India Buries Blaze Victims
The southern Indian town of Kumbakonam has buried many of its school blaze victims. More than 80 children died on Friday, as flames enveloped the building of the Lord Krishna school.
The southern Indian town of Kumbakonam has buried many of its school blaze victims. More than 80 children died on Friday, as flames enveloped the building of the Lord Krishna school.
Iraq's justice minister survived a car bomb attack in western Baghdad. However, four of the minister's security guards were killed in the suspected suicide attack.
The war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic has been postponed until August 31 because of his ill-health. The former leader of the defunct Yugoslavia is suffering high blood pressure.
Libya agreed to open a new aid corridor across the Sahara Desert to speed up the delivery of relief supplies to the Darfur region of Sudan.The first convoy will make the 3,000km-journey next month.
The Philippines have recalled the chief of its Iraq troops, plus ten other personnel. The Filipino force is leaving the country earlier than planned, in an effort to save a hostage's life.
Iraq will have a new security body would help put an end to attacks on US-led troops and Iraqi forces, the country's Iraq's interim prime minister announced. Speaking at a news conference on Thursday amid reports of fresh attacks, Ayad Allawi said he was
An electricity substation caught fire in central Madrid, causing an explosion and halting floor trade at the Spanish stock exchange. No further details were revealed.
A car bomb exploded near the main police station and government offices in the Iraqi town of Haditha, killing at least 10 people and injuring 27. The explosion happened as the police were beginning their morning shift, an interior ministry official said.
An election- year effort to ban same-sex marriages by amending the US Constitution died Wednesday on the Senate floor, triggering cheers from gay-rights advocates and vows from conservatives that ultimately they will prevail. The measure, supported by Pre
Three Iraqi policemen died Thursday when a suspected are bomb exploded in Hadidha. The blast took place near the city's central police office.
Health experts and activists said that the world's largest HIV vaccine trial in Thailand is an expensive flop and demanded that it be scrapped. The multi-million dollar trial involves tests on 16,000 Thai citizens and is the third and last hurdle before t
President Jacques Chirac announced that France will hold a referendum next year on the European Union constitution. The new constitution agreed by 25 EU leaders last month must win approval in each member state either by a vote in parliament or by public
The intelligence used to justify war with Iraq is now thought to have been unreliable, the Butler Report says. The 196-page report says MI6 did not check its sources well enough, and sometimes relied on third hand reports.
At lest nine people died in Baghdad when a suicide bomber attacked the main Geeen Zone entrance. The explosion came just as workers were queuing to get inside the complex.
Chechnya's acting president escaped injury in the Chechen capital when an explosion hit his motorcade. Still, one person was killed and three were wounded in the attack.
Iraqi police detained more than 500 crime suspects, in what is said to be the country's biggest raid since war was declared over. The detainees are suspected of crimes including murder, kidnapping and drug-dealing.
A climber died during an earthquake measuring at least 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale in Slovenia's mountainous northwest.
People in the Indian capital Delhi have been dancing continuously for 55 hours, hoping to break a world record and enter the Guinness Book. Several of the country's best DJs kept the party going on.
The United States is considering keeping a key military air base in Bosnia-Herzegovina after NATO wraps up its peace mission there as part of a new force projection concept designed to facilitate the war on terror, military officials said. The plan, whose
Iraq and France have restored their diplomatic relations, and plan to exchange ambassadors as soon as possible. Ties between the two countries were severed in 1991 by Iraq's then leader Saddam Hussein.
A power blackout hit the Greek capital around noon today. The officials are still uncertain as to the cause of the failure.
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