Karamanlis Retains Power in Greece

Greece's conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has claimed victory in the country's parliamentary elections. With nearly all the votes counted, his New Democracy party has 42% of the vote - a...

Microsoft loses anti-trust appeal a record 497m euro (£343m; $690m) fine

Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro (£343m; $690m) fine imposed by the European Commission in a long-running competition dispute.The European Court of First Instance upheld the ruling that...

USA Threatens Canadian Soverignty

Global warming is making its impact in the Arctic, with a fabled sea route from Europe to Asia now fully cleared of ice for the first time since records began. Scientists have raised the prospect that the...

Anti-war rally sparks arrests

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Washington against the Iraq War, and at least 160 people were arrested when they jumped over a barricade.Many of the protesters were arrested without a struggle after...

Sadr Quits; Iraqi Government Collapses

The political movement loyal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has withdrawn from Iraq's governing Shia alliance.The move deprives Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's coalition of 30 votes - leaving it in control of...

REPORT SHOWS HALF IRAQ BENCHMARKS NOT MET

REPORT SHOWS HALF IRAQ BENCHMARKS NOT METUS Defense Secretary Robert Gates has flagged the possibility that troop levels in Iraq can be further reduced within months. But, he says, it depends on continued progress...

US reports on religious freedom

Religous expert Desmond Cahill Professor of Intercultural Studies, Says that the removal of Saudi Arabia from the list has more to do with Geopolitics than facts. see video 1 min.Religious freedom has deteriorated...

Double Blow in the War on Terrorism

Two attacks in Iraq and Pakistan have been timed to coincide with John Negroponte’s visit to Pakistan and George Bush’s visit to Iraq  A suicide bomb attack at a Pakistani army base has killed 15 elite...

Japan Launches Moon Mission

When a rocket carrying a weather satellite blasted into orbit last weekend it did more than restore confidence in Japan's battered space programme - it ignited talk of a space race with the country's old rival,...

Ride the Freedom Train to America

This video shows how thousands of people cross the Rio Grande everyday to earn money in the USA to take back, or send back to their homes in far away countries.  As the Political debate rages in the USA over...

“Crazy Chess Player” Serial Killer Confesses to 61 Murders

  MosNews is reporting that a serial killer has been detained in Moscow after confessing to killing 61 people. The killer had planned to murder a total of 64 people, one for each of the squares...

Massive Earth Quake in Sumatra, Tsunami warning cancelled.

There has been a huge Quake in Sumatra 7.9 and it lasted for 15 minutes. No more detail at prresent.UPDATE This Quake has been upgraded to 8.2. Sources as far away as Singapore have said they felt it there. Pedang...

Breaking News; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Resigns

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered his resignation Wednesday, less than a month after he reshuffled the Cabinet following a crushing defeat in parliamentary election.    "I made my...

US German base in bomb alert

A major security operation has been launched at a US military airport in Germany, after a bomb threat. The scare, at Spangdahlem, near Trier, comes less than a week after three men were arrested on suspicion...

Canadian PM rules out Afghan deployment boost

John Howard has held talks in Canberra with his Canadian counterpart, Stephen Harper, who also addressed a joint sitting of Parliament.It was a historic occasion for two countries. It's the first time a Canadian prime minister has addressed a joint sitting of Australia's...
 

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