Published on May,24 2012 - by Tribune Washington Bureau
...ussia. U.S. officials were cautiously hopeful before the talks, citing signs that the Iranians want to resolve international concerns about its nuclear program, which many nations fear is aimed at developing a nuclear we...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Los Angeles Times
...LOS ANGELES _ While orbiting Earth at about 17,000 mph, SpaceX's Dragon capsule came within 1.5 miles of the International Space Station in preparation for its historic hook-up scheduled for later this week. The fly-by, ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Like the characters of her book, Anouk Markovits grew up inside the strict Satmar Hasidic Jewish sect, where reading novels was frowned upon and she was expected to wed in an arranged marriage at a ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Corfu Town still retains its Venetian allure after two centuries, says Yolanda Carslaw. The sun worshippers who descend on Corfu each summer are nothing compared with arrivals of the past: the island is one of the most ...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Reuters
...een investigated," it said. Last year Burundi was ranked as east Africa's most corrupt country by Transparency International for the second year in a row. Defense lawyer Isidore Rufyikiri told Reuters he planned to appea...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
... will continue to be integral to the survival of the region against commercial and destructive interests.” The International Association of Antartica Tour Operators (Iaato), which supplied the figures, said an improvemen...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...The incoming chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has dismissed criticism that the court is biased against African states.Fatou Bensouda, a former Gambian justice minister who is the first African to be a...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
... holiday in Peru, German daily Bild announced quoting Bayern's sporting director, Christian Nerlinger.The Peru international, who played for Bremen between 1999 and 2001 before returning to the club in 2008 following spe...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
... the world's largest eagle and is "critically endangered" with just 90-250 pairs left in the wild according to International Union for the Conservation of Nature.The raptor grows to 102 centimetres (3.35 feet) long and h...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
... an Islamic Republic. The downtown area around Fountains Square is awash with low-rent pubs, aimed squarely at international oil-workers, with affordable beer, Western pub grub and pool tables. At the other end of the sc...