Iraqi police today found 36 bullet-riddled bodies of men shot dead in apparent sectarian killings as lawmakers convened the first working session of Parliament since it was elected in December.
West Indies heeded captain Brian Lara’s demand for improvement and completed a tidy 98-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second limited-overs International.
Computer disks stolen from a us base in Afghanistan said to contain military secrets are on sale in a bazaar despite an ongoing investigation and a security clampdown, witnesses said.
The Egypt bureau Chief of Arab satellite television channel Al-Jazeera was arrested while covering the aftermath of attacks in the Red Sea resort of Dahab, the station reported on Thursday.
Italy’s Supreme court today confirmed centre-Left leader Romano Prodi’s lower house election win, all but ending Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s five-year grip on power.
None of the police officers who took part in the London subway shooting of a Brazilian man, wrongly identified as a terrorist suspect, will face charges, a newspaper reported today.
Makhaya Ntini and Dale Steyn bowled South Africa to within sight of victory on a weather-hit fourth day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand at Centurion Park
An Iraqi businessman linked to Saddam Hussein told a US television network that the kidnapping of US journalist Jill Carroll was a mistake and a ransom was paid for her release.
The trial of Saddam Hussein on charges of crimes against humanity resumed today for a brief ten minute session without the deposed leader or any of the other seven defendants present.
Bahraini women are battling a male-dominated society and powerful Islamists in their quest for reforms that would shift jurisdiction over family and women’s affairs from Islamic to civil courts.
The suspected masterminds of the deadly train bombings in Madrid in 2004 belonged to a local cell ‘‘inspired’’ by Al-qaeda acting to force Spain to withdraw troops from Iraq, according to the judge investigating the attacks, a media report said today.
Arsenal progressed serenely into the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in their history with a thoroughly professional performance against Italian giants Juventus.
Two goals in the last three minutes saw AC Milan scrape through to the Champions League semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over Lyon to save the city’s footballing honour.
A controversial law on jobs for young people in France that has spawned a series of strikes and sometimes violent protests was published today in the official journal.
Eliminating Al-Qaeda terror mastermind Osama bin Laden was the top item on the Opposition Democratic Party’s plan to pursuing the us-led “war on terror,” according to a blueprint unveiled here.
THE European Union’s (EUs) reference laboratory in Britain has confirmed Sweden’s first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, in two wild ducks found dead last month, the Swedish Board of Agriculture said today.
The European Union’s (EUs) reference laboratory in Britain has confirmed Sweden’s first cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, in two wild ducks found dead last month, the Swedish Board of Agriculture said today.
