Summary: Silvio Berlusconi has won his third Italian election with a bigger than expected swing to the centre right but the media magnate said it would not be easy to solve deep economic problems
Summary: Soldiers and police fanned out across Zimbabwe on Tuesday ahead of a general strike called by the opposition to pressure officials to release the results of a presidential election
Summary: President George W Bush on Monday ordered the release of 200 million 100 million pounds in US emergency food aid to help alleviate food shortages in developing countries in Africa and elsewhere the White House said
Summary: A strong 61 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Monday sending residents into the streets in panic but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries
Summary: Israeli leaders shunned former US President Jimmy Carter during a visit because of his plans to meet Hamas and Israels secret service declined to assist US agents guarding him US sources said on Monday
Summary: Up to 800 people are being examined for contamination after a leak of radioactive material at a nuclear plant in northeast Spain last November the nuclear watchdog said on Monday
Summary: At least 24 people a week were executed officially last year and a further 64 sentenced to death Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday adding that this was likely to be an underestimate
Summary: Illegal migrants see Spains enclaves in Morocco as gateways to a better life in Europe but many Moroccans suffer beatings and pay bribes to go in past razorwire fences just to be able to return home
Summary: A deepening global food crisis requires not only greater funding for food aid going to hungry nations but longterm investment to improve agriculture productivity especially in the developing world officials and aid groups said on Monday
Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown will sound the alarm on Tuesday over surging energy costs saying oil producing countries must act to counter high prices
Summary: The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors house price balance fell in March to its lowest in the 30year history of the survey RICS said on Tuesday sending a strong signal that the housing market is cooling fast
Summary: Zimbabwean authorities are delaying election results to allow them time to find an alternative to the will of the people Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday
Summary: Zimbabwe’s high court ruled Monday against forcing the country’s electoral commission to release the long-overdue results of the March 29 presidential ...
Summary: The independent label sticks to John McCain because he antagonizes fellow Republicans and likes to work with Democrats. But a different label applies to his actual ...
Summary: Zimbabwes High Court on Monday rejected an opposition bid to force authorities to release the result of the countrys presidential election after a twoweek delay that has stoked fears of violence
Summary: California will almost inevitably be struck by a major earthquake and possibly a catastrophic quake sometime in the next 30 years scientists said on Monday in the most comprehensive geologic forecast for the state
Summary: Harry Potter author JK Rowling said on Monday a bid by a fan to print an unofficial encyclopedic companion to the boy wizard series left her unsure if she had the heart to publish her own version
Summary: The body of missing BBC childrens television presenter Mark Speight was found hanging from the roof of a London railway station it was confirmed on Monday
Summary: Idaho became one of the first states in the nation last week to make into law what pro-life groups described as a 'historic' victory in the battle for the rights of women and the ...
Summary: A British journalist held for two months by kidnappers in the southern Iraqi city of Basra was rescued on Monday by Iraqi forces sweeping through the city in a crackdown on militants the Iraqi military said
Summary: A British journalist held for two months by kidnappers in the southern Iraqi city of Basra was rescued on Monday by Iraqi forces sweeping through the city in a crackdown on militants the Iraqi military said
Summary: Portuguese police forcefully denied they leaked a statement by Kate McCann in which she reportedly said her daughter Madeleine was crying in her room the night before she disappeared nearly a year ago
Summary: Glaciers and mountain snow are melting earlier in the year than usual meaning the water has already gone when millions of people need it during the summer when rainfall is lower scientists warned on Monday
Summary: Governments must take action to regulate surging food prices and stop them being driven by speculative forces French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier said on Monday
Summary: Zimbabwean authorities are delaying election results to allow them time to find an alternative to the will of the people British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday
Summary: The world’s most popular children’s authors – including J.K. Rowling, Judy Blume, R.L. Stine, and Louis Sachar – published an open letter Saturday demanding the world 'wake up' to the crisis that Darfurian children endure due to the conflict in ...
Summary: Churches should leave their doors open throughout the week, making use of their facilities for more than just Sunday worship, the Archbishop of Wales ...
