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.
Fiat workers in Italy intensified their protests on Friday against the car company's planned mass lay-offs. Staff at several Fiat plants have blockaded roads, gone on strike and organised marches to voice their fury at the debt-crippled company's restruct
The US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill has unexpectedly resigned. The news, announced just before the market opened on Wall Street, is likely to unnerve investors who are still concerned about the state of the economy.
Belgium's lower house of parliament has passed a bill to shut down its seven nuclear reactors by 2025. The law, put forward by Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt's cabinet, also bans the construction of any new plants.
Anti-government protests brought Venezuela's oil industry to a virtual halt. Oil officials admit they were going to be unable to fulfil contracts, as a fifth day of a national strike was called by those who want Mr Chavez to agree to face a referendum on
A winter storm left more than 1.5 million people in the Carolinas without power late Thursday.
At least nine people have been killed in a gun battle triggered by an Israeli armoured incursion in a Gaza Strip refugee camp. Some of the victims reportedly died when an Israeli tank shell hit a two-storey building in the al-Bureij camp.
The Australian city of Sydney was encircled by flames on Friday as firefighters tackled the worst bushfires in the region for 30 years. Despite some rain overnight and falling temperatures, strong winds are fanning the flames of nearly 80 blazes which rem
Saddam Hussein has said Iraq should give the United Nations weapons inspectors a chance to show the country has no banned weapons. It was the Iraqi leader's first public comments since inspections resumed last week - and a sharp contrast to more belligere
An armed siege at a bank in central London has ended after a man gave himself up to police. Two men are being questioned following an incident at the HSBC bank in London.
Turkish leaders have said they will not settle for anything less from the EU's Copenhagen summit next week than a firm date for membership talks to begin. They were speaking after the German and French leaders announced on Wednesday that they would presen
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