BAGHDAD, Iraq - Thousands of Shiite Muslims rallied today in the southern city of Basra to show support for Iraq's new constitution and the Shiite-dominated government. ...
Netherlands, Italy especially disaster prone
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The disaster came in 1953.
A powerful storm breached sea dikes in the south of the Netherlands, kill...
Panic is set off by rumor of bomber
BAGHDAD, Iraq - At least 648 people were killed in a stampede on a bridge today when panic engulfed a Shiite religious procession amid...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A woman listed as the world's oldest person died Tuesday at age 115, according to the director of the home for the elderly where she lived.
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TOKYO - Declaring you're a "geek" might get you strange looks in some places. But a Japanese movie theater is offering outspoken nerds something positive: a discount.
A ...
U.S. airstrike kills terrorist
BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. jets launched airstrikes today near the Syrian border, destroying three houses and killing a "known terrorist," the U....
TOKYO - A 3-foot-tall humanoid robot that can recognize about 10,000 words and work as a housesitter will go on sale in Japan in September, its manufacturer said Monday....
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Thousands of Sunni demonstrators rallied in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit today to denounce Iraq's new constitution a day after negotiators finishe...
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. military is doing all it can in Afghanistan to locate Osama bin Laden but cannot say when he will be captured, a spokesman said today.
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Peruvian plane survivors tell of harrowing escape
PUCALLPA, Peru - An eerie silence fell over the people inside a Peruvian airliner when it suddenly lost altitude as if "...
