Speaking from an undisclosed location in Europe, he thanked the army for their bravery while rescuing him from the captivity.

In different parts of Vavuniya district, 25 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels were killed while 22 others died in Mannar district on Friday, according to reports.

According to the reports, among the dead include four Ethiopian troops, whose bodies were dragged around the streets by the supporters of the insurgents in the city of Mogadishu.

The six flights were forced to land at the Kaohsiung International Airport located in the southern region of Taiwan as China's Guangdong Province was hit by Neoguri.

PARIS (AFP) - A state-level investigation is underway in France after hundreds of Eurostar passengers were stranded overnight before their train crawled into Paris some nine hours late on Saturday.

BERLIN (AFP) - German central bank chief Axel Weber has used an interview in the country's press to slam a planned increase in state pensions, calling on Berlin to practise budgetary rigour.

The Soyuz capsule landed west of the target area and about 20 minutes late after it made a "ballistic landing", which is much steeper than normal, officials said. Rescue helicopters rushed to the scene.

Bulgaria`s weightlifting champion Galabin Boevski announced Saturday he is to hand in his resignation as a municipal councilor after his son shot at himself with a gas pistol while playing Russian roulette in a classroom. " I talked to the

The dead body of an elderly woman was found in the center of Sofia near the bed of Vladayska River that crosses the city on Saturday. According to immediate reports the victim drowned. There are no signs of violence on

A 75-year-old patient died on spot after he jumped off the tenth floor of a hospital in Bulgaria`s town of Gabrovo on Saturday. The man was taken to the urology ward and was to be discharged in a day after

Rescue teams are still searching a 17-year-old boy, who fell in Iskar River after he tried to drive a tractor in Bulgaria`s village of Stavertsi on Wednesday evening. The youngster, Iliya Assenov, was working together with his elder brothers in

A 48-year-old man from Bulgaria`s coastal city of Varna was arrested after he attacked and injured a police officer who stopped him for a check. When the driver was stopped by the patrol, the visibly drunk man started kicking the

The spacecraft touched the land about 2420 kilometers (1500 miles) from the planned landing area, the CNN reported quoting Russia's Interfax news agency.

Armed men surrounded the kidnapped ambassador in the footage, shown on Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel.

Solukhumbu district, a part of Sagarmatha zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia.

Amid heavy morning fog, two cars packed with explosives were rammed into the crossing by Hamas militants, causing a blast that injured soldiers.

The video footage was aired on Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel showing Azizuddin, flanked by his driver and his bodyguard, surrounded by armed masked men

On Friday, the country's high court, which is reportedly full with Mugabe loyalists, had rejected an petition by the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to stop the launch of the recount over the weekend.

The event will mark the third anniversary since Benedict was elected Pontiff. About 3,000 deacons, priests and Catholics from dioceses around the country have been invited to attend the Mass.

There have been intense clashes between Shi'ite militants and joint U.S.-Iraqi forces in several parts of Iraq.