Slobodan Milosevic goes on trial Tuesday accused of masterminding ethnic cleansing in the Balkans in the 1990s in the biggest European war crimes trial since Hitler's henchmen were tried at Nuremberg. The former Yugoslav president is charged by the U.
Indonesia uncovered a document detailing plans to bomb the U.S.
Israeli tanks and troops briefly raided an area of the Palestinian-ruled West Bank city of Nablus Monday and clashed with gunmen in an incursion launched in response to Palestinian attacks on Israelis.
The main event in Rio de Janeiro's spectacular carnival is under way at a stadium packed with more than 70,000 people. The city's samba schools are parading and competing at the Sambadrome for the honour of having the most lavish costumes and displays.
Iran is preparing to stage a massive show of defiance against the United States in a rally marking the anniversary of the Iranian revolution. Leaders across the political spectrum have called on people to turn out and demonstrate their opposition to the U
Afghan Defence Minister General Mohammad Fahim is in Moscow for talks aimed at securing hardware for Afghanistan's fledgling national army.
34 further detainees captured in Afghanistan have arrived at the US Naval Base in Guant?namo Bay, in Cuba. Following US President Bush's announcement Thursday that former Taliban fighters would be treated according to the Geneva Convention, US military pe
The recovery in the world economy has already begun, and the US and Europe can expect to see growth strengthening as the year wears on, according to the finance ministers and central bankers who met in Ottawa at the weekend for the meeting of the Group of
A pair of suspected Palestinian gunmen killed two Israelis and wounded at least five other people Sunday outside an Israeli army base near the southern town of Beersheba, Israeli rescue services said. Israeli security forces killed both gunmen.
A major clean-up operation is under way after a cargo ship carrying more than 700 tonnes of fuel ran aground off the coast of New Zealand. Environmental teams have begun rescuing wildlife affected by oil leaking from the ship, a few hundred metres from th
A man has gone on a shooting spree in South Africa after a row with his girlfriend, killing her and at least nine other people before turning the gun on himself. Police said the killings happened in a black district in the port city of East London, 900 ki
President George W. Bush and Pope John Paul II led a phalanx of tributes by world leaders to the late Princess Margaret.
Nearly two weeks after President Bush lumped Iran into an "axis of evil," the Middle Eastern country's reformist president Saturday urged Iranians to turn out in force for an upcoming anti-U.S.
Thousands of demonstrators marched on the presidential palace late Friday, hours after President Eduardo Duhalde unveiled a sweeping plan to scale back political spending in his cash-strapped country. Earlier Friday evening, Duhalde announced moves to red
A state of emergency has been declared in Liberia amid fears that an armed rebellion is close to the capital city. The government said its forces had driven rebels from Kley junction, just 22 miles from the capital, the to Monrovia they have come to the c
US military officials say their forces in southern Afghanistan are questioning the foreign minister of the ousted Taleban administration - Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil. Afghan officials earlier transferred Mr Mutawakil to the US military base at Kandahar, the US
As Indian and Pakistani troops stage a tense stand-off along their common border, India's defense minister announced a major arms deal with Russia on Friday. A Russian delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov has been negotiating in New De
Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, has died "peacefully in her sleep" at the age of 71. In a statement Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen, with great sadness, has asked for the following announcement to be made immediately.
Amid patriotism and pride, the 2002 Olympic Games got under way Friday in Salt Lake City. The Opening Ceremony was highlighted by the arrival of the World Trade Center flag and the lighting of the cauldron by the 1980 U.
A delegation from Norway has arrived in Sri Lanka to begin work on hammering out a formal ceasefire agreement that would end almost two decades of civil war in the country. Both the government and the Tiger leadership have said they hope to have an agreem
A delegation headed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov is in the Indian capital this week working on the deal, which may see India obtain long-range nuclear-capable strategic bombers, nuclear-powered submarines and an aircraft carrier. India
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Google Street View is again on its way through Bulgaria
Bulgaria has the Largest Gray Economy in Europe
