Argentine lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies have approved emergency powers for new President Eduardo Duhalde. The sweeping emergency powers, aimed at to rebuilding the nation's troubled economy, include allowing him to devalue the peso by no longer tyi
The bush fires that have destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres forest in southeast Australia are taking a huge toll on the country's native wildlife, National Parks officials say.
German authorities said on Sunday they had no evidence a man detained at a west German hotel overnight was a member of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network as originally maintained.
Italian Foreign Minister Renato Ruggiero has resigned after a disagreement with other cabinet members over the government's unenthusiastic reception of the new euro currency.
Researchers in Japan say they have succeeded in growing the world's first artificial eyeball. The scientists at Tokyo University have been experimenting with tadpoles in an effort to develop treatments for the blind.
A regional summit of South Asian leaders has ended in Nepal, with no sign of any breakthrough in the tense military stand-off between India and Pakistan. Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee shook hands with President Pervez Musharraf for a second t
The long-distance telephone company AT&T will set aside $1bn to pay for 10,000 job cuts this year. The company, whose cable television operations are due to be sold to Comcast, said tough competition and a weak economy had forced it to slash costs.
The Italian Prime Minister says his government is committed to the EU, after several ministers are criticised for their negative attitudes.
Firefighters in eastern Australia are preparing for worsening weather conditions as they battle devastating bush fires which have forced thousands of people to flee their homes. Fire officers have warned that there is little hope of bringing the blazes un
An attempt by Argentina's new government to tackle the country's severe economic crisis has hit its first obstacle, with Congress failing to agree on early action. The session broke up without agreement on a draft bill ending the link between the dollar a
Deposed Taleban leader Mullah Omar escapes from Helmand province where he was believed to be hiding, Afghan officials say.
“I would like... to extend a hand of genuine, sincere friendship to Prime Minister Vajpayee” Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani president.
Blair flew into Bangalore from Bangladesh on Friday as part of a six-day tour during which he hopes to reduce the current tension between India and Pakistan. Before leaving Bangladesh he warned that the simmering conflict between the two nuclear neighbour
In a televised speech to the nation, Argentine President Duhalde gave no specifics about his recovery plan but also signaled he will move to protect Argentine industries as he tries to right what he admitted is a "bankrupt" economy.
Afghan forces, aided by U.S.
Police in Pakistan say they have detained another 120 Islamic militants, including several belonging to groups linked to last month's suicide attack on the Indian parliament. The issue of anti-Indian militancy is the key sticking point to attempts to reso
Hopes that cloned piglets might soon provide replacement organs for sick people received a setback on Friday when it emerged that Dolly the sheep had developed arthritis. Dolly was the first mammal to be cloned from adult donor cells and her health has lo
The start of a South Asian regional summit in Nepal has been delayed until Saturday morning after bad weather held up Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's flight from China, a delegation official said, quoted by CNN.
An Israeli armored force raided a Palestinian village in the West Bank Friday ahead of a U.S.
President Bush has invited Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's interim government chairman, to visit Washington and meet with him at the White House, CNN reported, citing a senior administration official.No date has been set yet, but the target is said to be some
Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will both attend the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu. It will be the first time the two nuclear p
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