25 Feb 2005 11:02 AM

On Thursday, the Palestinian parliament approved a new Cabinet which mostly consists of technocrats and reformists.

25 Feb 2005 10:59 AM

United Nations reported that the world’s population will increase to 9.1 billion by the year 2050. Today the world population counts 6.5 billion people.

25 Feb 2005 10:55 AM

Prompted by cuts in federal and state aid and health-care and rise in pension costs, more cities may want to merge with surrounding counties to reduce expenses and attract revenue that will help to boost economic development.

25 Feb 2005 10:53 AM

The FSA (Food Standards Agency) added 145 items to the list of infected products. Today it counts 575, but industry experts say the list will continue to grow. The UK Food Standards Agency on February 18 declared its anxiety concerning the fact that Sudan 1 had been found in the Crosse & Blackwell Worcestershire sauce.

25 Feb 2005 09:56 AM

About two million vaccines are ready to be tested in clinics on the threat that bird flu can mutate and pass people-to-people. The US hopes that inability to produce 100 million doses of influenza vaccine this year will not impact the situation.

25 Feb 2005 09:54 AM

A man wearing body armor killed his ex-wife, a bystander and wounded four people on the street, including his own son, with AK-47 rifle.

25 Feb 2005 08:35 AM

Anna Kournikova, Russian tennis star, on Wednesday left the court in Miami in her SUV with a smile on her face. The 23-year-old Russian athlete claimed William Lepeska was badgering her with e-mail and unwanted letters.

25 Feb 2005 08:25 AM

On Thursday, the parents of suspected Mr. Bush assassination plotter said they were restricted in access to their son.

25 Feb 2005 08:21 AM

Russia will never be back to the same point it started 14 years ago before the collapse of the USSR, said Vladimir Putin to the US President George W. Bush during the Bratislava summit yesterday.

25 Feb 2005 08:18 AM

The Pope of Rome John Paul II was operated Thursday night after being rushed to the Gemelli Hospital with complications of flu and larynx spasms.

24 Feb 2005 06:40 PM

Congress sent President Bush a crucial bill that will introduce greater changes into the American legislation by making it easier for defendants to move many multistate class actions into federal court. According to the bill, civil cases are to be removed from state courts if the total claims exceed $5 million. The main goal of this bill, believe its supporters, lies in adjusting the U.S. court system to Congress’s own powers over

24 Feb 2005 05:32 PM

European Union finance ministers ended their meeting on Thursday with split over budget rules. They could not agree how much power should be given to the European Commission over national budgets, and whether the EU countries should be allowed to relieve categories of spending from their deficit calculations. The

24 Feb 2005 04:34 PM

The recent economic contractions in Germany, Italy and Japan cast doubt on the widespread belief that the world’s major industrialized economies do not depend on the oil price. In each of these countries, persistently high oil prices were combined with an already-fragile economy. The rise

24 Feb 2005 11:09 AM

The good news for Prince Charles was heard on Wednesday from Lord Falconer who declared that the wedding, planned for April 8 at the Guildhall in Windsor, was not, in fact, illegal.

24 Feb 2005 10:59 AM

The Bush administration predicts that the total health spending will double in a decade, rising to $3.6 trillion in 2014 from $1.8 trillion last year, while gross domestic product goes up more slowly. As a consequence, health spending will be 18.7 percent of the economy by 2014, up from 15.4 percent estimated last year, the administration said.