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The main parties that participated in early parliamentary elections in Serbia on Sunday: ... _ SERBIAN RADICAL PARTY: Far-right party that ruled with former strongman Slobodan Milosevic in the 1990s. Leader Vojislav Seselj is on trial at the Netherlands-based U.N. war...
Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to arm and finance insurgents across the border. ... The documents — more than a dozen internal rebel messages — detail...
Lithuania has agreed to drop its objections to European Union talks with Russia on a new strategic partnership. ... Lithuania had previously blocked the negotiations because it first wanted Moscow to improve its ties with immediate neighbors. But Petras Vaitiekunas, the...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown telephoned Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday to congratulate him amid badly strained relations between their countries. ... Brown and Medvedev made plans to hold one-on-one talks during a Group of Eight summit in Japan...
G-8 labor meeting discusses work-life balance, economic disparity+ ... The three-day labor ministerial meeting is held ahead of the G-8 summit in July in Hokkaido. On Monday, the participants are set to discuss the impact of globalization on their labor markets resulting...
A recent National Geographic survey ranked the environmental impact of consumer habits and lifestyles in 14 countries. The U.S. ranked last. People in Brazil, India, China, Mexico, Hungary, Russia, Great Britain... ... The U.S. ranked last. People in Brazil, India, China,...
MAKHACHKALA, Russia, May 11 (UPI) -- Police in Russia discovered two bombs in the Republic of Daghestan in the country's tense North Caucasus Region, officials said. ... The first bomb was discovered Sunday morning near the border of the Shamkhal-Termen village in the...
Embassies and foreign ministries of countries with significant expatriate populations in Lebanon continue to draw up or execute plans to evacuate citizens who have remained in the country since the onset of clashes Tuesday in Beirut. An official with the UAE Embassy told Gulf News on Saturday...
Our elders used to hand down the collective wisdom of our cultures; have superhero movies taken their place? ... Beware when you fight monsters lest you become one yourself ... the Batman movies, like the comic books (below, left: Arkham Asylum), have examined this issue...
One disconcerting thing about sightseeing on these frozen Arctic islands at the edge of the polar ice pack: the biggest tourist attractions might be returning your stare. And to them, you're a potential meal. ... Posted on: Sunday, 11 May 2008, 12:00 CDT One disconcerting...
