THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A senior investigator says witnesses testifying against two Congolese warlords at the International Criminal Court have been threatened and the court does not have the resources to fully protect them. The investigator spoke
Several major Brazilian cities including the two largest, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, have been plunged into darkness, witnesses said, in a blackout initially attributed to problems at a hydroelectric dam. The power outage hit at 10:15 pm (0015 GM
TEHRAN, Iran - Witnesses say Iranian security forces have clashed with opposition protesters in one part of Tehran. The witnesses say authorities used batons to try to disperse demonstrators holding anti-government marches in a central square in the
PARIS - Paris police are urging witnesses to come forward following the unsolved killing of a 21-year-old Oregon man killed this month while vacationing in France. Justin Little of Silverton, Oregon, was found dead in a park in the troubled suburb o
KABUL - Gunfire and explosions were heard in central Kabul on Wednesday morning, witnesses said. Police jeeps with mounted machineguns and fire engines were seen racing through the streets of the capital soon after 7:00 am , an AFP photographer sai
GUERZAH, Egypt - At least 25 people were killed and 55 others injured when a passenger train drove full-speed into the back of another on Saturday in Giza, southwest of the Egyptian capital, witnesses and police said. The toll however may become w
CAIRO - At least 15 people were killed and 24 others injured in a collision between two passenger trains on Saturday in Giza southwest of the Egyptian capital, witnesses and police said. The trains were travelling on the same track. One ran into t
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court has summoned six top government and legislative officials as witnesses against leaders of the late 1970s regime, said documents released Wednesday. In a move opposed by the Cambodian go
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