The first witness has been called at the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic. Mahmut Bakalli, the top Communist Party official in Kosovo from 1970 to 1981, took the stand in the Hague on Monday after Milosevic finished his openin
The French franc ceased to be legal tender at midnight on Sunday as the euro became the country's sole currency from Monday on. There has been little sign of regret for the franc, with many people just relieved to be leaving behind the parallel-currency s
Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic claimed moral victory in court Monday, fiercely attacking the United States and other Western nations for deliberately breaking up Yugoslavia and denying knowledge of the Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Bos
Afghan officials, aided by planes sent from Britain, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, scrambled Monday to bring would-be pilgrims to the annual pilgrimage in Mecca. A lack of flights has blocked thousands from making the journey, stirring anxiety in a nation st
Zimbabwe is facing the threat of sanctions as the European Union meets to discuss President Robert Mugabe's decision to expel the head of a mission to observe next month's election. Swedish diplomat Pierre Schori had his visa revoked by Zimbabwe at the we
Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic has begun the final hours of a rambling opening defence statement before the UN war crimes tribunal at the Hague. Milosevic has already spent two days delivering his defiant opening speech at his trial in the Hagu
President Bush on Monday gave Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's slowed economic reforms a ringing endorsement, even as the Japanese leader said Japan had lost confidence in itself. "I'm confident in this man's leadership ability.
George Speight, the man who led a coup in Fiji two years ago, has received a life sentence after pleading guilty to treason. Speight was sentenced to death by hanging by the trial judge but the country's President, Josefa Iloilo, signed a decree commuting
Dozens of members of the security forces are reported to have been killed in two simultaneous attacks by Maoist guerrillas in the remote west of Nepal. No official count of the dead has been confirmed but policemen, soldiers and local officials are said t
Israel launched air strikes against Palestinian government targets in the West Bank Sunday in retaliation for a suicide bombing that killed two teenagers and wounded 20 people in a Jewish settlement.
Afghanistan's interim leader, Hamid Karzai, said on Sunday he would do everything necessary to ensure security after the assassination of the tourism and civil aviation minister and an attack on British peace-keeping troops. But as Karzai was vowing to ma
President Bush arrived in Tokyo on Sunday at the start of an Asian tour, during which he hopes to win more support for his declared war on terror and to cajole Japan to bite the bullet on economic reforms. About 100 demonstrators wearing helmets and face
North Korea marked leader Kim Jong-il's 60th birthday on Saturday with dancing children, a vow of 'ardent worship' and a pledge to boost the fighting ability of its huge army in the face of U.S.
An explosion at a shopping center pizzeria in a West Bank Jewish settlement late Saturday killed three people and wounded 26, Israeli police said. Two of the dead were Israelis and a third appeared to be a suicide bomber, West Bank Police Chief Shahar Aya
President Bush took a hard line toward North Korea as he set off on Saturday for Asia, calling for Pyongyang to stop spreading weapons technology and to stand down its armed forces. Bush departed on a six-day trip to Japan, South Korea and China on Saturd
Police in Pakistan searching for abducted American journalist Daniel Pearl say they are now focusing on another key suspect in his kidnapping. Police sources say the man has a number of aliases, one of which is Imtiaz Siddiqui.
Three Palestinians, including two teenagers, are killed near a refugee camp in Gaza, as militants fire a second Qassam-2 missile at Israel.
The funeral of murdered Afghan civil aviation minister Abdul Rahman took place in the capital Kabul, attended by interim leader Hamid Karzai and other top government officials. Seven people have been arrested in connection with the killing at Kabul airpor
Two bomb blasts have rocked the southern Philippines, killing at least five people and wounding dozens.A bomb tore through the lower floor of a movie house in a Zamboanga shopping mall near the Philippine military southern command post on Saturday, injuri
-- President Bush plans to meet with China's heir-apparent, talk tough about North Korea's weapons programs and discuss economics in Japan during his three-nation Asian trip. Bush's visit to the regional capitals of Tokyo, Seoul, and Beijing initially was
After the biggest scandal at the Winter Olympics for 30 years, the IOC took the unprecedented step on Friday of awarding gold medals to two Canadian figure skaters beaten in competition by improper judging. A French judge at the center of allegations of v
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Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
