President Hugo Chavez asked supporters Sunday to petition for a constitutional amendment that would let him seek indefinite re-election and buy more time to build a socialist economy in Venezuela.

Armed robbers - some disguised as women - snatched euro85 million ($108 million) worth of diamond rings, necklaces and luxury watches from a Harry Winston boutique on a posh Paris avenue in one of the largest jewel heists in history,

Martha "Sunny" von Bulow died Saturday at the age of 77 in a New York nursing home. She spent the last 28 years of her life in a coma after what prosecutors alleged were two murder attempts by her husband,

Baku in Azerbaijan is a unique place. It has been at the crossroads of different cultures throughout its history and a natural bridge between East and West and between North and South," Terry Davis said, adding that by hosting such

John Harris: The hugely symbolic Heathrow runway ruling has been delayed, and there is a tiny ray of hope

Simon Hoggart: This Damian Green business falls short of the greatest constitutional scandal of this or any age

Alexander Chancellor: There ought to be some way of preventing computers from crushing all human judgment and flexibility

Bhumibol Adulyadej misses birthday address for first time with throat infection as fractured Thailand seeks leadership

Move follows traders' complaints over disruption to business and risk of accidents

Governor general's decision delays no-confidence vote that Stephen Harper was expected to lose

Earl Stafford, who runs a charitable foundation, will invite 1,000 people to his ball on Pennsylvania Avenue

Plans to distribute €500 checks to stimulate German spending is 'consumer doping', say critics

Japan's experience of recession offers little encouragement that rate-cuts revive economies in crisis

Analysts estimate that between 330,000 and 470,000 workers were made redundant in November

Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy and José Manuel Barroso meet to discuss EU-wide anti-recession package

Jewish residents dragged from home in surprise raid leaving around 30 people injured

Neudeck jail in Munich to be turned into four-star hotel with former inmates among staff

Government acts to stave off downturn after jobs cuts and reviews of high-profile projects

Call for detailed allegations of MI5 and CIA wrongdoing against British Guantánamo Bay resident

Reprieve saves Stephen Harper from confidence vote he was almost certain to lose