Oops, he did it again: Bolt sets new world record
2009-08-17 11:47:22
Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after winning the men's 100 metres final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin August 16, 2009.
Italian hotel mistakenly offers 1-cent weekend
2009-08-17 10:33:48
A four-star hotel near Venice mistakenly offered the ultimate low-cost vacation - a romantic weekend in the Italian lagoon city for 1 euro cent.
2 Russian jet fighters collide
2009-08-16 20:04:50
Two Russian air force fighter jets collided Sunday as they were rehearsing for a major air show outside of Moscow, sending one of the jets crashing into houses below.
Finland: ransom demand received for missing ship
2009-08-16 16:21:30
Finland's National Bureau of Investigation (NIB) said that a ransom demand has been received for the missing cargo ship, the Arctic Sea, according to local media report Saturday.
Britain suffers 200th Afghanistan death
2009-08-16 09:56:25
A British soldier wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan died Saturday, the defense ministry said, bringing the country's military death toll there to 200.
13 killed, 3 seriously injured in bus-train collision in Romania
2009-08-15 01:15:30
Thirteen people were killed and three others seriously injured on Friday when a train collided with a minibus in northeastern Romania.
Poland's GDP to grow by 1％in 2009
2009-08-15 00:34:16
Poland's GDP in 2009 will go up by some 1 percent, compared with a 4.5-percent growth in 2008, the Economy Ministry said Friday.
Russian, German leaders discuss closer economic ties
2009-08-15 00:01:03
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday to boost bilateral economic ties amid the global economic crisis.
Canada's Magna says bid on Opel finalized
2009-08-14 16:02:25
Canadian car parts maker Magna International Inc. said Thursday it has ironed out the final details in its bid to buy General Motors Co.'s German Opel unit.
7 women shot dead in Russian sauna
2009-08-14 14:25:38
Seven women were shot dead in a sauna in Dagestan and, in separate attacks, eight policemen and two separatists were also killed in Russia's northern Caucasus region late on Thursday.
Operator: Missing ship likely hijacked
2009-08-14 10:20:40
The operator of a merchant cargo ship that has disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean said on Thursday it believed the vessel has been hijacked.
Survivors of Lockerbie victims debate pardon
2009-08-14 09:34:15
Families of victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing stood sharply divided over reports that the former agent jailed for life for the attack is to be freed on compassionate grounds.