US President George Bush welcomed Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who is the first top Palestinian leader to visit the White House during Bush's presidency. The Palestinian leader said Palestinians were "in dire need to have freedom" from Israeli contro
Diplomats from Japan investigate the astonishing claims of two men who say they are former Japanese soldiers who have been hiding in the mountains of southern Philippines since World War II. Reports in Japan said the two octogenarians had lived on the sou
The Indonesian court in Bali Friday morning sentenced 27-year-old Australian beauty therapist Schapelle Corby to 20 years' imprisonment for trafficking 4.1 kilograms of marijuana into the resort island last year, which is much less than the life imprisonm
The World Trade Organisation has agreed to allow Iran to begin membership talks after the US lifted its opposition to Tehran joining the body. The move comes a day after Iran agreed a deal with European countries to maintain its suspension of nuclear acti
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is set for historic talks with US President George Bush, hoping for a clear endorsement of the Middle East roadmap peace plan. Abbas will be the first Palestinian leader welcomed to the White House by the current US pre
Massive power cuts have shut down a large section of Moscow this morning, halting trams and underground lines and causing 20,000 passengers to be evacuated onto the street. Hospitals and telecommunication companies had to switch to back-up power, and the
A car bomb blast rocking the Spanish capital has been claimed by terrorist group ETA. The explosion came just after the peak rush hour and followed a warning by the Basque separatist group.
US first lady Laura Bush said after a solo mission to the Middle East that the US should move as quickly as possible to shore up the shaky Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Laura Bush, returning to Washington after a five-day visit to the region, said Ar
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder says he is to rely on a personality-driven election campaign, two days after shocking the nation with a call for early elections. "We would do well to lead a very personalized contest which is focused on the two leading
Car bombs exploded Tuesday near a U.S.
A small airplane entered restricted air space over the US capital for the second time in 15 days, triggering a brief alert but not evacuation. The incident happened at around 6:00 pm (2200 GMT) on Monday.
Five children have been killed in a crash involving a school bus in Ireland. Several youngsters were trapped in the wreckage of the bus, which overturned in County Meath.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder plans an early general election this autumn after his party lost a key regional election. Opposition Christian Democrats were jubilant after beating his Social Democrats in North Rhine-Westphalia.
A great part of BBC news and live shows are being disrupted by a one-day strike by staff protesting at job cuts. Almost half of the employees due in on Monday joined the walkout, the BBC said.
One person has been injured in an explosion in the Indian capital Delhi - just hours after two bomb attacks on cinemas showing a controversial film. The blast occurred when a man opened an abandoned handbag near a railway crossing in eastern Delhi, police
At least 16 people have been injured in bomb blasts at two cinemas in the Indian capital Delhi, officials say. A loud explosion shook the Liberty Cinema in the crowded shopping district of Karol Bagh.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder plans to seek early elections following his party's devastating loss of a key powerbase in Sunday's local poll. The Social Democrat Party leader made the proposal as exit polls showed the SPD had been ousted after 39 ye
Senior aides of anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met a key Sunni group in a bid to soothe tensions that have flared amid violence that has killed at least 550 people, including 10 Shiite and Sunni clerics, since the new Shiite-dominated government was annou
Germany's most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, is holding elections that may result in the end of 39 years of Social Democrat (SPD) rule there. The opposition conservatives have exploited local economic issues such as the huge unemployment in the
A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck in waters near the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh, which was hit hard by the massive tsunami-producing earthquake on Dec.
Gunmen shot dead a senior official in Iraq's trade ministry as he was being driven to work in Baghdad on Sunday, police said. Ali Mousa Salman, director general of the ministry, was killed after leaving his home in central Baghdad.
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