A Roman-era fortified palace in Serbia, a rock art landscape in Azerbaijan and a University campus in Mexico are among the locations that have been added to UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites. The World Heritage Committee announced this year’s additions at its annual meeting in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. But the announcement […]
Israeli President Moshe Katsav has submitted his resignation after agreeing to a controversial plea bargain that enables him to avoid answering charges of rape. The deal, under which Katsav has admitted to lesser charges of sexual harassment and indecency, was announced on Thursday by Attorney General Meni Mazuz. In January Mazuz said he planned to […]
The European Union reached an agreement with the United States Friday on the sharing of data on trans-Atlantic air passengers, diplomats said.
Envoys from the EU’s 27 nations reached a “basic political understanding” on the deal struck earlier by EU and U.S. negotiators.
The diplomats said that the amount of data handed over would be reduced but […]
Smiling and waving for a scrum of cameras, Paris Hilton returned to the celebrity limelight on Tuesday after completing a three-week jail term for drunk-driving violations.Wearing a ponytail and short-sleeved blouse, the blonde hotel heiress and reality television star flashed a grin to the pack of photographers waiting outside the jail and ran to hug […]
A terrorist leader, who masterminded the 2003 attempt to assassinate south Indian state Andhra Pradesh’s then Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, has been gunned down in Andhra Pradesh, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) said here Saturday. Sande Rajamouli alias Prasad, a terrorist leader, was killed in gun battle with the police in […]
Police are looking for a man they believe may be an essential witness to a drive-by shooting which left one person dead and another injured.
Shots were fired into a red Renault Megane travelling down Anson Road in the Victoria Park area of Manchester.
Two men from the Megane were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds, but […]
United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that “substantial” amounts of Iranian weapons are flowing into Afghanistan. Gates, who in the past has refrained from pointing the finger directly at the Iranian government, said recent analysis “makes it pretty clear there is a substantial flow of weapons”. But he […]
Shia leaders in Iraq have called for calm after suspected al-Qaeda militants blew up the two minarets of a revered Shi’ite shrine in the town of Samarra. The bombing happened despite permanent security presence at the al-Askari shrine. It was a blast at that very shrine, or Golden Mosque, 15 months […]
By DOUGLAS BIRCH
Associated Press Writer
PARISHEV, Ukraine
Two decades after an explosion and fire at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant sent clouds of radioactive particles drifting over the fields near her home, Maria Urupa says the wilderness is encroaching.
Packs of wolves have eaten two of her dogs, the 73-year-old says, and wild boar trample through her […]