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Norway's general election promised to be a tight race Monday between the governing centre-right coalition and a left-leaning opposition bloc that wants to shift spending of the country's oil wealth from tax ...

The United States did not stand alone in remembering victims of Nine-Eleven today.

U.S. computer giant Hewlett-Packard will shed 6,000 jobs in Europe with more than half the cuts in France, Germany and Britain, a union official said on Friday.

The Kaladjics outside their home in the outer east of Melbourne ... Nor was she reassured to hear him say he'd join them by swimming across the Sava River that flows along the border with Croatia.2.9

A new book by Cynthia Lennon describes her ex-husband, John -- the former Beatle and peace activist -- as a jealous, tormented and violent spouse.1.7

VERSAILLES, France , Sept. 5 - Once a week, Bernard Draux, a discreet Frenchman, joins the secret life of Versailles, a palace where even without its long-gone kings much still happens away from the public eye.1.3

Today's News September 12, 2005 The Prints of Felix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea African Wooden Sculptures Stolen From Folch Foundation Memories of Frida Kahlo Will Be Published Kunsthalle Zurich Presents ...1.3

The 2005 Speedway World Championship is over for another year after the ninth and final round was held at Vicenza in northern Italy on Saturday night with Australian, Jason Crump, finishing second in the ...2.7

Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter made an appearance together at the Venice Film Festival on the weekend, promoting Burton's film Corpse Bride .2.7

Volkswagen and Siemens, two icons of German industry that led the way last year in a wave of corporate restructuring, are preparing new shake-ups of their businesses which could lead this time to significant ...

GADGET junkies have 315million worth of abandoned toastie makers hoarded in their kitchen cupboards, according to a study.2.7

HENRY McLeish, the former First Minister, yesterday backed calls for the Scottish Parliament to take powers to legislate in areas reserved to Westminster.2.7

Protestant mobs rioted on Sunday for a second consecutive night in Belfast and in towns on the city's outskirts, seriously injuring at least 30 police officers, in the province's worst violence in seven years.2

Nicol Stephen, the enterprise minister, has vowed to tackle the problems facing Scotland's economic growth.2.9

CHEESE does not give you nightmares at all, according to a new investigation into the truth of the old wife's tale.2.7

STARS Edith Bowman and Lorraine Kelly are among the celebs fronting this year's Breast Cancer Care campaign.

RESULTS season is upon us once again this week, with all kinds of sectors muscling forward for space in the analysts' notebooks.3.1

IT IS a sobering thought that it was only about 300 years ago that intrepid European explorers sailed into the unknown and greatly expanded man's knowledge of the world through the geographical discoveries that ...2.7

TEXAS singer Sharleen Spiteri has been living apart from her lover Ashley Heath for the last year ... Reports yesterday claimed Ashley, 36, had been living a double life, meeting his other woman at a flat just two minutes away from the 2million mansion he shares with Scots star Sharleen in north London.2.7

PUB groups Mitchells & Butlers and Punch Taverns are thought to be considering a joint 2.5 billion bid for rival operator Spirit - the owner of more than 2,000 UK pubs, including Glasgow's Rogano Oyster Bar.2.7

ANOTHER British soldier was killed in Basra yesterday, the third to fall to a roadside bomb attack in the space of a week.

If there aren't bonfires on the Fijian island of Rotuma tonight there should be, writes Tom Humphries.

Something "historic and remarkable" is happening in the most remote corner of Britain ... Laws introduced by the Scottish Parliament in 2003 allow hostile buy-outs in the so-called crofting counties of the north and west of Scotland, even when the estate is not for sale.2.7

A Woodland High student recently had the vacation of a lifetime and made a spiritual connection to a country on the other side of the world.

Belfast was hit by further rioting last night at the end of a weekend that saw some of the worst ... Over 30 police officers were injured in the rioting which followed the rerouting of the Whiterock Orange march and more than 50 shots were fired at PSNI and British army lines in west Belfast.

Israel's cabinet voted Sunday to end military rule over the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation, but the final phase of the country's historic troop pullout was marred by bitter disputes with the ...1.3

St. Monica's Catholic Church in San Francisco held a memorial mass this morning to commemorate the city's fallen public safety workers and honor those still serving the community.

The British Home Office is to decide in another six weeks whether Jamaican, Roselyn Richards, mother of slaIn 7-year-old Toni-Ann Byfield is to be deported.2.9

LAHORE: British Member of Parliament Muhammad Sarwar met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Sunday to discuss various matters.2.7

TALLINN, Estonia, SEPT. 11, 2005 .- Bishop Philippe Jourdan became the first Catholic bishop consecrated in the Baltic country of Estonia since World War II, and the second one in the last 500 years.

Local authorities fear for the safety of a young Australian hiker missing in the treacherous Croatian hills.4.5

Ankara will walk away if the EU comes up with any new conditions or doesn't offer full membership ... While most people think the talks will ultimately start on time, another key doubt stems from next weekend's German elections, when opposition leader Angela Merkel - who is openly against EU entry for Turkey - is tipped for victory.2.7

LAVA HOT SPRINGS - Rachel Andrews-Tonahill didn't need the U.S. Army to tell her that her son was a hero.1.3

Memorial services held in Greece, NYC for 9/11, hurricane 'Katrina' victims NEW YORK -- Archbishop of America Demetrios officiated at a memorial service here on Sunday in remembrance of the victims of 9/11 as ...2.7

Kenenisa Bekele and Yelena Isinbayeva were named IAAF athletes of the year on Saturday a repeat for both.2.7