South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's confession that he has been having an affair with a woman who lives in Argentina makes speculation over who may run for president in 2012 even narrower, according to the New York Times.Polls from last

Out of the almost 16,000 Americans who are on The United Network for Organ Sharing waiting list for a liver, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was among the lucky 6,500 candidates to receive the transplant. Despite the fact that federal law

Somalia, which has not had an effective government since 1991, is being torn between the Islamist insurgents and the transitional U.N.-backed government. According to the BBC, the insurgents have been gaining an alarming amount of ground, including parts of the

In news that has shocked the world, Michael Jackson has died. The self-described "King of Pop" was pronounced dead yesterday at UCLA Medical Center at 12:26 p.m. Pacific Time, reportedly of cardiac arrest. The exact cause is not known yet,

After a musical career that sold 750 million albums at its peak and the subsequent decline, Michael Jackson of "Billie Jean," "Thriller," and the Moonwalk dance has passed away.Mister Jackson had been planning to tour again, with a schedule of

The waste disposal plans of Conservative-led Essex County Council are in total confusion after their second Private Finance Initiative bid was rejected by the government. The Conservatives' latest bid, which seems to have been cobbled together overnight without any consultation,

SOFIA , Bulgaria -- Former Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku will remain in custody for 72 hours, Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday (June 24th)....

An OSCE meeting in Corfu will provide an opportunity for talks between the foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia, and UN envoy Matthew Nimetz says the time is ripe for moving the process forward. Serious obstacles remain, however.

Expectations are high that the United States will grant Greece entry into the Visa Waiver Programme later this year.

Prime Minister Sali Berisha seeks a new mandate, while Socialist opponent Edi Rama calls for change. Meanwhile, Brussels will be watching carefully to see if standards are met.

The official of President of Turkmenistan Gurbaguly Berdymukhamedov began today to Croatia at the invitation of Croatian President Stjepan Mesić, reported Turkmenistan.ru.Ways to boost trade, economic relations after the first joint business forum held last July in Ashgabat as ...

Kazakh bank Halyk said on Wednesday its net income more than halved year-on-year to 4.1 billion tenge in the first quarter of 2009, reported Reuters. ...

56-year-old Tagoinazar Salikhov, brother of ex-Minister Makhmadnazar Salikhov, was sentenced by Dushanbe court to 15.5 years of imprisonment, Asia-plus reported. Sentence was announced on June 25. Defendant was found guilty in murder of his brother-in-law in 1999, police officer Daler

The Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan today has registered 2 international observers for the forthcoming presidential elections. These are officers of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Kyrgyzstan.At the present moment, 90 international observers have been registered in total, CEC ...

Sculptors of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan participate in International Symposium on sculpture and ceramics "On works of Chingiz Aitmatov" in Cultural center "Rukh Ordo" on Issyk-Kul on June 15-July 1. ...

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Our view • Special ed students get some help from the Supreme Court.

Viktor Medvedchuk, the head of the "Law-Abiding State" center, has complained to Prosecutor General Medvedko protesting harassment by SBU and demanding criminal charges be brought against several SBU officials, UNIAN reports.