UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Sudan's president to seek help in freeing two members of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur who have been held hostage for more than 100 days, the U.N. said Mon
MEXICO CITY - Mexico City police on Thursday freed 107 people who were forced to work under slave-like conditions in a clandestine factory making shopping bags and clothing clasps, authorities said. Police raided the factory, which was hidden inside
GSTAAD, Switzerland - Film-maker Roman Polanski, who is fighting extradition to the United States on a child sex conviction, will not be released on bail before Friday, the Swiss justice ministry told AFP on Tuesday. Federal Justice Ministry spok
Efforts are continuing by the Foreign Office to secure the release of five Britons detained by the Iranian navy while sailing from Bahrain to Dubai.Their Volvo 60 yacht backed by the UK's Team Pindar was stopped on 25 November. The FCO said the crew
PRAGUE - Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's regime planned to use an anti-tank rocket to attack the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague, the Czech Republic's counterintelligence service said Monday. Iraqi spies posing as diplomats wer
PRAGUE - Saddam Hussein ordered his secret agents to attack the Prague headquarters of U.S. run Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to end broadcasting to Iraq, a Czech intelligence service spokesman said Sunday. The attack was ordered by the then Iraq
Udinese striker Antonio Di Natale is delighted with his wonder free kick that helped inspire his side to a comfortable 2-0 win over Livorno on Saturday night.It was the Italian international who broke the deadlock on 28 minutes with a sublime free k
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