Paraguayan authorities investigated claims the owner of a supermarket destroyed in a blaze that killed 364 people had ordered the doors locked so customers could not flee without paying. Prosecutors have said Juan Pio Paiva, owner of the Ycya Bolanos supe
Iraqi leaders called for unity after a series of church bombings marked a deadly new tactic by insurgents and the first coordinated assaults on its Christian minority. At least 10 people were killed and some 50 wounded when six bombs blew up outside four
Turkey's truckers association said it would stop delivering goods to US forces in Iraq. A video posted on the Internet showed militants killing a Turkish national putting three bullets into his head.
US troops have surrounded the home of wanted Shiite Muslim radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr in the Iraqi city of Najaf, according to reports. US armoured vehicles, backed by Iraqi security forces, have cordoned off the Al-Zahra neighbourhood, where Sadr's h
Athens Olympics chief Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki declared that preparations for the Games were now complete. "Nobody could imagine seeing a whole army of volunteers ready ...
Emergency medical teams in India and Bangladesh are battling to save thousands of people taken ill after drinking polluted water and rotten food as South Asia's worst floods in 15 years eased after killing more than 1,350. Nearly 5,000 medical teams have
The UK government said it has launched an investigation into the "real and serious" terror threat but didn't warn of any specific risk. The revelations come as the US remains on "high" alert over fears of an attack on major financial institutions, such as
Security precautions at financial sites in New York City, northern New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
At least 18 Iraqis were killed by a car bomb explosion in the Iraqi city of Mosul Sunday. Two of the victims were policemen.
Poland marks Sunday 60 years since the failed Warsaw uprising against the Nazi occupation. For the first time German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will attend the ceremonies.
Oscar-winning actor Nicolas cage has married a former waitress at a private ceremony in California. The bride - 20-year-old Alice Kim - is Cage's third wife.
Five people have died in a Chinese plane crash, media reported on Saturday. The aircraft burst into flames after hitting an electric wire.
A phenomenon referred to as "blue moon" - a second full moon in a calendar month - will occur on Saturday. The "blue moon" can be observed once in about 32 months.
John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for US presidency, said he would better see Osama Bin Laden in US court that in an international tribunal. "I want him tried for murder in New York City, and in Virginia and in Pennsylvania," Kerry has said.
Pakistan's prime minister in waiting escapes an apparent suicide attack. The suicide bomb attack in central Punjab province left at least five people dead.
At least two people were killed in the blast that rocked the Israeli Embassy in Uzbek capital Tashkent on Friday. Two more explosions were heard at almost the same time outside the US ?mbassy and the Prosecutors' Office in the city, where several people w
A huge explosion rocked a gasworks in southern Belgium, killing 15 people and injuring another 112. The explosion took place at about 9:00 a.
US Senator John Kerry has promised to restore the US to its role as a respected global leader in his bid to oust George Bush from the White House. Kerry has been formally nominated to be the Democratic challenger to Bush.
At least nine Iraqis were killed and 16 others injured in fierce clashes between US forces and gunmen overnight in Falluja, west of Baghdad. Some of the wounded were in a serious condition after the fighting, which residents said lasted several hours and
At least 26 people were killed after bus crashed into a truck near the Turkish city of Erzindjan. Over 30 other people were wounded in the accident.
US Senator John Kerry was officially nominated by the Democratic Party as its presidential candidate. The votes of the delegation from the battleground state of Ohio gave Kerry the 2,162 he needed to go over the top in the state-by-state roll call vote, o
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