English cricket legend Ian Botham has visited a Sri Lankan sports project for children affected by the 2004 tsunami.The facility, near the city of Galle, enables local children to play volleyball, cricket and other games. Sir Ian's visit came nearly
MINSK, Belarus - Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has become the first Western leader to visit Belarus in 15 years, as the authoritarian former Soviet state takes small steps toward reform. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, often character
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a national health care overhaul, according to White House visitor records obtained by The Associ
The pomp and ceremony with which President Barack Obama will host India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a White House state dinner on Tuesday won't alter a perception in India that it has lost ground to China in the new Administration's Asia poli
COCKERMOUTH - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday visited the scene of massive floods that killed one person and stranded hundreds after the heaviest rainfall on record in England. Some 314 millimetres of rain fell in 24 hours over scenic Cumbe
GANDAH KASARAY, Afghanistan - France's foreign minister walked into a remote Afghan village on Friday to talk with small farmers and local tribal leaders about how to bypass corrupt officials and bring aid directly to those who need it. Bernard Kouc
The Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin is holding a series of meetings in Belfast.Mr Martin is in the city for a gathering of the North-South Ministerial Council. Last week, he urged the DUP to complete the devolution of policing and justice powe
RIO DE JANEIRO - Dueling visits to Brazil by the presidents of Israel and Iran are showing the South American powerhouse's growing role in Mideast diplomacy. Israeli President Shimon Peres opens a visit to Brazil on Tuesday, in the Jewish state's la
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