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China space mission returns after first spacewalk (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AP - Three Chinese astronauts made a jubilant return to Earth on Sunday after successfully completing the country's first-ever spa read more »
Gunmen abduct Polish engineer in Pakistan (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AP - Suspected militants abducted a Polish engineer Sunday in Pakistan's volatile northwest and fought back against security force read more »
Gains for right predicted in Austrian elections (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AP - Austrians were voting in parliamentary elections Sunday that analysts say could bolster the standing of the country's far-rig read more »
Olmert decries 'evil wind of extremism' in Israel (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AP - An "evil wind of extremism" is threatening Israel's democracy, outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Sunday, after a pip read more »
China's space walk mission returns to Earth (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AP - Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after successfully completing the country's first-ever spacewalk mission. read more »
China astronauts return after historic mission: state media (AFP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AFP - Three astronauts who conducted China's first-ever space walk landed safely back on Chinese soil on Sunday, state media repor read more »
Kanu backs fed-up Pompey to sink Spurs (AFP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AFP - Kanu is hoping for a first start for Portsmouth this season in Sunday's Premier League clash with Tottenham and the Nigerian read more »
Egypt editor jailed over Mubarak health rumours (AFP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AFP - An appeals court on Sunday ordered outspoken Egyptian editor Ibrahim Eissa to be jailed for two months for writing rumours a read more »
Militants attack Pakistani forces; Pole kidnapped (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AP - Islamic militants struck back at security forces in Pakistan's northwest while gunmen Sunday abducted a Polish engineer and e read more »
Israeli officials: US sends radar to Israel (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AP - Israeli officials say the U.S. has provided Israel with an advanced radar system that will give early warning in case of an I read more »
Gains for far right predicted in Austria (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AP - Austrians began voting in parliamentary elections Sunday that analysts said could bolster the standing of the country's two r read more »
Ecuadoreans go to polls to vote on constitution (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008AP - Ecuadoreans go to the polls Sunday to vote on a constitution that would significantly broaden President Rafael Correa's power read more »
Japan minister quits in blow to brand new PM Aso (Reuters)
Date : 27 Sep 2008Reuters - Japan's transport minister resigned from his post on Sunday after just four days in the job over a series of contentious read more »
Bavaria votes in crunch state election (AFP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AFP - Bavarians vote in state elections Sunday that could see the conservative CSU party lose its decades-long dominance and spell read more »
No interim peace deal with Israel, Saudi says (AP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AP - Arab nations will totally reject any partial or interim solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because historically suc read more »
Cairo's poorest live life on the edge (Reuters)
Date : 27 Sep 2008Reuters - As Manal Mohamed goes about her day, in the back of her mind she's on alert for signs the ground might be moving, fearin read more »
2 suspects describe grenade attacks in Mexico (AP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AP - Grenade attacks that killed eight people during an Independence Day celebration were meant to "frighten and provoke the gover read more »
Russia blasts US dominant role in world affairs (AP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AP - Russia called Saturday for a revival of the global anti-terrorism coalition that formed after Sept. 11, 2001 but started to u read more »
Lavrov proposes summit on collective European security (AFP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AFP - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday proposed a pan-European summit to review a proposal to create a "reliable read more »
Morales: Second Bolivian region expels US aid (AP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AP - President Evo Morales says a second Bolivian region has asked the United States to withdraw its aid programs as diplomatic re read more »
House passes India nuclear deal, senator upbeat (Reuters)
Date : 27 Sep 2008Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday approved an agreement to end the three-decade ban on U.S. nuclear trade wi read more »
Fire breaks out in Egypt national theatre (AFP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AFP - A fire broke out in the Egyptian National Theatre in central Cairo on Saturday, an AFP correspondent reported. read more »
UN reaffirms previous sanctions on Iran (AP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AP - The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a new resolution Saturday reaffirming previous sanctions on Iran for refusing read more »
US destroyer watching hijacked ship off Somalia (AP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AP - A U.S. destroyer off the coast of Somalia closed in Saturday on a hijacked Ukrainian ship loaded with tanks and ammunition, w read more »
Newman lauded by British actors and directors (AFP)
Date : 27 Sep 2008AFP - Paul Newman, who died on Friday aged 83, was lauded by director Sam Mendes and actor Daniel Craig, both of whom worked with read more »