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The NDP wants the Liberal government to recall Parliament immediately from its summer break to deal with the softwood lumber dispute with the United States.5.1

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana was meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders as the international community tried to breathe life back into the peace process after the ...5.1

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi expressed their readiness to expand bilateral cooperation in the energy sector during their ...5

PARIS - The end of summer in France sees an event as predictable as the solstice itself: the annual warning that the country faces a "hot autumn" of strikes and protests.2.9

Romania dismisses option of delay in EU entry, Foreign Minister Ungureanu says Bucharest, Aug 29 - Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu called on the Romanian ...3.1

Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has announced a plan to deal with serious flood damage and said one of the means of paying for the multi-million dollar scheme will be to ...2.9

Ishaat Hussain treads two different worlds with ease. While Bombay House, Tata Group's imposing headquarters, is the centre of his universe from 8.30 am to 8.30 pm, he takes ...2.9

Inco said on Monday it plans to spend $34 million to extend the life of an aging nickel mine in Manitoba, an announcement that comes as the company negotiates a new labor ...3.3

Based in Brentwood, Tennessee, Doane Pet Care is the largest manufacturer of private label pet food in the U.S. and serves many top pet food retailers in the U.S., Europe ...2.9

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Regulators in the United Arab Emirates have cancelled trading in Dubai Islamic Bank shares worth $2.6bn after accusations of price manipulation.2.9

Insurance companies could pay out $25 billion US in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.2.9

De La Salle University won in straight sets over University of the East, 25-19, 25-15, 25-20, in a little over an hour, and Adamson University stopped Far Eastern ...2.9

By DAVID CROMPTON Penticton Herald Chris Lieto admitted he wanted to stop and walk the last few miles of the marathon run at Sunday's Subaru Ironman Canada Triathlon in ...3.2

Meng Xiangji calls on people of the world to help stop the persecution of her mother and of Falun Dafa.2.9

President Bush on Sunday praised Iraq's draft constitution as a step toward full democracy and sought to play down the extent of Sunni opposition, but he predicted an ...2.9

If wait times are to be reduced, medical schools need to make more spaces available, and barriers need to be removed for internationally-trained doctors, Health Minister ...4.5

The shooting of 26-minute movie "Yulia" has finished in Moscow, as reported by Russian newspaper "Comsomolskaya Pravda.2.9

Administration Sen. Richard Gordon said the Magsaysays of Zambales are lobbying to clinch the chairmanship of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority.2.9

Former soccer star George Weah is seeking the presidency of Liberia. Photo: AFP GEORGE Weah's swashbuckling style on the soccer grounds of Europe earned him adulation and ...2.9

Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Caspian news, links, maps etc. Last Updated on 21:46 AZT- 29 August 2005 National Politics Business World Eurasia Media Tech/Internet Arts & ...3.2

SAN Juan! Who knew? Ever since I saw West Side Story, I had known that there was a significant Puerto Rican population in the US.2.9

An Ashley Gilbertson image from Fallujah. Is war photographer Ashley Gilbertson just naturally lucky? Rachel Wells finds out.2.9

The Croatian government has strongly objected to a proposed Slovenian law establishing a protected environmental zone in the Adriatic Sea.2.9

Mike Kelly, the library's assistant curator, began an investigation at my request and just at closing time produced a dusty box crammed full of sheets of paper all written ...2.9

IT is early morning and the soft white mist, draped over the shoulders of the Brokenback Ranges like a series of diaphanous evening stoles, is beginning to lift.2.9

Hurricane Katrina pounded the US Gulf coast with rare fury, ripping off roofs, downing power lines and flooding New Orleans neighborhoods, where residents awaited rescue on ...4.5

Law enforcers in the Russian city of St. Petersburg are currently investigating three cases in which people posing as policemen robbed foreign tourists during routine checks ...2.9

"Solidarity" is the trade unions movement. Having arrived in airport, Tarasuk conducted briefings with Daniel Freed Deputy State Secretary of the USA, the ex-State Secretary ...2.9

John Brogden helped judge a bikini competition earlier this year. Too young to lead John Brogden's offensive behaviour shows he is not ready for high office, writes Mike ...2.9

A Russian paratrooper will be decorated for valour after he caught hold of a comrade whose chute failed to open and steered him to the ground using his straps, the military ...2.9

Towns and cities turned into ghost towns this weekend as Czechs flocked to the countryside for their favourite pass time - mushroom picking.2.9

Former Commission on Elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano is most likely in Malaysia, not in London, or in the United States as earlier reported, according to a ...4.2

The Supreme Court's ruling that Sri Lanka's presidential elections must be held before the end of the year has ended months of wrangling.2.9

New Delhi: India on Monday handed over to Pakistan a list of nearly 30 wanted people, including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Maulana Masood Azhar ...4