11 Mar 2005 11:49 AM

Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, said Thursday that the US nears the deal with Europe, under which the efforts will be made to stop nuclear program of Iran. The results of negotiations will be announced as soon as Friday, the US officials said. "We are really coming to a

11 Mar 2005 11:28 AM

Angry, weeping relatives on Friday buried some of the dozens of people killed a day earlier in a suicide attack in a funeral tent in this northern Iraqi city. Officials and families canceled plans for a mass funeral procession because of fears that it, too, would be targeted. This month Iraqi has seen another bloodshed when a group of relatives this Friday buried a dozen of people killed

11 Mar 2005 11:27 AM

Several people were killed in the shooting on the eighth floor of the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta at 9 a.m. Friday morning. The casualties included a Superior Court Judge Rowland Barnes and a court reporter. The fact of the shooting was confirmed by District Attorney spokesman Erik Friedly. According

11 Mar 2005 11:26 AM

The US decided to withdraw from an international convict agreement that gives the International Court of Justice the right to adjudicate violations of the Vienna Convention regarding the incarceration of non-US citizens, according to the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "The

11 Mar 2005 11:22 AM

British Lib Dem Leader Charles Kennedy said the Government was trying to intimidate Parliament: "We are putting a gun at your head and if you don’t agree to our interpretation of events then this will send entirely the wrong signal to the international terrorist community”. "This is absolutely ridiculous, it is an insult to people’s intelligence," Charles added.

11 Mar 2005 08:52 AM

Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa’s ouster will push official Beijing under criticism despite the wave of rallies demanding to have the right to elect their own leader, leading political analysts say. Tung Chee-hwa announced Thursday that he resigned as chief executive of Hong Kong special region after several

10 Mar 2005 05:10 PM

The International Monetary Fund will force the UK government to take measures on reducing borrowing in its World Economic Outlook due to be released next month. In a draft of this document seen by Financial Times Deutschland, the IMF characterizes the UK economy as "robust

10 Mar 2005 02:42 PM

Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov stated that the killing of the Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov was a “positive” operation. There will be “less evil”, and special forces will continue their policy of “destroying international terrorists”. Maskhadov’s

10 Mar 2005 02:31 PM

Dan Rather, CBS News anchor, stepped down as a leading newsman for the company after more than 40 years of work. Last night he told his viewers that he wished courage to soldiers, sailors and journalists in harm’s way; to tsunami

10 Mar 2005 02:18 PM

German government may lower again its forecast for 2005 economic growth since domestic demand does not increase, a government official said. The official who did not want to be identified by name said that Europe’s largest economy may grow no more than

10 Mar 2005 01:46 PM

This week mobile users faced new threat from virus makers as a new mobile phone software virus was developed and is expected to strike mobile phones within weeks. The virus, Commwarrior.A, replicates itself by sending multimedia messages (mms) to people on the phone’s

10 Mar 2005 01:35 PM

Members of the Gambino crime family were arrested on Wednesday due to F.B.I. agent’s deep intergration into the family. Authorities said that the agents were appointed to control the Gambino family after the departure of John and Peter

10 Mar 2005 12:43 PM

Antonio Villaraigosa, the Los Angeles City Council member, was the first to finish in the mayoral primary Tuesday night and will face Mayor James K. Hahn in a May runoff. Mr. Hahn managed to achieve the second position according to the results of 2001 election, when Mr. Villaraigosa overtook Mr. Hahn in the primary but lost in the general election due to an efficient Mr. Hahn’s campaign

10 Mar 2005 11:46 AM

The pontiff is likely to extend his hospital sojourn for a few days more. His spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls reported that Pope John Paul II will be back at his Vatican apartments by Holy Week (March 20 to 27). ``The

10 Mar 2005 11:38 AM

Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa announced Thursday that he resigned as chief executive of Hong Kong special after several demands from the people to make the region more democratic. Mr. Tung said he quits because of bad health condition. "My health has been deteriorating. My doctor has told me if