It's safe to say that the last thing UK prime minister Gordon Brown needs tight now is another by-election, but it looks like that's exactly what he's getting. Labour MP John MacDougall, who represented Glenrothes,...
Many ex army officer & several others including a journalist have been charged for coup plot in Turkey. "A top Turkish prosecutor has brought charges against 86 people allegedly involved in a coup plot. Aykut Cengiz Engin did not name those charged, but the indictment...
These are scary times indeed for the Labour Party in the UK. The Scottish National Party is now polling four points ahead of Labour for the upcoming by-election in Glasgow East. If Labour loses this election, Gordon...
UPDATE: 6:25p.m. EDT May 11th Serbia's pro-Western President declares electoral victory"Serbia's pro-Western president declared victory
in Sunday's parliamentary elections - a stunning upset...
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Today marked the end of Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern's 11 years in office, as he handed in his resignation to President Mary McAleese." Ahern announced his resignation at the beginning of April amid questions...
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UPDATE:"Spain's governing Socialists and opposition Popular Party are running almost neck-and-neck in the country's regional and municipal elections.With almost all votes counted in the town hall poll, the Popular...
"Iraqi Marxist Insurgent Group Declared
By ZEYAD KASIM 05/15/2007 03:22 AM ET
An unknown left-wing group calling itself the Iraqi Armed Revolutionary Resistance distributed leaflets in the Mid-Euphrates area around Najaf, Hilla and Karbala calling for “resistance against...
"Gen. David Petraeus, touted by the Bush administration as the potential savior of the Iraq debacle, is like a lot of officers these days, a four-star general with relatively little combat experience.
He led the 101st Airborne Division during the initial invasion of Iraq and...
Taiwanese commemorate 60th Anniversary of massacreToday marks the 60th Anniversary of the 228 Incident, a large-scale protest against Chinese Nationalist rule that led to the deaths of nearly 28 000 people on...
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"Pope Benedict ended a sensitive, fence-mending visit to Turkey on Friday amid praise for visiting Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque and praying there facing toward Mecca "like Muslims."
The Pope, who sparked protests across the Muslim world with a speech two months ago seen as...
"German right-wing extremists had hoped to lure teenagers to their cause in Cologne with a new youth magazine. The nationalists even had an ad with an attractive young girl next to the slogan: "German is Hot!" The only problem? The model turned out to be a Czech erotic model.
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