A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation
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Anger, drama at Ratko Mladic’s genocide trial
May 17, 2012 Comment Off 39 ViewsTHE HAGUE, Netherlands He's no longer the swaggering general who held Sarajevo "in the palm of his hand" during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. Yet as his long-awaited genocide trial began Wednesday, Ratko
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British secret agent was al Qaeda mole who cracked new ‘underpants’ bomb plot
May 10, 2012 Comment Off 25 ViewsTwo weeks ago, the agent walked away from al-Qaeda with the device he was supposed to use in an attack on US-bound aircraft. He traveled to the United Arab Emirates and then to Saudi Arabia, with
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Qaeda bomber adept at breaching aviation security
May 9, 2012 Comment Off 54 ViewsA Saudi bombmaker believed behind several failed but ingenious attempted attacks on the West is the most likely creator of an improved "underwear bomb" discovered in a plot foiled by U.S. and allied
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Clinton leaves China without Chen – euronews
May 5, 2012 Comment Off 34 ViewsUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has left Beijing after a week overshadowed by the fate of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. Strategic and economic talks took a back seat to the situation
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Hudson cries as she faces man accused of murder
April 24, 2012 Comment Off 32 ViewsJennifer Hudson broke down in tears as she faced the man accused of murdering her family across a courtroom. The Oscar-winning actress, dressed all in black, was the first witness called in the
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Sarkozy swaggers in face of imminent defeat
April 21, 2012 Comment Off 44 ViewsBut recent polls have put Mr Hollande up to 15 points ahead of Mr Sarkozy in the second round of voting as French voters warm to his message of a renegotiated European Union fiscal pact, to loosen
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Breivik describes hunting down teens
April 21, 2012 Comment Off 34 ViewsBreivikDefendant Anders Behring Breivik, who is expected to give his account of events on the July 22, 2011 attacks at Utoeya island, is pictured in court on the fifth day of his trial in
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Campaigns on hold as France prepares to vote
April 21, 2012 Comment Off 32 ViewsFrench presidential candidates marked a one day truce Saturday on the eve of voting in a first-round poll to whittle the ten-strong field down to two frontrunners. French election rules outlaw
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New World Bank chief to focus on ‘market-based’ growth
April 17, 2012 Comment Off 35 ViewsDr Kim was nominated for the top post by US President Barack Obama The World's Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim, has said that capitalist "market-based growth is a priority for every single
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