Pope Benedict XVI has been criticised for failing to set out a programme of reforms for the Irish Catholic church. Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP Pope Benedict XVI's pastoral letter to Ireland's Catholics has failed to arrest the scandal engulfing ...
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A volcano erupted in the south of Iceland overnight, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the area and diverting flights after authorities declared a local state of emergency, officials said on Sunday.
50 years after the Sharpeville Massacre changed the face of South African politics forever, thousands have gathered to remember and pay their respects.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians on Sunday when he detonated his explosives near a crowd in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in the east killed two others, officials said.
At least 32 people have been killed and several others injured in two separate incidents in troubled northwestern Pakistan. On Saturday, the Pakistani army helicopters bombed what officials called five militant training camps in the Orakzai tribal area ...
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris March 20, 2010, as part of Francophonie International Day, organized by the International Francophonie (French-Speaking countries) Organization.
The 16-country eurozone remained split over aid for Greece after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said no agreement would come from this week's European Union summit and warned against false expectations in financial markets.
Photo: AP Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will make no concessions about construction in East Jerusalem. Mr. Netanyahu made the comment to his Cabinet Sunday as George Mitchell, the US special envoy for Middle East peace, ...
Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Sunday shot dead two Palestinians who attacked them with pitchforks near the West Bank city of Nablus, bringing to four the number of Palestinians killed by ...
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians on Sunday when he detonated his explosives near a crowd in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in the east killed two others, officials said.
South African deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe on Sunday called for an end to violent public protests as the country remembered the Sharpeville massacre in which 69 people were killed, 50 years ago.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon entered the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday, where 1.5 million people have been under lockdown by Israel and Egypt for nearly three years.
by Our Foreign Staff Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians on Sunday when he detonated his explosives near a crowd in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in the east killed two others, officials said.
At least 32 people have been killed and several others injured in two separate incidents in troubled northwestern Pakistan. On Saturday, the Pakistani army helicopters bombed what officials called five militant training camps in the Orakzai tribal area ...
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The Guardian (blog) BA Strike Enters Second Day - Guardian AP LONDON--British Airways PLC cabin crews walked off the job for a second day Sunday but the airline said its contingency plans were working well and more planes were taking off than expected.
TheTechJournal.com -:- Technological News Portal .. - Thetechjournal Hackers purporting to be from India hacked into twenty of the sixty four district web portals of Bangladesh yesterday (March 20) and posted an image and ...
PC World A Plan for Broadband - Pcworld High-speed Internet is on its way to replacing the telephone as the nation's primary means of communication. But the United States is woefully behind in ...
Times LIVE Rat race snares dolphins - Timeslive Tourists taking a break from the rat race are stressing dolphins at the southern end of Zanzibar, off the east coast of Africa. Dolphin-watching - in particular the practice of holiday-makers swimming with and touching the mammals - is putting the ...
Stuff.co.nz While you were sleeping - Stuff To sleep or to sleep in? With young people going to bed later every night and not getting the required eight hours, sleeping in on the weekends has become the norm.
Cat-calling men give all men a bad name? - Yahoo Reuters - Men who harass women with cat calls and sexual comments are actually harming their whole gender, a study has found.
