ROME, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday charged 10 authoritative experts and political figures with the task to help solve the political impasse stemmed from last month's inconclusive general elections. The figures...
THE HAGUE, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin, two former high ranked Bosnian Serb officials, were sentenced to 22 years imprisonment by the trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal on Wednesday. Stanisic and Zupljani...
European Union officials say Cyprus has reached a bailout deal with international lenders that will see the country's second biggest bank shut down. Agreement was reached early Monday at last-minute talks in Brussels with the European Union, European...
PARIS, March 24 (Xinhua) -- France will strengthen its military presence in the Central African Republic to protect French citizens there after the country's capital city Bangui fell into the hands of rebels, the president's office said on Sunday. Th...
BANGUI, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Central African Republic President Francois Bozize fled the presidential palace in the capital Bangui, where rebels declared control and their triumph on Sunday after months of southward push. The Rebels control the town....
1. Tens of thousands of people wrapped themselves in Iraqi flags and marched peacefully to mark the 4th anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. The government stepped up security in the capital, banning all vehicles for 24 hours. 2. Some of the freed Br...
1. Iraqi flags are flying throughout Baghdad as residents prepare to mark the 4th anniversary of the city's fall in the US-led invasion of Iraq. Supporters of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr planned to mark the day with a demonstration in Najaf. 2. P...
1. A big jolt on Wall Street this afternoon. At one point, the Dow Jones industrials plummeted more than 500 points, joining a global market plunge sparked by concerns of cooling U.S. and Chinese economies. 2. A suicide bomber attacked the entrance...
1. Iraq's Shiite vice president escaped an apparent assassination attempt after a bomb exploded in a building where he was making a speech. The force of the blast knocked him to the ground and left at least 10 people dead. 2. A Florida appeals court...
1. Officials in Manatee County, Florida have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect wanted in the kidnapping of a teenager. Deputies say Vicente Ignacio Beltran Moreno abducted the teen at gunpoint and tied him to a tree. The teen used a safety pin...
