Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has left his compound and began touring the damage in Ramallah on Thursday, a day after Israel lifted a monthlong siege around his compound in the West Bank city. Crowds of people cheered in support of Arafat as he emerged
New May Day clashes have erupted in Berlin after overnight rioting in which 83 officers were hurt and two civilians seriously injured. CNN's Stephanie Halasz reported that Wednesday's violence came as left-wing counter protesters clashed with police at a
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has received overwhelming support in a controversial nationwide referendum to remain as leader for another five years, officials say. The election commission said Musharraf received well over 90 percent of the votes in
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan "is minded to disband" his fact-finding team which is supposed to go the Palestinian refugee camp at Jenin in the West Bank, UN officials say. The team was assembled nearly two weeks ago after Palestinian accusa
The British government has won its legal bid to keep controversial black U.S.
One by one, 27 Palestinian civilians Tuesday walked out of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem where they had been holed up for almost a month. About 20 people Israel accuses of being terrorists remained inside.
Argentina's peso held firm against the dollar Monday as banks and foreign currency houses reopened after a weeklong shutdown and as a new economy minister was taking charge. A flare-up of Argentine's deep-rooted economic crisis threatened to unseat Presi
Voters are streaming to around 87,000 polling stations across Pakistan in a referendum that will decide whether President Pervez Musharraf should stay in power for another five years. The military leader who took control of Pakistan in a bloodless coup in
Hong kong rates as among the world's most spectacular city skylines but, more often than not, the view of Hong Kong is obscured by a filthy haze. Tourists are bewildered when they can't make out Kowloon from Victoria Peak, residents complain and pollution
Police in Paris are bracing for a second week of protests against far-right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen ahead of Sunday's final vote. Thousands of students returning from spring break are expected to stage a mass rally in the French capital o
American and UK security experts are due to arrive in the West Bank city Ramallah as part of a deal with Israel to ease the siege on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters. They will discuss the technical details of transferring six militants, wh
Madagascar opposition candidate Marc Ravalomanana has been declared the winner of last December's disputed presidential elections, after a recount. The High Constitutional Court (HCC) said that he had received 51.
A terminally ill British woman has lost her final legal bid to be allowed to die. The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Monday that the refusal of the British courts to allow Diane Pretty's husband to help her to die did not contravene her human rig
Emotions ran high as nearly 100 elderly South Koreans were reunited with their relatives in North Korea for the first time in half a century. The reunions were the culmination of an agreement between the politically divided Korean peninsula neighbours, af
Ten years ago Monday, a jury in the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley acquitted the four white Los Angeles police officers who had been caught on home video repeatedly clubbing King, who had led them on a car chase after they tried to stop him for speedin
The Israeli army has moved into the West Bank town of Hebron in force, with seven Palestinians reported dead. Israel said it was acting on information that more attacks were planned by Palestinians following the killing of four Israelis at the nearby sett
Millions of Iraqis were estimated to have gathered across Iraq on Sunday in celebration of President Saddam Hussein's 65th birthday. Iraqi television carried live coverage of the celebrations in the president's home town of Tikrit and across the Iraqi cap
The Israeli cabinet is reported to have endorsed a proposal by US President George Bush that could lead to the lifting of the siege on the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Israeli tanks encircled Mr Arafat's compound o
A teacher in Germany has told of his chilling encounter with a teenage killer who had just shot dead 16 people at a school. Rainer Heise was confronted by the masked youth in a corridor.
Former Russian presidential candidate Alexander Lebed has died from injuries sustained in a helicopter crash in Siberia. The Mi-8 helicopter is said to have hit a power line in poor weather conditions at 0615 local time before crashing near Abakan, about
On the eve of a U.N.
The Bulgarian Yogurt is now a Protected Designation of Origin in the EU
Bulgaria is in the Top 25 Countries with the Biggest Debt Slaves
