Polls open in Ukraine elections
Polls opened Sunday for the second round of Ukraine’s presidential elections — a bitter battle between a populist prime minister and the man she once helped oust.
France captain Thierry Henry says he considered quitting international football over the handball controversy as Les Bleus qualified for the World Cup finals at the expense of Ireland last week.
The death toll from weekend violence in central Nigeria climbed to more than 200 Monday after members of a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked mostly Christian villages, officials said.
One person was killed and others injured when a bus carrying 60 Dutch students, their teachers or monitors flipped over north of Barcelona early Monday, authorities said.
The pressure of playing for Real Madrid is greater than playing for Manchester United but Cristiano Ronaldo says he has settled into life at his new club.
The UK’s weather service, the Met Office, is to publish temperature records to counter skeptics who say scientists are manipulating global warming data to strengthen the argument for man-made climate change.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets and a few hundred were arrested in Copenhagen Saturday, as they demanded a climate-change agreement that would curb greenhouse gas emissions and aid developing countries harmed by pollution.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged both industrialized and developing countries to do more during this week’s Copenhagen summit toward reaching an agreement on limiting carbon emissions.
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Niger’s constitution has been suspended, a Niger military official announced Thursday night on the nation’s three television channels.
Hundreds of Somalis were killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes in January, the deadliest month in the war-torn country since last August, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.
Thousands have mourned as Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger killed during an Olympic practice run, was laid to rest. “I wanted a wedding feast for you,” his father said in a eulogy. “Instead we have a funeral.”
Marseille, France’s second largest city and the country’s gateway to north Africa and the Mediterranean, is home to almost a quarter of a million Muslims.
A Spanish judge indicted seven suspected Islamic militants Monday for allegedly helping some perpetrators of the Madrid train bombings in 2004 to flee Spain after the attacks, according to a copy of the order.
A powerful member of the United States Congress said countries that provide offshore havens for risky financial practices could face U.S. sanctions similar to Iran.
Robin Soderling blew Group B at the ATP Tour Finals in London wide open with a shock straight sets victory over world number two Rafael Nadal on Monday.
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