|
Displaying 1 to 10 of 4173. |
|
at 3:44 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt will be greeted in France with a welcome ceremony at an air base and an invitation to the presidential palace.
|
|
at 8:20 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says that Pope Benedict will meet with freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt as soon as his schedule permits.
|
|
at 8:29 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Divers pulled seven bodies out of the Sava River and fought strong currents Friday to search for five other missing people after two canoes were crushed running over a dam in southeastern Slovenia.
|
|
at 8:34 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A senior Pakistani official said Friday the government is serious about fighting Islamic militants, after authorities said they had rounded up 220 suspects as a military operation proceeded in a volatile tribal region.
|
|
at 8:43 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Gunmen lobbed a grenade and sprayed a police checkpoint with gunfire in southern Afghanistan, killing eight officers, Kandahar's police chief said Friday.
|
|
at 8:53 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
BHUBANESHWAR, India - Police say at least six Hindu worshippers have died in a stampede in eastern India as a crowd of pilgrims rushed toward the statue of a goddess.
|
|
at 9:16 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
QUETTA, Pakistan - Pakistani police say a bomb has killed a young girl and wounded six other people in the southwestern city of Quetta.
|
|
at 8:31 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
JERUSALEM - Israel says it is keeping Gaza's border crossings closed in retaliation for a rocket attack.
|
|
at 9:01 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
BIG SUR, Calif. - Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames.
|
|
at 8:56 on July 4, 2008, EDT.
SEOUL, South Korea - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon told his fellow South Koreans on Friday to trust and support the country's leaders following weeks of protests against U.S. beef imports that have rocked the government.
|
Content Provided By Canadian Press.
|