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Justin Langer brought up his 22nd Test century then lost his wicket to Stephen Harmison after lunch on day three of the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval in London.4.5

Police have found one of Rio de Janeiro's top drug lords hanged to death inside his cell at a maximum-security prison, authorities said Saturday.4.7

One thing is clear 19 months after the federal government announced a judicial inquiry into what happened to Maher Arar.4.1

St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands is a piece of paradise in the Caribbean. NewsofStJohn.com reports news and information about this special place.2.9

Jordan's Prime Minister Adnan Badran arrived in Baghdad, becoming the highest-ranking Jordanian official to visit Iraq "The prime minister of Jordan has arrived accompanied ...2.9

Two people were killed on Saturday when a jet crashed at a Vereeniging airstrip, about 60 kmsouth of Johannesburg, South African Press Association reported.3.1

Leinster's first outing at Donnybrook for six months ended in a nervy 26-21 Celtic League win as stand-in skipper Felipe Contepomi rescued his side with his right boot.2.9

Star Business Report Hartal is the main impediment to Japanese investment in Bangladesh, visiting Japanese business leader Koji Nojima said yesterday.4

Internet discount on the all-inclusive Swept Away Resort in the Negril area of Jamaica.2.9

President Hu Jintao of China shakes hands with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre on Saturday in Toronto.3.3

European finance ministers gather for a photograph at an ECOFIN meeting in Manchester.2.9

Gunmen tried to assassinate Afghan Defence Minister Rahim Wardak today by shooting at his convoy at Kabul's main airport, but he already had left his vehicle and was unhurt, ...4.5

In a city famous for action movies, Hong Kong director Peter Chan Ho-sun has forged his own path to success, winning acclaim for his emotional, heart-wrenching and ...2.9

IT IS a feeling of deja vu with dread. It is overwhelming. Just three months after being steeped in the gruesome murder of a hacked-up China woman, the newsroom received ...2.9

The National Party is set to topple New Zealand's Labour Government at next weekend's election, a new poll predicts.4.5

BEYOND metrosexual or retrosexual, well-dressed men have always been a welcome sight.2.9

Owing to the continued surge of oil prices in the world market, local oil companies on Saturday raised the prices of fuel and liquefied petroleum gas by P0.50 a liter and a ...3.2

Chris Raditsas, pictured in his son's Shepparton orchard, sold his property and Ardmona shares just days before the SPC Ardmona merger.2.9

If you use the Internet and email you will almost certainly receive unsolicited emails from people you don't know, offering you goods and services.4.2

Up to 40,000 spectators were expected to turn out for an annual air show in Fife on Saturday, which this year commemorates VE and VJ day.2.9

The leader of Ivory Coast's former rebel movement said President Laurent Gbagbo must stand down at the end of next month despite the impossibility of organising an election ...2.9

The Russian Foreign Ministry lashed out at the double standards in the fight against terrorism,the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday.4

India has dispatched an air force plane laden with 22 tonnes of relief supplies to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.2.9

Some 2,000 Egyptians took to the streets of Cairo on Saturday to protest against President Hosni Mubarak's re-election, charging that low turnout gave him no legitimacy to ...4

The Gulf emirate of Dubai will build a city of life-size replicas of seven wonders of the world at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion to house offices, shops and flats, a ...3.4

Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev confers with Zhelyazko Hristov and Konstantin Trenchev, the leaders of the two biggest trade unions in Bulgaria, the Confederation of ...2.9

Islamabad: Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf has said that Sarabjit Singh was involved in the bomb blasts that killed 14 persons across three Pakistani cities in ...3.5

Peter Galloway, of Trinity Academy, Sheilah Jackson, of Queensferry Primary, and Anne Nicol, of Broomhouse Primary are among 200 UK heads to be recognised for their work.3.1

A Cypriot army plane crashed into a house on the island on Saturday after clipping the bell tower of a packed church and narrowly missing a 13th century Crusaders' castle, ...3.2

Two men in the eastern Indian state of Orissa have been explaining why they locked up a woman in the family for years in a single room.2.9

Harare, ZIMBABWE: New Zealand's Lou Vincent calls on Nathan Astle to stay back during the Final one day International Triangular series match in Harare, 06 September 2005.2.9

Politics: 10 September 2005, Saturday. The appeals of Michael Shields against the 15-year-jail sentence will be heard in Varna on October 14.4

A man arrested in connection with attacks on two Catholic churches in Banbridge has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.2.9

He said "almost all" of the countrya s regions, provinces, cities and towns are already jueteng-free. In an interview with government television station NBN, Hagedorn belied ...2.9