At least nine people have been killed in an explosion on a bus in central Jerusalem, Israeli police have said. Dozens of people were injured in the blast, reportedly caused by a suicide bomber, on one of the city's main thoroughfares during rush hour.
According to the lawsuit, Boeing misappropriated secret Lockheed documents relating to its bid for a USD 2 B rocket programme in 1998. This information, Lockheed said, helped Boeing win 21 of the 28 tendered military satellite launches, part of the Air Fo
Israel has defended its policy of pre-emptive strikes after US President George W. Bush rebuked the country over two deadly missile attacks.
Two people were killed and at least fifteen have been injured after two passenger trains crashed into each other in Southwestern Germany, police said. The two trains were travelling along a single-track line between the towns of Schrozberg and Niederstett
Israeli troops in capital Jerusalem rocketed cars believed to carry militants Wednesday, a week after US-backed Middle-East peace plan was launched. The accident follows Tuesday's attack on Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi in Gaza Strip when two people wer
Seventy-one people who have been kidnapped in Peru were released Wednesday some 36 hours after they were snatched. All of the hostages, including three police officers and seven foreigners, are "healthy and safe", Peru's President Alejandro Toledo said.
Outgoing chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has described certain members of the US administration as "bastards" who set out to undermine him during his three years at the helm. "I have my detractors in Washington.
At least 3,240 civilians died across Iraq during a month of war, including 1,896 in Baghdad, according to a five-week investigation by The Associated Press. The count is still fragmentary, and the complete toll - if it is ever tallied - is sure to be sign
Elements of Saddam's Baathist Party and other loyalists will resist the international peacekeeping force that arrives in Iraq September 2003, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday during his official visit to Albania. Failed efforts to prove t
French commuters faced new misery Tuesday as over half morning rush-hour trains were cancelled in new public sector strikes over planned pension reforms, causing huge road tailbacks as workers took to their cars. Traffic authorities counted a total 300 km
A senior Hamas official, Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, has been wounded in an Israeli helicopter strike on Gaza City, Palestinian officials say. Mr Rantissi's jeep was driving down a busy city street when it was hit by several missiles and burst into flames, th
President Bush is brushing aside the failure so far of U.S.
Settlers threatened to turn out by the thousands to disrupt the dismantling their West Bank outposts as demanded by a U.S.
Key economic tests for ditching the pound and joining the euro have not yet been met, UK Chancellor Gordon Brown said in an historic statement in UK's House of Commons, revealing the government's verdict on UK membership of the euro. Four of the five Trea
Poland's people filled public squares to celebrate with concerts and fireworks the approving of EU-membership in a referendum Monday. In capital Warsaw Poland's Grand Theater orchestra and choir gave an outdoor concert featuring Poland's national anthem
French military helicopters evacuated Americans and other foreigners from the besieged capital of Liberia at dawn Monday, AP reported. The evacuations to the French navy ship came as Liberian soldiers reported more fighting on the western edge of the city
About 75% of the Poles who voted in the referendum on the European Union entry said yes to the EU, with a turnout of around 58%, according to initial results. At least 50% turnout was needed for the referendum to be valid.
Taiwan has reported four new probable SARS cases, dispelling hopes the World Health Organization may soon remove its travel advisory for the island territory. Taiwan, now with 680 SARS cases, is the third-hardest hit international region after China and H
Chancellor Gordon Brown will reveal today the government's decision on whether the UK is ready to join the euro. In an historic announcement in the House of Commons on Monday, Mr Brown is expected to tell MPs the economic conditions are not yet right for
UN Happiness Report: Bulgaria's Astonishing Leap in Rankings
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