By Stefan Bos Budapest 23 November 2006 Poland says all 23 coal miners trapped after a gas explosion have died, making it the country's deadliest such accident in decades. The tragedy at the mine in Ruda Slaska, about 300 kilometers southwest of the...
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 21 November 2006 Pierre Gemayel was the scion of a Lebanese political dynasty founded by his grandfather in 1936. It has figured prominently in Lebanese politics for nearly seven decades. Pierre Gemayel The assassination of...
By Penelope Poulou Washington, DC 21 September 2006 watch Hollywoodland report The mystery drama Hollywoodland is in American theaters. Alan Coulter, director of legendary TV series such as 'Sopranos,' 'Six Feet Under' and 'Sex and the City' explore...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 18 July 2006 At least 320 people are dead, hundreds are injured and nearly 3,000 have been left homeless by the tsunami that battered the Indonesian island of Java Monday. Aid agencies are assessing damage from the powerful...
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 26 May 2006 The number of dead from Wednesday's tanker explosion in northern Benin has risen to more than 60, as many of those who were injured have since died. The accident occurred Wednesday evening, when a tanker truck trans...
By Meredith Buel Washington 09 June 2006 The U.S. military says it has conducted dozens of raids in Iraq following the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. A military spokesman says the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq initially survived an air...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 09 June 2006 watch Zarqawi Update Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida in Iraq leader, was killed Wednesday in a U.S. air strike. In recent years, the Jordanian-born Zarqawi came to Iraq to wage a terror campaign in a coun...
By Scott Stearns White House 09 June 2006 President Bush says the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi will not stop the violence in Iraq, but it will help. Mr. Bush says it is too soon to say whether Iraqi security forces will be able to...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 08 June 2006 watch report Zarqawi Killed President Bush speaks about the death of al-Qaida in Iraq's leader President Bush is calling the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a blow toal-Qaida in Iraq. The terro...
By Michael Drudge London 08 June 2006 Tony Blair (file photo) British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq is a strike against the al-Qaida terrori...