Honduras is no longer a Banana Republic. It is an independent democracy plagued by very serious public security problems. Zelaya's fate is important to cover, but is just one of this country's many problems.

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This is where Nabucco supporters point to its greatest resonance of course. Even if supplies are slow to come online, many in Brussels hope that it will remain a useful deterrent to keep Russia and indeed transit states on the

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ELEVEN civilians were killed and two others wounded when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb planted by insurgents in southwestern Afghanistan, a local government official said.

A SOUTH Korean court has ordered a hospital to pay a mother 70 million won ($69,755) in damages after it mistakenly gave her the wrong baby 16 years ago.

CANNIBAL is seeking love and promises potential partners that his people-eating days are over.

FISH have lost half their average body mass and smaller species are making up a larger proportion of European fish stocks as a result of global warming, a study has found.

NEW Zealand's straight-laced former prime minister, Helen Clark, was once thought of as a "sex bomb" in saucy black boots, a new biography says.

A CAPTURED US soldier has told America "I am scared" in a video released by the Taliban.

THE world's most populous nations will gaze skywards on Wednesday as the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st Century lays a carpet of darkness across India and China, from Mumbai to Shanghai.

THE three Australians killed in the Marriott hotel bombing in Jakarta took the worst of the blast, but may not have even seen the killer.

ANGELA'S Ashes author Frank McCourt has died after a short illness.

KATE Middleton's uncle has been exposed by reporters "dealing cocaine and fixing hookers".

By Robert David Malove, EsquireExclusive to the Health Care Fraud BlogSAN DIEGO (July 15) In San Diego, on the 44th day of a trial highly touted "" internet pharmacy prosecution by the Justice Department, seven defendants learned they were convicted

Nelson Mandela's fans celebrated the anti-apartheid icon's 91st birthday Saturday by emulating him with good deeds, reading to the blind, distributing blankets to the homeless or refurbishing homes for AIDS orphans.

Off the injured list and back on the world stage, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday gave an impassioned defense of American demands that India and other countries do more to tackle terrorism and global warming.

Jul. 18 - Thousands of Shi'ites flock to a Baghdad shrine in what could be a first major solo test for Iraqi security forces.

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gave U.S.-backed talks in Costa Rica until the end of Saturday to restore him to office, warning he would return to his country with or without an agreement.

The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed captured, appeared on a video posted Saturday to a Web site by the Taliban, two U.S. defense officials confirmed.