Montenegrins have failed for a second time to elect a president, after observers declared the ballot invalid due to low turnout. At an estimated 46%, the number of people who participated in this election was even lower than in December, when a first poll
Scientists believe they could be a step closer to developing a new way of stopping the transmission of HIV without using condoms. Researchers from the US and Britain found for the first time that a microbicide - a chemical that kills microorganisms - can
A car carrying three Palestinians, and loaded with explosives, detonated Sunday as it crashed into a barrier near an Israeli military post in southern Gaza. All three Palestinians died, according to Palestinian medical sources and the Israel Defense Forc
The weather phenomenon El Nino is back and has been hitting Peru hard in recent days. The event - which is caused by the periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America - is being blamed for rains and flooding that have killed 18
Hundreds of passengers were stranded for five hours when a Eurostar train broke down near London. The cross-channel operator believes that an air pipe fractured, causing the braking system to fail.
Left-wing rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia were behind Friday's car bombing of a Bogota nightclub, says Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos. At least 33 people, including six children, are now known to have died in the blast at
The Moscow theatre, which was the scene of a disastrous hostage taking last year, officially reopens today. The press got a sneak preview of the Nord-Ost musical performed in the Dubrovka theatre on Friday, amid tight security.
The diplomatic row between India and Pakistan has deepened as both countries expel each other's diplomats. Pakistan has ordered India's acting high commissioner and four others to leave in a tit-for-tat move following similar action taken by Delhi earlier
US investigators have recovered a large piece of one of the space shuttle Columbia's wings which could provide important clues to the cause of the disaster. Investigators are working to establish which wing the piece belonged to.
At least 20 people are now known to have been killed when a powerful explosion ripped through an exclusive club in the Colombian capital, Bogota. Investigators say the blast was caused by explosives - possibly a car bomb placed in an indoor car park at th
The price of oil has shot up again after US President George W. Bush said "the game is over" for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
Sri Lankan peace talks have resumed in Berlin just hours after three Tamil Tiger rebels committed suicide when caught smuggling arms. The rebels blew up their boat after Scandinavian truce monitors had boarded it off the northern coast of Jaffna.
United Nations weapons inspectors say Iraq appears to be making new efforts to co-operate with UN teams searching for banned weapons. Chief inspector Hans Blix was speaking after Baghdad allowed one of its scientists to be interviewed alone for the first
Developing countries spend a record amount of money on weapons, says US State Department report. Making a comparison of military spending worldwide at the end of the 1990s, the study reports an 18% increase in spending over the previous decade.
After suspending the sale of dollars for two weeks because of a crippling general strike, President Hugo Chavez announced a new fixed currency exchange rate to help bolster the country's flagging foreign reserves. The new policy goes into effect Thursday
Pop star Michael Jackson says he feels "utterly betrayed" by a controversial documentary about him. The singer, 44, has been widely criticised since revealing on the programme, broadcast in the UK on Monday, that he shares his bedroom with children.
Saudi Arabia has made a proposal to the U.N.
North Korea has warned the United States that any decision to send more troops to the Korean peninsular could lead it to make a pre-emptive attack on American forces. US officials said on Tuesday that Washington was considering strengthening its military
NASA is moving away from the theory that insulation foam seen to peel away from Columbia's external tank and hit the vehicle's left wing was responsible for the disaster. Ron Dittemore, NASA's shuttle programme manager, has consistently doubted the theory
German unemployment hit a five-year high on Wednesday. The number of people out of work, adjusted for seasonal factors, rose 62,000 in January to 4.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) unanimously ruled that the execution of three of the Mexican nationals in the United States should be delayed. The delay was needed while it investigates whether the prisoners were given their right to legal help f
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