The Socialists in Hungary have ousted the government of charismatic Viktor Orban after a record turn-out by voters, exit polls predict. Hungarians had flocked to the polls in record numbers on Sunday in a knife-edge parliamentary election dominated by per
The deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Anne Krueger, has said there is reason to believe the Argentine authorities can do what is needed to reach an agreement for financial assistance. Ms Krueger was speaking after the spring mee
Two men have been arrested in the southern Philippines after bomb attacks that killed at least 14 people on Sunday. Another explosion occurred in the General Santos region on Monday as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was expected there.
France has been convulsed by the unexpected success of the far-right politician, Jean-Marie Le Pen, in the first round of the country's presidential election. Thousands of people took to the streets in Paris and other cities in France, after the announcem
Two explosions rocked a largely Christian city in the southern Philippines Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounding more than 40, in what police said could be attacks by Muslim extremists. A home-made bomb left in a parked pedicab exploded in front
The United States faces dangers and sacrifices in its fight against global terrorism, and it must press ahead with its vision for peace in the Middle East, President Bush said Saturday. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who returned from the Middle East th
The European Commission has proposed extra tariffs -- some as high as 100 percent -- on a range of U.S.
Israel has pulled its troops and tanks out of the West Bank cities of Nablus and Ramallah, but the compound of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remains surrounded.
A small earthquake struck the northeastern United States on Saturday morning, rattling homes, shaking furniture and waking people from New York to New Hampshire, authorities said. The United States Geological Survey said a moderate earthquake occurred abo
The Argentine central bank on Friday declared a complete and indefinite suspension of all banking activity in the country, in a sign of its desperation at money leaking out of the shattered financial system. The bank said the suspension of all deposit and
The European Commission proposed more than $300m of trade sanctions on politically-sensitive US products, including fruit, steel, guns and even billiard tables, in retaliation for US-imposed steel tariffs. The Commission's proposal, which would require ba
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to send a fact-finding mission to look into Israeli military action at the Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank town of Jenin. But after heavy diplomatic pressure from the US and Israel, the resolution do
Pollsters say the outcome of the French presidential election is wide open, with less than three days to go before the first round. The incumbent conservative President, Jacques Chirac, has a lead which is so small that it may not be significant, they say
Italian investigators are looking into the background of an elderly Swiss pilot who crashed his light aircraft into Milan's largest skyscraper killing three people. The crash initially caused panic, as people feared it was a terrorist attack similar to th
The worst violence for a month has flared up in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli troops continue their partial withdrawal from Palestinian towns in the West Bank. Three Palestinian men were shot dead during an incursion by Israeli tanks and troops into the town
The five planets visible to the naked eye are lining up in the sky. Astronomers say the rare grouping of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn may not be seen again for a century.
Jamaican police have arrested 51 suspected drug smugglers and recovered 2,502 cocaine-filled condoms they had swallowed. The operation also netted nearly $1 million in suspected drug money.
The US has sounded out Japan on the possibility of sending a destroyer to support a military offensive against Iraq, newspaper reports say. The informal request was made during a meeting of US and Japanese officials, said the Asahi newspaper, which quoted
Israel has rejected an appeal by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for a "robust" armed force to halt the escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Annan told the UN Security Council that an impartial multinational force large enough to take "decisive action
Israel has completed its pullback from the West Bank town of Jenin, redeploying its forces on the outskirts of the town. Residents are being allowed to search for relatives and belongings in a devastated refugee camp, where a UN official called the scene
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Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
