Rescue efforts are continuing in Brazil to try to find survivors after mudslides at a coastal resort killed at least 36 people but there is very little hope of finding anyone alive. Fifty others are reported missing after torrential rain buried houses and
The leader of Turkey's governing party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has attacked the European Union for applying double-standards in its judgements about which countries might join the EU and when. With three days to go before EU leaders meet to decide whether
Kenyan police have released computer-generated images of two men suspected of carrying out last month's failed missile attack in Mombasa on an Israeli airliner. The police also announced a $6,000 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of each
Firefighters in the Scottish city of Edinburgh are still tackling a fire that could take days more to put out. The blaze swept through the city's historic Old Town area on Saturday evening but firefighters remain at the scene to douse the pockets of fire
The first wave of redundancies has hit Fiat workers in Italy as the crisis-hit carmaker begins its huge layoff. Up to 5,600 employees are expected to receive temporary redundancy letters on Monday, as the first part of Fiat's plans to cut over 8,000 posts
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The turnout in Serbia's presidential election has again fallen below the 50% necessary to make the result valid, independent election monitors said. Unofficial results put the current Yugoslav President, Vojislav Kostunica, in the lead with about 58% of t
United Nations weapons inspectors have begun ploughing through Iraq's massive weapons dossier to assess whether it complies with Security Council resolutions. Hans Blix, the chief UN weapons inspector, was on hand to receive the 12,000-page document as it
Iraq has challenged the United States to provide evidence that Iraq still possesses weapons of mass destruction. If they do, "they should come up [with the evidence] forthwith.
Talks between Venezuelan Government officials and opposition groups about ending the country's political turmoil have broken up without agreement. A national strike called by a range of business, labour and civic organisations in protest at President Hugo
Voter apathy marks Serbia's re-run of its presidential election after the original poll in October was declared invalid because of a low turnout. Under Serbian law, 50% of those eligible to vote need to cast their ballots for the result to stand.
A string of bombs in movie theaters killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 100. The theaters were packed with Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan in Bangladesh.
A fierce fire destroyed part of Edinburgh's historic Old Town, leaving one fire-fighter injured and forcing 150 people to be evacuated. It took fire-fighters nearly five hours to bring the fire under control after it ripped through a row of buildings eigh
The Miss World contest, which was relocated from Nigeria after religious violence, has been won by Miss Turkey, Azra Akin. Miss Colombia was the runner-up while Miss Peru took third place.
At least 10 people have been killed and several others injured in a series of bomb blasts in northern Bangladesh. The explosions took place in four cinemas in Mymensingh town, 112 kilometres (70 miles) from the capital Dhaka.
Burglars have stolen two paintings by Vincent Van Gogh from Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, Dutch police say. The stolen paintings are well known to art lovers: View of the Sea at Scheveningen and Leaving the Church at Nuenen.
British actress and human rights activist Vanessa Redgrave has said she fears for the life of Chechen envoy Akhmed Zakayev if he were to be extradited to Russia on terrorism charges. Mr Zakayev arrived in the UK to seek political asylum on Thursday.
One day ahead of the deadline Iraq handed over to the UN a huge dossier setting out details of the country's weapons programme. The 12,000-page document and two separate annexes were carried into the UN inspectors' Baghdad headquarters in cardboard boxes
Three people were killed when shots were fired at an opposition rally near Plaza Altamira in Venezuela's capital. Two suspects have been detained by police, but it is still who was responsible for the shooting.
Thousands of angry Palestinians have taken to the streets of the al-Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip to bury 10 people killed in overnight fighting with Israeli troops. Mourners, wearing masks, called for revenge.
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