CAPE TOWN, Dec 4 - Thousands of fans began a WorldCup party on the streets of Cape Town on Friday before the drawfor the most-watched sporting spectacle.At the main party venue, the city's trendy Long Street,local and foreign fans, many with flags
The guidelines, issued on November 16 by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a federal scientific advisory panel, scaled back recommendations for annual mammograms to screen for breast cancer in women in their 40s with an average risk for the d
ADELAIDE, Australia - Two giant pandas from China were welcomed to Australia on Saturday with gifts of bamboo and a city party before settling in to their new home, a 25-acre natural enclosure at the Adelaide Zoo. Four-year-old male Wang Wang and 3
WINDHOEK - Namibia, one of the last African nations to win independence, voted Friday in elections expected to return the long-ruling SWAPO to power despite a tough challenge from a new breakaway party. Voting on the first day of the two-day electi
WINDHOEK, Namibia - Namibia's President Hifikepunye Pohamba was among the first to vote in an election expected to return him and his party to power, despite a challenge from a new breakaway party. His SWAPO party has been in power since independenc
PORT-AU-PRINCE, - Haiti's electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from running in next year's legislative elections. Fanmi Lavalas is among the 17 parties barred from February's elections
BRUSSELS - The hunt began in earnest Saturday for a new Belgian prime minister after Herman Van Rompuy was chosen as the EU first president, with his predecessor Yves Leterme appearing in pole position. Another ex-premier, Wilfried Martens, met wit
ST PETERSBURG, Russia - President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday criticized regional officials in Russia's ruling party for failing to ensure fully democratic local elections last month. The party must always be modern so as not to grow old, not to b
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