, 2005, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 470

Chirac to Open EU Yes Campaign

President Jacques Chirac is set to launch the Yes campaign in France's referendum on the EU constitution in a TV debate with 80 young people. The Yes campaign, which includes most of the country's political elite from left and right, is under pressure.

World | April 14, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 572

Twin Car Bombings Rock Baghdad

Two twin explosions near an Interior Ministry building have wounded at least 20 people. Casualties from the first blast were much worse because it went off in the middle of blocked traffic.

World | April 14, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 428

French Patients Allowed to Euthanasia

The French senate has approved a law allowing terminally ill patients to choose death. The law allows doctors to stop giving medical assistance when it "has no effect other than maintaining life artificially".

World | April 13, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 764

Pope's Tomb on Display

A small crowd of sightseers and tearful pilgrims filed past Pope John Paul II's tomb early Wednesday after the Vatican opened the site to the public for the first time since the Pontiff's funeral. A few hundred people were waiting in line when the Vatican

World | April 13, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 935

Britney Spears Confirms Pregnancy

US pop princess Britney Spears confirmed Tuesday that she is pregnant with her first child, ending weeks of frenzied speculation over whether she was launching a new career as a mother. "The time has finally come to share our wonderful news that we are ex

World | April 13, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 4380

German Schoolgirl Hostages Freed

German police have freed the four schoolgirls that were seized hostages earlier on Tuesday. The teenagers were held by an Iranian man for four hours.

World | April 12, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 884

Miss North Carolina Crowned Miss USA

Miss North Carolina, a 21-year-old brunette, was crowned Miss USA at the 54th annual pageant Monday night. Chelsea Cooley will compete May 30 in the Miss Universe competition in Bangkok, Thailand.

World | April 12, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1121

US Contractor Abducted Near Baghdad

A US contractor has been kidnapped near Baghdad on Monday, a US embassy spokesman said, the latest foreigner abducted in the Iraqi capital. The contractor was working on a reconstruction project.

World | April 12, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 702

Rumsfled Appeals for Political Loyalty in Iraq

The US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to Baghdad, warning Iraq's new leaders against political purges and corruption that could spark "lack of confidence or corruption in government". The United States oppose any move to delay the

World | April 12, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 430

Israel to Disarm Settlements Before Pullout

Jewish residents of four West Bank settlements will be disarmed about two weeks before they are removed from their homes this summer, military officials announced. Settlers, however, remain reluctant to give up their weapons.

World | April 12, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 461

Moscow TV Tower Burst into Fire

Moscow's Ostankino television centre has burst into flames and thick black smoke is billowing from the windows, Itar-Tass news agency informed. Fire brigades and rescuers rushed to the scene of the fire and rescued 25 people, the city's fire department wa

World | April 11, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1155
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