National & World News Archive October 2007



With Friends Like These

Merrill Lynch, the Firm Lost $8bn and the Chief Executive Had to Go - With $159m

Car Lobby Angry at Plan to Limit Autobahn Speeds

Vatican Under Fire As 4,000 Face Eviction

Darfur Peace Talks Stall As Rebels Boycott Meeting

The Art No One Sees: a Basement That Symbolises Cultural Isolation

Designer Pays for Land Rights on Own Ranch to Stop Drilling for Oil

Officials Blame Each Other Over California Fires

From First Lady to President: Crushing Victory for Argentinian Leader's Wife

War Shame Ended By Plea of a Daughter

How the Loonie is Conquering America

Californians Return to Rebuild Burnt Remains

Stirred Tribal Conflicts Leave Darfur Burning

US Imposes Sweeping Sanctions on Tehran

Aung San Suu Kyi Holds Surprise Talks With Burma Junta

California's Firefighters Get Respite From High Winds

Nine Fewer and Under Fire Till the End, Battered Mercians Come Home

Darfur Conflict: the Key Players

Darfur Peace Talks in Crisis After Boycott By Rebel Groups

Body Found in Sea is Mother of Girl Who Fell

Poor But Defiant, Thousands March on Delhi in Fight for Land Rights

California Sifts Ashes of $1bn Blaze

Madagascar Mine 'threatening Biodiversity'

Key Players in the Darfur Conflict

EU Moves to Bring in Skilled Foreign Workers

US Tries to Placate Moscow With Offer of Missile Delay

Right to Choose? British Director Tackles the Debate That Divides Us

Gallery Tells Story of the Last of the Beothuks

Brighter Future for Arabs and Jews in the School That Teaches Peace

Publishers Weigh Into War and Peace Battle

Coming to an Inner City Near You, Extreme Education

Steep Decline in Oil Production Brings Risk of War and Unrest, Says New Study

Feelings Run High As Expats in Uk Prepare to Have a Say

The Evangelical Crisis of Faith That Threatens to Sink the Republicans

Housekeeper Reveals Home Life of Günter Grass

Koons Artwork Expected to Fetch $20m

After 2,500 Years, Parthenon Treasures Move to New Home

$3,500 to See Mckellen's Lear, and Rear

Pints, Patriotism and a Gallic Shrug

Sex, Lies and Videotape: Turmoil at the Vatican

Porn Spammers Jailed for Five Years

Guns Take Pride of Place in Us Family Values

Church Takes Over Team to Save Soul of Italian Football

The Honeymoon is Ending on 'mission Impossible'

Columbus Toppled As Indigenous People Rise Up After Five Centuries

536,000 Deaths a Year: the Childbirth Toll

Copycat Noose Displays After Us Racial Unrest

Rebuild or Retreat: Us Debates Evacuation of Gulf Coastline

Battle Over Youtube Clip of Schizophrenic Boy Being Bullied

Jena Six Case Triggers Copycat Noose Threats

The Rise of Mosques Becomes Catalyst for Conflict Across Europe

Aung San Suu Kyi Rejects Talks With Burma Junta

Paris Flea Market Takes on the Duke of Westminster

Burmese Rebels Accuse India of Betrayal

Five Killed in Wisconsin Shooting

Trinity to Host a Tribute to Carson

Rape Row As 'new Marley' Comes to Uk

Drugs and Astrology: How 'bulldog' Wields Power

Nepal Election Postponed After Political Deadlock

That's Rich - London Shops Pip the Big Apple

Republicans Aim to Win Presidency By Changing Voting Rules

Amnesty Lists Execution Horrors

Nun Sends Plea to Pope Over Unholy Row in Convent

Ex-US Ambassador to Un Attacks Withdrawal of Troops By Brown

Student Paper Headline Ignites Us Free Speech Row

If You Want to Support the Monks, Then Call Gary Player to Account

Court Delivers Guilty Verdict Over Madrid Train Bombings

Bus Bomb Kills Eight in Russian City of Tolyatti

I Should Pay More Tax, Says Us Billionaire Warren Buffett

FBI Used Mafia Capo to Find Bodies of Ku Klux Klan Victims

Minimalism, Torsos and Tango: It Must Be Argentina's First Luxury Gay Hotel

Seven Die in Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Army Hq

Fema Official Regrets Fake Press Conference

Endangered Tigers Found in Indonesian Jungle Allocated to Agriculture

After Four-month Court Case, Spain is Braced for Verdicts in Train Bombings That Killed 191

Pirates Attack Ship Off Somali Coast

Alaskan Elephant Finds Her Place in the Sun

Germans Flush Out Loo Roll Usage

Delhi Stalls Protest By Thousands of Landless

Israeli Pm Plays Down Prostate Cancer Scare

Winfrey Begs Forgiveness for Abuse at School

US Film Falls Short of Truth

Taliban Causing Afghan Aid Crisis, Says Un

Kerbala Handed to Iraqi Forces As Us Continues Power Transfer

US Parties Plan Earliest Ever Start to Poll Race

US Soldier's Family Brings Legal Action Against British Private Security Firm

Country Legend Porter Wagner Dies from Lung Cancer

Argentinian First Lady Claims Poll Victory

Last Ba Flight From a Grounded Economy

Museum of Broken Relationships Opens

Indian Islamic Group Attacks Bbc Film for Bin Laden Link

Wildfire Threat to Avocado Harvest 'exaggerated'

Darfur Talks Stutter As Rebels Fail to Show Up

Turkey Kills 20 Kurdish Rebels As Hopes Fade for Peaceful Solution

Saudi King's State Visit to Britain Faces Protests and Boycotts

Powerful Partners

Da Vinci Sequel Caught in Writers' Strike Panic

Turkey Refuses to Back Down on Its Threat to Invade Iraq

The Leading Contenders in Argentina's Election

First Lady of Argentina Ready to Be the New Evita

Putin: Us Risks New Cuban Missile Crisis

Health and the City Falls Foul of Hbo Lawyers

How to Split Up: Vienna Hosts World's First Divorce Fair

Journey Through the California Wastelands

Violence Flares in Darfur's Kalma Refugee Camp As a New Cycle of Persecution Begins

Peace Talks Will Fail, Says Rebel Leader

Poll says American Youth Waning on Christianity – Secularism Edges Forward

Iran Condemns 'doomed' Sanctions

Fresh Fighting Near Scene of Pakistan Suicide Attack

With the Kurdish Rebels in Northern Iraq

Iraq Meeting 'final Chance' for Diplomacy, Says Turkey

Sarkozy Puts France on Green Track

PLO Disputes Jerusalem Rail Plan

PM Urges More Nato Troops for Afghanistan

'Killer Keller' Rebuked Over Death-row Plea

Most Corrupt Officials Are From Poor Families But Chinese Royals Have a Spirit That is Not Dominated By Money

Argentina's Election Issues

President in Waiting Evokes Echo of Evita

Bush Tours Trail of Destruction From California's Wildfires

Khatami Hints at Comeback With Censure of President's 'lies'

Iraq Tries to Stop Turkish Attack With Vow to Crack Down on Pkk

Mother Accused of Handing Son to Mafia

McCanns Set Up Phone Line to Seek Madeleine

Iran Clamps Down on Coffee Shops

Afghan Governor Survives Bomb Attack

China Flexes Muscle in Space Race With Launch of Lunar Explorer

Chief in Blackwater Row Quits

French Minister Blocks Return of Maori Head

China Moon Probe Blasts Off

Images That Shock

Israel Proposes Cutting Power to Gaza to Deter Attacks

Q&A: The Darfur Crisis

Turkey Kills 34 Kurdish Fighters in Northern Iraq

California Firefighters Battle Relentless Winds

Amnesty Censures Palestinians

500,000 Forced to Flee California Wildfires Driven By Winds

Organised Crime Does Pay in Italy - to the Tune of €90bn

Stolen Masterpiece Found on New York Street

Mystery Over $1bn of Iraq Funding

Greeks Aim to Bring Callas Collection Home

Nuclear Split Emerges in Iran

Darfur Cessation of Violence Expected Ahead of Peace Talks

Russia Snubs Eu As Foreign Monitors at Elections Limited

Patients Caught Up in Middle of Fatah and Hamas Tug of War

Fresh Violence Feared If Peace Talks Collapse

Joel Osteen plugs Victoria’s Secret??

iPhone Injects Juice Into Apple's Profits

Sudan to Announce Darfur Ceasefire

California Wildfires Trigger State of Emergency

Talking Nuclear With an Old Friend of the President

TV Show Host Boots Out 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists

Hollywood Flees As Wildfires Sweep Coast of California

Lebanon President Choice Stalled

$5m Honesty Prize for Mozambican Ex-leader

Irish Paper Foretells Criminal's Murder That Evening

Prodi Accused of Interfering With Fraud Inquiry

Bhutto Accuses Government of Cover-up in Suicide Bombing

Separating the Terrible Twins

Mild Manners Mask Iron Will

Poland Rejects Populism and Xenophobia in Favour of Pro-europe Liberal Conservatives

Hillary Clinton Woos Man Who Nearly Ruined Her Husband

Change of Tone in Bin Laden's Latest Message

Q&A: Turkey and the Kurds

Diplomacy Staves Off Turkish Incursion

China Unveils Its Future Leadership

Turkey Holds Back From Northern Iraq Invasion

Opposition Triumph in Polish Election

Youngest Governor for Louisiana

China's Vice-president Loses Post in Reshuffle of Party's Inner Circle

Rightwing Svp Tightens Grip in Swiss Election

Bhutto Wants International Experts to Help Inquiry Into Suicide Attack

Briton Among Hostages in Nigerian Oilfield

Iran's President Moves to Tighten Grip on Nuclear Policy

Opposition on Brink of Power in Poland

Turkey Bombards Northern Iraq After Ambush

This Week We Want to Know All About...israel's Mr Gay

New Project to Publish Stories of 1641 Uprising

It Was a Very French Way to Say Adieu

French Fall Out of Love With Marriage Habit

Israel Shaken By Troops' Tales of Brutality Against Palestinians

Hardliners Gain As Iran's Nuclear Negotiator Quits

Bhutto Defiant As Bombing Suspects Held By Police

Husband Jailed for Dumping Wife in French Lake in 1999

Motorcity Gambles on Casinos

Buzz Back in China's Scandal-hit Toy Industry

Burma Holding 2,500 in Prison and Arrests Continue, Uk Says

Reggae Star Shot Dead in Attempted Car Hijacking in Johannesburg

Opposition Edges Ahead Before Polish Poll

Finale in Sight for Busking Violinist's Bach Tour of the World

Iraqis Who Fled Homes in Fear Face New Terror As Turkey Targets Pkk Rebels

Bhutto Alleges Military Link to Suicide Bombing

African Reggae Icon Lucky Dube Shot Dead

Q&A: Pakistan Bombing

A Bad Day for Sarkozy: First, Strikes Grip France, Then His Marriage Comes to an End

Thai Police Arrest Paedophile Suspect

IMF Counters Claims of Western Dominance With Promise to Give Poor More Votes

Puerto Rican Animal Control Firm Accused of Hurling Pets Off Bridge

Exhibition of Eta Photos Angers Victims' Families

One in Four Sees Positive Side of Nazis, Poll Finds

For Us Tv Viewers, a Threat of Harsh Reality

Public Transport Grinds to a Halt in Showdown Over Labour Reform

Putin Goes Live on Tv Phone-in to Escalate Nuclear War of Words

A Fight on Many Fronts

Iraqi Kurds March for Peace As Raids By Turkey Loom

Claims of Secret Cia Jail for Terror Suspects on British Island to Be Investigated

Before the Tragedy, an Emotional Homecoming

126 Dead in Suicide Bombs As Bhutto Returns to Pakistan

California Passes SB 777 - Here Come the Language Police

Bhutto Returns Home to Rapturous Welcome

A Moderate Success?

Syrian Human Rights Activists Under Siege, Watchdog Warns

Pakistani Elections

German 'ghost School' Uncovered After 30 Years

The 'silver Tsunami' That Threatens to Overwhelm Us Social Security System

Obama is Vice-president's Distant Cousin, Says Cheney's Wife

Chavez Plans Leisure Revolution

Vaccine Trial Cuts Malaria Cases Among Babies By Two-thirds

Turkey's Mps Back Attacks on Iraqi Kurds

Green Groups Condemn Uk's Claim in Antarctica

France Prepares for Black Thursday As Unions Stage National Rail Strike

Bomb Threats and Family Feuds As Bhutto Prepares for Her Pakistan Homecoming

Lawyers Take Mod to Court Over Iraqi Mutilation Claims

Bhutto Prepares Return As Musharraf Awaits Court Ruling

Indian Shares Plunge

Gore Rules Out White House Bid Despite Nobel Prize

Iraq Promises Hard Line Against Rebel Attacks on Turkey

Britain to Claim More Than 1m Sq Km of Antarctica

How Top London Law Firms Help Vulture Funds Devour Their Prey

Electorate Prepares to Pass Judgment on Divisive Politics of Mr Clean

The Seed of Radicalism

Italy Dealt Double Blow Over Organised Crime

WWF Calls for Protected Areas for Antarctica

Chávez Talks of Cuban and Venezuelan Confederation

Spain Forces Treasure Ship Into Port in Battle Over Fortune in Pieces of Eight

US Weathers Beijing's Fury As Bush Attends Ceremony With Dalai Lama

Putin's Tough Talking

Putin Warns Us Against Military Action on Iran

Thai Police Name Suspected Web Paedophile

Child Abuser Identified As English Teacher

Indian Government Fears Backlash As Stock Market Hits Record Levels

Brown Offers Carrot While Eu Gives Stick to Burmese Junta

22 Die As Colombian Gold Mine Collapses

Iraq to Crack Down on Foreign Security Guards

US Warns Israel and Palestinians to Find Common Ground

Growth is Not Our Only Goal, Hu Tells Chinese

Hidden Cameras Are Helping Find Terrorists

Punjab Cinema Blast Kills Six

UN Envoy Attacks Middle East Quartet 'failures'

Give Chinese Citizens More Say, Hu Jintao Tells Congress

Top Us General Hits Out at Lack of Planning Behind Iraq War

Developing World Cracks Glass Ceiling

South African Editor Fears Arrest for Minister Claims

Israeli Air Strike Was Aimed at Syrian Reactor, Report Says

Bhutto's Return Sparks Assassination Fears

Politburo Profiles

Plotting China's Future

High Stakes for China As Party Congress Begins

UK Backs Plan to Split Taliban From Within

Taliban Sets Out Demands to Afghan President

Threat to Kill Putin During Trip to Iran

Human Guinea Pigs

Irish Hooligans 'fuelled By Cocaine'

Chinese Work Leads Boom in Art Sales

Amazon Tribe Hits Back at Green 'colonialism'

Row Erupts Over Risk to Polar Bears

Sarkozy's Wife in 'exile' As Divorce Rumours Grow

Brown Putting Eu at Terror Risk - Barroso

The New Taliban

Hard Right's Hero Shakes Up Cosy World of Swiss Politics

US Tries to Halt Turkey Attack

PKK Claims It Has Left Iraq As Erdogan Talks Tough on Invasion

Court Blow to Bhutto's Power-sharing Hopes

Ms Obama Heads for London to Raise Funds

Sarkozy Divorce Rumours Grow

We Will Dump Nuclear Treaty, Putin Warns

Rooting for Al Gore is a Sentimental Self-indulgence

Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize. And This Time, No One Can Take It Away From Him

Putin Warns Us Over Missile 'shield' Plan

15 Iraqi Civilians Killed As Us Aircraft Target Al-qaida Leaders

Going Nowhere

China Dam to Force 4m to Relocate

China Joins Un Censure of Burmese Regime

Astronomers May Be on Brink of Finding Habitable 'second Earth'

Woman 'found Killer on Internet'

Italy Lightens the Load for Schoolchildren

Gaza Goes Hungry As Israeli Sanctions Bite

Nobel Economist Endorses Chávez Regional Bank Plan

No Paris Trip for Russia's Kissing Policemen

Chic Without the Suffering: Fashion Displays Its Ethical Face

Sunni Insurgents Form Alliance Against Us

'He'll Use Every Means at His Disposal to Make His Money. If It Means Pissing Off the Locals, He'll Have No Qualms About It.'

The Spectre That Haunts Turkey

Fading Away By Lamplight - How Expert Help Could Have Saved Mother and Child

Making Difficult Situations Worse

Turks Threaten to 'play Hardball' With Us After Genocide Vote

Conflict Between Religions Threatens Future of the World, Muslim Leaders Tell Pope

Palestinian Students Continue to Face Exclusion

Turkey Condemns Us Over Armenian Genocide Resolution

Abbas Lays Out Territorial Demand

Priest Jailed for 'dirty War' Crimes

Spanish Firms May Be Forced to Pay Back Tax-break Billions

Spanish Mps to Vote on Law Rehabilitating Franco's Victims

Elvis is Back for Hillary's Birthday Bash

Iraqi Provinces Shut Out Internal Refugees

Burmese Hotels Hit As Crackdown Prompts Drop in Tourism

Congress Rejects Bush's Plea on Armenian Killings

'Dirty War' Priest Sentenced to Life for Murder, Kidnapping and Torture

Clooney Comes Out in Support of Suspended Medical Workers

Abbas Spells Out Land Demand

Bush Reels As Armenian Genocide Vote Passed

The Devastating Cost of Africa's Wars: £150bn and Millions of Lives

Keeping a Lid on Putin's Resurgent Russia

Bribery, Blackmail and Bond-style Gadgets. What the Fsb Says Britain is Up to in Russia

Turkish Government Taking Unilateral Action In Iraq

Turkey and Us Head for Showdown Over Vote on Armenian 'genocide'

Pakistani Troops Resume Shelling Near Afghan Border

White House Denies Mishandling Al-qaida Tip-off

What Was in Hitler's Postbag

'Suicide of Civilisation' Warning As Italian Town Permits Burka

France's First Immigration Museum Opens

Turkish Pm Agrees to Raids Into Northern Iraq

Soldiers Storm Maldives Mosque

Judges Order Delhi Authorities to Phase Out Private Bus Service

Prospectors and 'ninja' Miners Flood to East's El Dorado

Utopia With No Poor People: Moscow's New Billionaire's Row

Gary Player Hits Mandela Golf Tournament Bunker Over Business Ties to Burma

Private Security Guards Accused of Killing Two Women in Car

Israeli Army Orders Confiscation of Palestinian Land in West Bank

50 Held in Maldives Mosque Siege

Boot Camp Boy Died Under 'routine' Control

Burma Bloggers Return As Regime Lifts Blackout

Turkish Pm Clears Way for Iraq Assault

Foreign Security Guards Kill Two Iraqi Women

Iraq Demands Blackwater Pay £4m to Each Victim's Family

Cocaine Galore! Villagers Live It Up on Profits From 'white Lobster'

Mexican Politician's Lie Catches Up

Man Admits Kidnapping Two Children

Interpol Rebuilds Photo to Find Paedophile

Jerusalem May Be Part of Peace Deal, Says Israel

A New Island: Hadid Unveils Radical Plan for Bilbao

26-year-old is China's Richest Person With £8.8bn Fortune

Clinton Edges to the Front in Crucial Primary Battleground

Upsurge in Kurdish Attacks Raises Pressure on Turkish Prime Minister to Order Iraq Invasion

Wisconsin Town Mourns Murdered Students

US Blames Tehran for Escalating Iraq Violence

Six Shot Dead at High-school Party By Off-duty Police Officer

Russians Commemorate Murdered Journalist

Killer Law

Bush Tries to Halt Execution of Convicted Killer in Texas

Protests Mark Anniversary of Russian Journalist's Murder

Ricci Targets New Generation

He's Rich and Squeaky Clean, But Are Voters Ready for a Mormon President?

Iran's Envoy in Iraq 'is Revolutionary Guard'

No-show By Onassis Heiress Upsets Greeks

UK Bus Company's Complaint Unearths Italian Cartel

Insurgents Step Up Fight After Musharraf's Hollow Poll Win

Switzerland Reeling As Radicals Create Havoc at Rightwing Political Rally

Why the Odds Still Favour Rudy Upsetting Hillary's Bandwagon

America's Creative Elite Invade Berlin, City of Cool

Merkel Says Mugabe Has Right to Attend Summit

Brown Aide Plays Down Us Talk of Iran Threat

West Unites in Call to End Burma Crackdown

Musharraf Wins But Faces Fight for Power

Fairweather Friends?

Videos of Madrid Prostitutes and Clients Put on Youtube

Japanese Civil Servants 'shirked Duties to Edit Wikipedia'

'We Said to Them, 'come Closer' But They Said to Us, 'go Further Back''

World's Largest Uncut Diamond Denounced As Plastic Fake

US Court Orders Woman to Pay £109,000 for Music Downloads

Queen of the Pacific Has Mexico Hooked As She Faces Drug Charges

Media Spotlight on Sarkozy's Wife As Separation Rumours Fly

Court Blocks Musharraf's Path to Re-election As Pakistani President

Protests After Spanish Police Arrest Leaders of Banned Party

Paras to Lead Spring Offensive in Afghanistan

Putin Wants to Go on and On, and the Voters Agree

Gene Genie

I Am Creating Artificial Life, Declares Us Gene Pioneer

Woman Fined £100,000 for Illegal File Sharing

Spanish Police Arrest Leading Basque Separatists

Beyond the Ballot Box

North Korea Insists It is Off Us Blacklist

US Marines Likely to Avoid Murder Charges Over Killing of Iraqi Civilians

Transplant Woman Tells of Her Life With a New Face

Author Under Pressure to Name Irish Cabinet Minister Who Took Cocaine

Police Smash £1bn Internet Fraud Gang

PM Using Troop Pullout to Distance Himself From Bush, Iran Claims

McCoffees Help Fuel Ethical Trade Boom

Sacked Madeleine Detective's Deputy Seeks Leave

Musharraf and Bhutto Close to Power-sharing Deal in Pakistan

Great Terror Returns to Haunt Russia As 34 Skeletons Discovered in Cellar

Bill Clinton: Hillary Wants Me to Restore Image of Us

Boy's Rape Scene Delays Film Release As Hollywood and Afghan Culture Collide

Trapped Gold Miners Brought to Surface Amid Safety Fears

Family Tributes to Polish Care Worker Gunned Down in London

Climate Change Disaster is Upon Us, Warns Un

The Greatest Party on Earth?

A Divide Fostered By Outsiders

Two Koreas Make Peace and Prosperity Pact

Trapped a Mile Underground, 3,000 Goldminers Face Grim Wait for Rescue

Harassment Trial Lifts Lid on Sex and Sleaze at the New York Knicks

Games Festival Feeds the Cult of Kim Jong-il

Director Breaks French Taboo With Film Tackling Algerian War

Deep Sea Diver Dies While Filming U-boat

Melting Ice Cap Brings Diamond Hunters and Hopes of Independence to Greenland

North Korea Agrees to Deadline on Nuclear Weapons

Bush Vetoes Child Health Cover

Violence in Afghanistan Has Soared By 30%, Un Report Says

World Bank Accused of Razing Congo Forests

Fresh Violence Casts Shadow Over Middle East Peace Talks

Kim Comes Out Smiling at Korean Summit

South Korean Leader Rejects Extra Day of Summit Talks

Well-rounded Balenciaga Gets the Balance Right

Fashionable and Profitable, the Site Making Millions From Style Leaders

Lost for Words Spain's Anthem

Top Directors Back Tiny Art House in Battle With Hollywood

Russia Issues Gas Ultimatum to Ukraine

How Putin Could Be Heading for a Fall

Musharraf Clears Way to Be Elected Civilian President

In the Palace of Largesse, a Plate From Dorset, a Train From Stalin

Sunny South Meets Frosty North As Two Koreas Try to Bridge 50-year Gap

Clinton Camp Trumpets Fundraising Lead

Brown Loses Fight to Bar Mugabe From Summit

Beating the Retreat

Iraq Security Firm Denies Trigger-happy Charge

13 Killed in Kabul Bus Bombing

Ecuador Poll Backs the Chávez Route to Reform

Goods Vehicles Cross India-pakistan Border for First Time

Korean Leaders Meet for Pyongyang Summit

Pakistan Names Musharraf Army Successor

1,000 Troops Home By Christmas, Says Brown

12 Reported Dead in Kabul Suicide Bomb

Brown Visits Iraq for Basra Talks

South Korean President Crosses Border for Landmark Summit

Bakeries Close Their Doors As Collapse in Wheat Production Adds to Crisis

Bomb That Injured Newlyweds Blamed on Dissidents

Musicals Storm Paris

Cuban Doctors Restore Sight of Che's Killer

America Cashes in on Arms Sales to Developing World

UK Falls Further Down European Health League Despite Rise in Funding

Florence Divided Over £500m Tram Scheme

Italian Mafia Groups Prepare to Join Forces

Israeli Airstrike Hit Military Site, Syria Confirms

Vote-rigging Fears Hit Ukraine

As Citigroup Profits Collapse, New York Shares Hit Record

Deterioration in Darfur

Calls for a Palace Coup Rise From the Abyss

Zimbabwe Runs Out of Bread

Ex-diplomats Say Us Faces Failure of Peace Summit

Barred From Another Term As President, Putin Charts Way Back to Power - As Prime Minister

A Personal Reflection on Mahatma Gandhi

Ten Held Over Maldives Bomb Attack on Tourists

Burka-clad Bomber Kills 15 in Pakistan

Orange Party on Verge of Victory in Ukraine