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Geopolitical strategies in the former Soviet republics are undergoing change, and the United ... Congress has approved the allocation of funds to support the opposition in these countries and Moldova, where Vladimir Voronin managed to get re-elected, notably with U.

GARETH SOUTHGATE is so impressed by Liverpool he uses them as an inspiration for his seven-year-old daughter Isobelle.

As Italians flock to the coast on the busiest holiday weekend of the year, the opposition and the international financial press piled on the pressure for the resignation of central bank chief Antonio Fazio over ...

British Airways began the painful days-long process of moving tens of thousands of stranded passengers late Friday, after a strike that paralyzed its flights to and from Heathrow Airport was resolved.

QUETTA: Opposition's Leader in National Assembly, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman addresses at the Nifaz-e-Shariat & Tahafuz Dini Madaris Conference, at Sadique Shaheed Ground, organized by Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam ...2.7

A Spanish judge has challenged the legality of gay marriage, saying same-sex marriages are against the country's constitution.2.9

US search Goliath Google has put on hold its internationally criticized plan to amass an online library of the world's books, the company website indicated.4

KARACHI : The State Bank of Pakistan Friday announced that all the field offices of SBP Banking Services Corporation Bank throughout the country will issue the bank note of Rs.2.7

ISLAMABAD: Motorola Ltd is to help upgrade and expand Pakistan's mobile phone network under a $50 million contract which has been partly underwritten by the Export Credits Guarantee Department , the UK's ...2.7

Bands from across the world are descending in record numbers to the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow this weekend.2.9

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe may request Ukraine's leaders to investigate crimes committed during Leonid Kuchma's presidency.2.7

NEW DELHI: President General Pervez Musharraf has backed a move to expunge a 1924 ruling by a British judge making derogatory remarks against the Punjabi community.2.7

The new US Ambassador to the Slovak Republic Rodolphe M. Vallee arrived in Bratislava on Thursday.2.7

Business: 12 August 2005, Friday. Bulgaria will cease the import and transit of live poultry, as well as plumage and feathers without heat treatment from Russia and Kazakhstan, the Bulgarian Agriculture ...2.7

KABUL: The government has reportedly identified the murderers of a top pro-Karzai religious ... A knowledgeable source confided to Pajhwok Afghan News on Thursday investigations indicated Mullah Bashir and Mullah Lalai perpetrated the killing in return for Rs30000 before fleeing to Pakistan.2.7

President Ivan Gasparovic met former president Michal Kovac to celebrate Kovac's birthday ... According to Liska, Slovakia must have a mechanism that will enable it to fulfil its obligations to NATO and the EU within a few days.2.7

Romania hails adoption of resolution to extend UN Assistance Mission in Iraq mandate Bucharest, Aug 12 - Romania hails the adoption by consensus of the Security Council's resolution no.2.7

LAHORE, August 13 : The Lahore Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has permitted the candidates of local bodies polls holding the seminary degrees to contest the polls on conditional basis.2.7

Crown Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector General received at Al-Yamamah palace princes; Ulema; sheikhs; ministers; senior officials; and a ...2.7

Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Lytvyn says the political reform will automatically take effect on January 1, 2006.3.1

Speaking during her Thursday conference call with regional administrations' heads, Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko reprimanded the governors for their inadequate effort to muster budgetary revenues, according ...2.7

The sixth series of Channel 4's Big Brother, which ends on Friday, unleashed a psychic witch, a ... Ed Stanley, London, UK Whatever anybody thinks of Big Brother, it's still the biggest and best reality show.2.9

IF THERE was one person that put Scotland on the map as a tourist destination, it was Sir Walter ... Loch Lomond is considered the gateway to the Scottish Highlands.2.9

Income Statements of the President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko and his son Andrij can be promulgated in the nearest time.2.7

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during his trip around the Minsk Region Friday that he was sure of victory in the country's elections in 2006.2.9

British Airways' cancellation of all flights from Heathrow until Friday evening has left thousands stranded.2.9

Although outstanding issues -- such as the unification of Cyprus -- remain, ties between Aegean neighbours Greece and Turkey have warmed considerably in recent years.2.9

John Filan can expect a busy return to the top flight. Photo: Getty Images John Filan has waited a long time to return to the English Premier League, but come tomorrow he may well have wished it never happened.2.9

Chancellor Gordon Brown delivered a eulogy to Robin Cook at the former foreign secretary's funeral.2.7

The European Commission has approved the amendments proposed by Romania for the Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development funding conditions.2.7

President Sergei Bagapsh of the self- proclaimed republic of Abkhazia said a meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is possible only "if it is thoroughly prepared and can bring about tangible ...2.7

Some stories have Made in the Czech Republic stamped all over them - and make you think what a pity Franz Kafka isn't around to hear this one.2.9

Serbia has formally requested the extradition of Milan Lukic, the Bosnian Serb convicted of war crimes in Belgrade, a judge in Buenos Aires announced Thursday .2.7

Explorations of the lives of a variety of artists and celebrities stand out in the latest list of documentary titles to be screened at this fall's Toronto International Film Festival.3.1

A car waits as a train passes Carnoustie level crossing. Two drivers risked disaster at Carnoustie station level crossing by trying to cross while a train was approaching, a British Transport Police sergeant ...2.9