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MG Rover, the last major British-owned carmaker, has collapsed in a blow to Prime Minister Tony Blair and his government as they seek re-election.

The world's paramount agencies for food and animal health praised North Korea for its "transparency" in disclosing an outbreak of bird flu and pledged to help its appeal to ...

Young Nigerians have been told not to apply for UK visas while consular staff investigate why so many are refused.

With tourist arrivals surging, India's hospitality industry is finding itself ill-equipped to handle the deluge.

Security Forces foil Maoists attack; 50 rebels killed Kathmandu, Apr 8 Security forces have foiled a Maoist attack in Western Nepal, according to state-run Radio Nepal.

UNB, Dhaka Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao yesterday said his government would give subsidy to their business people to increase the import of Bangladeshi goods under a package ...

North American Tungsten Corp. , which until 16 months ago operated the Western world's biggest tungsten mine, has emerged from bankruptcy protection and hopes to restart the ...

Georgian and Abkhaz delegations, which met with the Friends to Georgia Group in Geneva on April 7-8, confirmed their adherence to the peace process.

Italian authorities transmitted millions of text messages calling on mourners swarming to the Vatican to pay their respects to Pope John Paul II to use public transport, and ...

Scorching hot energy and metal prices are helping keep the housing market strong in Western Canada, even as new home starts appear to be showing signs of peaking in the rest ...

As international concern mounts, officials announced Friday that the death toll from the epidemic of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in northern Angola has jumped to 174.

Australians may have voted to retain the British monarch as their head of state, but if the gifts being offered to Prince Charles on his wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles are ...

Bush will host the Prime Minister next week, mainly in order to help him with the disengagement.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - Local Television that Clicks! More Money from David Orazietti Darren Taylor LTVNews.com Friday, April 8 2005, 2:09PM Sault MPP David Orazietti ...

The chief of Argentina's central bank called for fiscal prudence in the coming quarter to ensure inflation does not go past eight percent this year in a country where price ...

Students in Swansea are suing their own university following the suspension of one of their lecturers.

His is the face of suicide in Japan, pale after years bathing in the cathode glow of his computer.

A plush hotel suite overlooking Kensington Palace Gardens seems an apt place for an audience with Penelope Cruz.

A doctor whose pay has been affected because a little boy has not had the MMR vaccination has struck the two-year-old off his patient list.

The world's biggest real estate franchiser and hotel operator is poised to open four new tourist resorts here after taking over part of a Rotorua resort two months ago.

Ten diverse motorcycle enthusiasts are soon to face a ride of a lifetime as they prepare their BMW R1150 GS Adventures for a 6,500 miles journey from Vladivostok to St ...

There's a lot at your fingertips when you get into the uncluttered cabin and behind the wheel of Citroen's C4.

Two of the top 10 who passed last year's bar exam come from the University of San Carlos College of Law.

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry is starting humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan.

Former Team New Zealand boss Tom Schnackenberg has taken legal action against the team, claiming it has deliberately shut him out of the next America's Cup.

A father-of-four has been told by a sheriff to expect a long prison sentence after he admitted having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

The State Duma recommends the government against authorization of selling the controlling interest in Silovye Mashiny to Germany's Siemens Concern, says a State Duma address ...

The German government says it has started deploying police helicopters equipped with infrared cameras to catch graffiti artists at night despite criticism they are grossly ...

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Former Bosnian Serb army officer Vujadin Popovic is to surrender to the United Nations war crimes tribunal, according to the Serbian government.

Turkmenistan may go to the presidential polls, 2009, President Saparmurat Niyazov said to the national television, yesterday.

HALIFAX + Nova Scotia's capital is the second fattest city in Canada, according to a new report.

Up to 70 jobs are to go at a County Armagh textiles firm, trade union members have said.

Just one year after extending compulsory education from eight to ten grades, Romanian authorities have announced plans to go further, raising the requirement to 12 grades.

The year 2005 marks the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth. The prolific Danish writer's life and work are being celebrated this month in an exhibit at the ...

A controversial outdoor exhibit that commemorates hundreds of people killed trying to escape communist east Germany and marks one of the most famous sites of the Cold War ...

Heroes of past and present are celebrated for their noble deeds. Our national hero Jose Rizal, the Katipunan supremo Andres Bonifacio and general Gregorio del Pilar ...

A PREMIER CD has been released by a website dedicated to local music. The Hubl community - Highland Ultimate Bands List - has released the 20-track album showcasing the ...