JERUSALEM (AP): It seems almost Kafkaesque. Ten safety deposit boxes of never-published writings by Franz Kafka, their exact contents unknown, are trapped in courts and bureaucracy...
WASHINGTON (AP): An embarrassed White House has apologised to a black Agriculture Department employee who was ousted for her remarks about race, acknowledging that officials did not know all the facts...
AP: The Palestinian United Nations (UN) envoy accused Israel yesterday of talking peace while carrying out "illegal schemes" to impose the settlement it wants before negotiations start on a peace agreement.
Admiral Thad Allen, the US official in charge of the Gulf of Mexico clean up, has said that the temporary cap may remain for another 24 hours, as there is no indication of an oil leak.
A United States judge has thrown out a $2.3 million award won by six Nicaraguans against Dole Food Company, ruling that the firm was the victim of fraud.
MADRID (AP): The Madrid Zoo said yesterday that it has made an offer to buy Paul, the octopus who became a pop culture sensation by correctly predicting the outcome of as many World Cup matches as he has legs...
MIAMI (AP): THE TEENAGER dubbed the 'Barefoot Bandit' by authorities will cool his heels in a Miami jail, at least until today, while he sorts out which attorney will represent him.At his first United States...
A United States Congressional committee has agreed measures that could ban oil giant British Petroleum (BP) from new offshore drilling for seven years.
Philippines (AP): The first typhoon to lash the Philippines this year flooded parts of the capital, toppled power lines and killed at least 26 people yesterday, many of them trying to scramble...
UNITED STATES,Washington (AP) :Retail sales fell in June for the second straight month, more evidence that the United States economic recovery will slow in the second half of the year.
BRUSSELS (AP):British Airways and Iberia yesterday won the European Union's regulatory approval to merge and to team up with American Airlines to share more of their lucrative transatlantic routes....
