US President George Bush has implicitly recognised Israel's claim over several West Bank settlements. Observers described it as a historic policy shift coupled with backing for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza pullout plan.
The ANC party holds a commanding lead of 64 percent in South African parliamentary elections, according to preliminary ballot results. President Thabo Mebki's party was on track to sweep a two-thirds majority in the national parliament, but the outcome wi
The Foreign Affairs Minister of Serbia and Montenegro Goran Svilanovic submitted his resignation late last night. The move is not unexpected as his party coalition lost the parliamentary elections last December.
The US was unprotected at the time of the September 11 attack, CIA chief said Wednesday. Addressing the special commission that investigates the drama, George Tenet said there were systematic intelligence problems at that time.
An Australian teen was given landmark permission to begin sex changing procedures. "Alex", 13, was born a girl, but a psychiatrist said the teen had a strong, persistent, longstanding belief and desire to live life as a male.
A 2,500-strong US force, backed by tanks and artillery, massed Tuesday on the outskirts of Najaf for a showdown with a radical cleric, raising fears of an assault on the holiest Shiite city. In besieged Fallujah, two intense battles killed a Marine, force
South Africans of all races voted Wednesday for a new government. This is the third time in a decade that the party credited with ending apartheid poised for another sweeping victory.
Slobodan Milosevic has compiled a list of 1,631 people he wants to call as witnesses at his war crimes trial, according to one of his legal advisers. Topping the list are the former US President Bill Clinton and current UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
A 2,500-strong US force, backed by tanks and artillery, massed Tuesday on the outskirts of Najaf for a showdown with a radical cleric, raising fears of an assault on the holiest Shiite city. In besieged Fallujah, two intense battles killed a Marine, force
An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale early Wednesday shook the Bolu region of western Turkey injuring four people, first reports from the Anatolia news agency said.
Hungarian authorities foiled a plot to kill Israeli President Moshe Katsav. Three people of Arab origin were arrested in connection with the plan.
The man sentenced for life for the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh has launched an appeal against his sentence. Mijailo Mijailovic was sentenced in March for knifing Anna Lindh in a Stockholm department store on 10 September.
Japan grappled with conflicting information on Tuesday on the fate of three Japanese civilians taken hostage in Iraq. Japan, sharply divided over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's dispatch of troops to help rebuild Iraq, has been on tenterhooks since kid
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pulled his militia out of police stations and government facilities in three cities they took control of last week, partially meeting a US demand for ending the standoff in southern Iraq. Police on Monday were back on
Five people died and two were injured in a foreign-made car blast in southwestern Moscow at about 8 p.m.
Iraq's worsening hostage crisis should have no impact on the presence of Australian troops or civilians in the war-torn country, Prime Minister John Howard says. He said the wave of hostage-taking meant increased risk for foreigners, but it should not wea
Twenty-one Indian women died in a birthday rally stampede. Thousands had gathered in a park in the city of Lucknow.
US Apache helicopter was shot down in Iraq Sunday, and its two crewmembers killed. The incident took place at about five kilometers west of the Baghdad Airport, Army officials announced Monday.
Italian troops have destroyed the office of Shia clerical leader Muqtada al-Sadr in Nassiriya. Just a day after the morale-boosting visit of Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, the Italians deployed in Nassiriya have reportedly attacked and demolish
Gunmen shot down a US attack helicopter during fighting in western Baghdad on Sunday, killing its two-crew members. Insurgents and Marines called a cease-fire in the besieged city of Fallujah, but the fragile peace was shaken by shootings that wounded ano
More than 600 Iraqis have been killed in fighting in Falluja since US forces launched an offensive against resistance fighters in the town a week ago. According to hospital sources, around 1200 people had been injured in the fighting, some of the fiercest
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