As such, it was an irresistible target for the attackers who burst into gilded hotel lobbies with guns blazing on Wednesday, killing more than 100 people.

Retailers extended their hours — some opening at midnight — and offered deals that promised to be more impressive than even the deep discounts that shoppers found throughout November.

RBS, which has indicated it could post its first ever annual loss this year, said investors bought just 0.2 per cent of shares offered to them in a 20 billion pound ($31-billion U.S.) government plan to recapitalize the bank. The

More than 150 people have been killed since gunmen attacked 10 sites across India's financial capital starting Wednesday night, including at least 14 foreigners.

Member of Parliament Damian Green was taken into custody Thursday and released nine hours later in an operation that involved anti-terrorist police. Conservatives said the arrest was related to the publication of stories about Britain's Home Office, which is responsible

Both France and Germany, which have ships in the area as part of an international anti-piracy coalition, sent the aircraft after receiving a distress call just after dawn, French military spokesman Cmdr. Christophe Prazuck said.

Ran Chen, who has Austrian citizenship, said her father's execution by gunshot was confirmed at 5 p.m. via the Austrian embassy in Beijing.

he date that the claimed malpractice occurred, the 2-1/2 year period for starting the lawsuit against that party may not start to run until the last date of the "continuous treatment." However, the "continuous treatment" extension of the time limitations

5 there were 10 fire deaths per million people in New York State. Last year, fire killed more Americans than all natural disasters combined. (Source; USFA: Fire Statistics 2007). The New York City Fire Department reports that the five boroughs

recent case, it was determined that evidence that rain had been falling for an hour and a half before plaintiff slipped and fell in a building lobby, and that persons entering a building were carrying, and sometimes closing, umbrellas in

Russian warships sailed into port in Venezuela on Tuesday in a show of strength as Moscow seeks to counter U.S. influence in Latin America.

The international airport in the Thai capital of Bangkok has been closed for departing flights because anti-government demonstrators have swarmed the terminal.

A female suicide bomber blew herself up near an entrance to the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a bomb tore through a bus carrying Iraqi government employees in separate attacks Monday, killing at least 18 ...

A British couple convicted for having sex on a public beach in Dubai will not face jail after a judge suspended their prison sentences, their lawyer said Tuesday. The couple, Michelle Palmer and Vincent Acors, had faced a three-month sentence,

A Turkish shipping company owner, whose vessel was hijacked by pirates for ransom off Yemen, is close to a deal, company's lawyer said on Tuesday. The Karagol, manned by a 14-strong Turkish crew, was seized on Nov. 12 off the

Somali pirates have taken their greatest prize - a Saudi supertanker with $100 million of crude oil - farther offshore in what appears to be a rare defensive move following threats by Islamic insurgents.

Motorcade of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski were fired on borders of South Ossetia on November 23. Kaczynski arrived in Georgia to attend celebration of 5th anniversary of the "Revolution of Roses" and he moved

NATO's commander hopes members of the alliance will be motivated to send more troops to Afghanistan now that America is doing so.

Iran has successfully launched a rocket called "Kavosh 2", Iran's state media reported on Wednesday, displaying the Islamic state's advances in ballistics at a time when the West is worried about its nuclear ambitions. The launch follows an announcement earlier

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has offered political asylum to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. The offer had been pushed by U.S. President George W. Bush and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, the magazine said in an advance report from its