Seven Killed in Romanian Mudslides
Mudslides triggered by torrential rain seven people and damaged infrastructure in more than 80 towns and villages in northern Romania. Most of the victims were in the county of Bistrita, BBC reported.
Mudslides triggered by torrential rain seven people and damaged infrastructure in more than 80 towns and villages in northern Romania. Most of the victims were in the county of Bistrita, BBC reported.
FBI arrested seven people suspected of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and other targets. They were seized during a raid by federal agents on a warehouse in northern Miami, BBC reported, but no weapons were found.
Iraq's government has declared a state of emergency in Baghdad, after the capital's downtown was ripped by violent clashes. The government decided on a curfew from two in the afternoon until six the next morning.
Saddam Hussein has discontinued his hunger strike, that he had started in a protest against the murder of one of his main defence lawyers. Hussein and his seven co-accused who had pledged not to eat until their defence team received "international protect
Saddam Hussein has begun a hunger strike in a protest against the murder of one of his main defence lawyers, members of his legal team say. Saddam Hussein and his seven co-accused have pledged not to eat until their defence team received "international pr
One of the main lawyers defending former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein at his trial has been killed in Baghdad, a report said. Iraqiya state television said Khamis al-Obeidi had been killed by "terrorists", but gave no details.
US President George Bush started Wednesday a brief visit to Vienna, where the annual US-EU summit is taking place. European Union leaders and Bush will focus on the dispute over Iran's nuclear intentions, Iraq, trade, and a host of other issues.
Italian police arrested at least 45 people in a major anti-Mafia crackdown in Palermo, Sicily, BBC reported. A senior prosecutor, Piero Grasso, said all the suspects had been charged with Mafia association and extortion.
Two US soldiers missing in Iraq since Friday have been found dead south of Baghdad. The US military has said the bodies were found in the Yusifiya area on Monday.
Iraqi prosecutors have demanded a death sentence for former President Saddam Hussein, media reported. Saddam's half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and for former vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan were also mentioned.
The US Episcopal Church chose a woman as its next leader - making it the first church anywhere in the Anglican denomination to do so. Katharine Jefferts Schori narrowly won a vote among her fellow bishops at a governing General Convention meeting.
Slovakia's main leftist opposition party has taken the lead in Saturday's elections, but failed to gain an overwhelming majority. The Smer party has won 29.
Chechen separatist rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Saydullayev has been killed in a police operation, world media said Saturday. According to pro-Moscow Chechen sources, the man died in a gun battle in his home town, Argun.
At least 11 people have been killed and 25 injured in a suspected suicide shoe-bomb attack at a key Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The blast hit the Buratha mosque in northern Baghdad, where up to 90 people were killed in a multiple suicide bom
A gas explosion has ruined a residential building in Moscow and killed at least two people. Russian media said Friday that the accident was most probably triggered by a household gas leak.
An explosion took place in the central part of Turkey's Istanbul, media reported. Preliminary reports say that at least three people have been killed.
At least 58 people have been killed after their bus struck a mine in north-eastern Sri Lanka, police say. Another 45 people were wounded in the explosion in Anuradhapura district, 200km north of Colombo.
A French court has jailed 25 alleged Islamist militants for planning attacks in support of Chechen rebels. The five top defendants received ten-year jail terms, while the others were jailed for six months or more.
US President George Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday to meet newly named Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and discuss the next steps in the troubled three-year-old war. He was expected to be in Baghdad for about five hours.
Over a hundred people have been injured in Israel in a train crash near the city of Netanya. The passenger train travelling from Tel Aviv derailed after crashing into a utility truck, media reports.
At least eight people were injured as a strong earthquake shook southwest Japan early Monday. The 6.
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