Almost three years after the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, the cornerstone was laid on US Independence Day, of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower that will repair the gash in the New York skyline. "Today we lay the cornerstone for a new symbol
Eleven Iraqis were wounded after Polish troops opened fire west of the Iraqi city Karbala. No soldiers were injured in the accident.
Turkey is withdrawing its remaining peacekeepers from northern Iraq where they have been deployed since 1997 to prevent internecine fighting. Iraqi Kurds have sought the withdrawal of the Turkish troops since the US-led war to topple former president Sadd
At least 53 people were killed by a tropical storm Mindulle that swept over Taiwan and battered the Chinese coast. The storm pushed on toward South Korea but torrential rains at its fringes continued Sunday in many of Taiwan's mountainous areas and doused
Iraq 's Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, less than a week after taking power, may offer amnesty to insurgents. A spokesman for Allawi went as far as to suggest attacks on U.
Visitors will be able to again enter the Statue of Liberty on August 3, after being closed for nearly three years of safety and security improvements. Although visitors will not be able to climb to the crown on the statue's head, they will have access to
Iran said today it has prepared a complaint against former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for his 1980 invasion of Iran and for using chemical weapons against Iranians during the neighbouring nations' eight-year war. Tehran will file the documents with the
A Hungarian bomb disposal unit found sand and pebbles in a device that triggered a bomb scare earlier Saturday. One of Budapest's main traffic arteries was sealed off because of the bomb scare.
Eight people were killed and over 44 were wounded in series of violent attacks in the Indian portion of Kashmir. In the first attack, a timed explosive set off a blast on the main thoroughfare in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu-Kashmir state, killin
Russian oil giant Yukos reported that the authorities are trying to take control of its Moscow offices. Yukos spokesperson Alexander Shadrin stated that law enforcement officers had arrived at its headquarters in the city centre.
Saboteurs set a southern oil export pipeline ablaze in the first reported attack on Iraqi oil facilities since the coalition handover to an interim government. US-led troops and Iraqi forces have been on alert for any attacks aimed at disrupting the forma
Police in London are trying to establish whether a car with four Romanians was deliberately crashed into the gates of the Houses of Parliament. Two men are in custody over the collision, which happened last night.
Eight people belonging to a lower caste have been shot dead in India's impoverished eastern state of Bihar. The attack reportedly happened in Chakwai village in the state's Nawada district.
Italian Economy Minister, Giulio Tremonti, resigned hours before key cabinet talks over a controversial emergency budget. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is taking temporary charge of Tremonti's work.
US troops in Iraq claim they have uncovered a bomb-making factory in the south of the capital, Baghdad. A large cache of weapons and cash was also found at the unidentified site, a US military statement said.
Three people were killed and thirteen were injured in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying the governor of eastern Turkey's Van province. The governor was unhurt.
Jordan would consider the possibility to send troops to Iraq, if asked, King Abdullah has said. He is the first Arab leader to consider sending military forces to the war-torn country.
The Hubble Space Telescope may have discovered as many as 100 new planets orbiting stars in our galaxy. Hubble's discovery comes from a sweep of thousands of stars in the dome-like bulge of the Milky Way.
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale has hit northeast Turkey, killing 18 people.
Conservative Horst Koehler has sworn in as Germany's head of state on Thursday. Koehler, 61, is the ninth president of the post-war country who was previously head of the IMF.
A senior official of Iraq's Finance Ministry and his staff have been attacked while traveling in a convoy in Baghdad. Two of his bodyguards were reportedly killed and another official heavily injured when a bomb, attached to one of the vehicles, ripped of
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