Summary: Scores of grieving Christians packed a Baghdad church on Sunday for the funeral mass of a priest slain by gunmen in the latest attack on a minority community that has become a target in Iraqs sectarian violence
Summary: China on Monday denounced protests that disrupted the Olympic torch relay in London and IOC chief Jacques Rogge expressed concern at the demonstrations but said there was no momentum for a boycott of the Beijing Games
Summary: Government forecasts for economic growth are above consensus and based on a questionable premise that Britain is better equipped than other nations to withstand the credit crisis a parliamentary committee said on Monday
Summary: After nearly two weeks of baggage chaos and hundreds of cancelled flights London Heathrow airport was hit by bad weather on Sunday which forced British Airways to cancel 114 flights
Summary: Britons love affair with the car is alive and well despite rising petrol prices and increased congestion with research showing just over a fifth of drivers would use their vehicles for trips of 500 metres and less
Summary: US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clintons chief political strategist Mark Penn stepped aside on Sunday after news that he lobbied for a free trade treaty with Colombia that Clinton opposes
Summary: A Zimbabwe court will rule on Monday on whether it has the authority to order the release of delayed presidential election results which Robert Mugabes opponents say will show his long grip on power is over
Summary: An explosion injured a policeman in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi after Russias President Vladimir Putin met United States leader George W Bush RIA Novosti news agency reported on Monday
Summary: Iraqi troops backed by US forces battled gunmen in Baghdads Sadr City on Sunday a return to heavy fighting in the capital after Shiite cleric Moqtada alSadr pulled his militiamen off the streets a week ago
Summary: Kenyas president and future prime minister said on Sunday they had made substantial progress at talks to end an impasse over a powersharing cabinet and expected to clinch a deal the next day
Summary: Egyptians angry with the government about high prices set fire to shops and two schools in a Nile Delta textile town on Sunday after police thwarted plans for a general strike and countrywide protests
Summary: Top US and North Korean nuclear envoys meet in Singapore on Tuesday to seek a deal in which the secretive North delivers an overdue declaration on its nuclear programmes against a backdrop of steppedup sabre rattling
Summary: Eleven congregations that broke away from The Episcopal Church celebrated a court ruling this past week that supported their efforts to keep church ...
Summary: A proposed Bible Park to open in Murfreesboro, Tenn., is drawing fierce opposition from opponents who claim the park will bring a host of unwanted problems to the community such as traffic congestion, noise, and unwanted ...
Summary: More than 20 leading social conservatives signed an open letter to presumptive Republican nominee John McCain expressing their opposition to the idea of having Mitt Romney as vice president on the Republican ...
Summary: More than 20 leading social conservatives signed an open letter to presumptive Republican nominee John McCain expressing their opposition to the idea of having Mitt Romney as vice president on the Republican ...
Summary: An Assyrian Orthodox priest was shot to death Saturday by gunmen using silencers as the Christian cleric and his wife returned home after a trip to the market in ...
Summary: The Olympic flame arrived at Heathrow Airport on Saturday evening ahead of an allday parade through Londons streets on Sunday that antiChina protesters aim to disrupt
Summary: London Heathrows showpiece terminal 5 beset by baggage chaos since its opening last month hit more problems on Saturday as a luggage software glitch forced British Airways to cancel seven flights
Summary: Zimbabwes opposition said on Sunday a ruling party demand for a recount of the presidential election was illegal and it feared President Robert Mugabe would unleash violence to stay in power
Summary: US President George W Bush and Russias Vladimir Putin began a final effort on Sunday to mend frayed relations facetoface but with little hope of resolving the biggest dispute that divides them
Summary: A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed Sri Lankas highways minister and at least 11 others on Sunday gathered for a marathon race near the capital the government said
Summary: Kenyas president and opposition leader met to break an impasse over the naming of a powersharing cabinet and the government said the ministerial lineup would be unveiled later on Sunday
Summary: Afghan police have arrested a Taliban commander in the southern province of Kandahar while 15 insurgents have been killed in clashes with Afghan and NATO troops the government said on Sunday
Summary: Nepal has banned the use of public and private transport for 24 hours to keep security tight during next Thursdays constituent assembly elections which could lead to the abolishment of the oncerevered monarchy
Summary: Oscarwinning US actor Charlton Heston whose chiseled features and commanding presence won him epic roles from Moses to Michelangelo died on Saturday night at the age of 84 his family said
Summary: Churches stand at a crossroads in Sudan where the transition from decades of conflict to peace and reconstruction remains bumpy and Islam and Christianity cross paths says the head of the World Council of Churches the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia
