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Istanbul bombings heighten tensions in an increasingly divided Turkey
Seventeen people are killed and over 150 wounded in attacks that occurred hours before the country's highest judicial body rules on whether the governing AK party should be banned.
07/28/2008 01:00 am -
Italy cracks down on its Roma (gypsies)
A census of those living in some 700 often-squalid camps across the country, often blamed for much of Italy's crime, has raised comparisons to Fascist times.
07/26/2008 01:00 am -
Labour defeat a blow for Britain's Gordon Brown
The prime minister faces intense pressure for change after his party lost in a once-safe Scottish constituency.
07/26/2008 01:00 am -
In Berlin, Obama calls for stronger U.S.-Europe partnership
The Illinois senator addressed an enthusiastic crowd of some 250,000 that stretched for a mile to the storied Brandenburg Gate.
07/25/2008 01:00 am -
Berliners welcome Obama as they did JFK
The Democratic presidential nominee, who delivers the sole public foreign policy speech of his overseas tour here Thursday, was dubbed 'president of the world' by Der Spiegel.
07/25/2008 01:00 am -
'Clean' squads in the hunt at Tour de France
Even as doping scandals plague the race, three teams that disavow drugs are making a strong showing.
07/23/2008 01:00 am -
Karadzic arrest boosts Balkans, international justice
The Bosnian Serb leader, indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal on 15 counts including genocide, had been on the run for 13 years.
07/23/2008 01:00 am -
Saudis host a global interfaith conference in Madrid: a 'first step'
The three-day meeting, which runs through Friday, has been cast as 'historic' but also criticized as a PR stunt.
07/18/2008 01:00 am -
Boycott underscores Anglican rift
One-fourth of bishops have declined to attend a once-a-decade gathering of clergy.
07/17/2008 01:00 am -
For Darfur, a step toward justice?
Critics say The International Criminal Court's move Monday to indict Sudan's president for war crimes may hamper peace.
07/15/2008 01:00 am -
Turkish prosecutors indict alleged coup plotters
The accusations are stirring tensions between the Islamic government and secular nationalists in military and intellectual circles.
07/15/2008 01:00 am -
A French plan for Mediterranean unity
President Sarkozy's launches his project Sunday of building a 44-state union in the region.
07/12/2008 01:00 am -
Putin faces green Olympic challenge
The Sochi 2014 Winter Games are threatened by a looming international boycott, environmental concerns, and public protests against local development.
07/11/2008 01:00 am -
Dutch court upholds U.N. immunity in genocide case
Plaintiffs plan to appeal, saying peacekeepers failed to protect their relatives in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.
07/11/2008 01:00 am -
Europe's ardor for Olympic boycott cools
Despite earlier tensions over Tibet, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the opening ceremonies in August.
07/10/2008 01:00 am -
At G-8, E.U. pledges €1 billion for agriculture in Africa and beyond
High food prices are allowing Europe to reallocate money usually budgeted for European farm subsidies.
07/10/2008 01:00 am -
U.S. Consulate strike recalls Turkey's past political violence
On Wednesday, unidentified gunmen killed three Turkish policemen at the secure consulate building in Istanbul.
07/10/2008 01:00 am -
Political strife deepens in Turkey
Two cases have the nation on edge. While the government goes after an ultranationalist gang, prosecutors want to ban the ruling party on charges of Islamist subversion.
07/09/2008 01:00 am -
U.S., Russia revert to cold-war rhetoric over missile-defense plan
Russia says that the proposed US defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, an initial agreement for which was inked this week, is targeting Russia, not rogue states.
07/09/2008 01:00 am -
Betancourt meets children in Colombia, while Americans return home
In Colombia, rescued soldiers and policemen were welcomed with cheers and a mariachi band.
07/04/2008 01:00 am
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