MADRID, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Leo Messi underlined his status as the greatest goalscorer in history as his 89th and 90th goals of 2012 helped his side to a 4-1 win at home to Atletico Madrid on Sunday night. The win takes Barca nine points clear of Atl...
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Regional diplomats say Guinea's new transitional government should keep to its timetable to organize elections within six months. That could help stabilize a region still recovering from conflict in Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The African...
By Jim Teeple Nablus 22 November 2007 Israeli and Palestinian negotiators hold their first peace conference in seven years next week in the U.S. city of Annapolis, Maryland. Palestinians say they want Israel to ease restrictions on Palestinians in th...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 21 November 2007 Senegalese security forces broke up a union march after groups of young men rioted in several parts of the capital Dakar, erecting burning barricades, destroying market areas and attacking government offices....
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 11 July 2007 Pakistani officials say the fight to clear Islamabad's Red Mosque of well-armed militants is complete. From Islamabad VOA Correspondent Benjamin Sand reports the bloody siege left at least nine soldiers and 50...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 03 January 2006 Authorities in the U.S. state of West Virginia are scrambling to rescue 13 coal miners who have been trapped 80 meters underground, after an explosion Monday...
By Ursula Lindsey Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been identified as an al-Qaida-linked operative and a lead suspect in many of the worse acts of terror in Iraq this year. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi grew up in the...
By Jeffrey Young Yasser Arafat has led movements and then an administration -- the Palestinian National Authority -- representing the Palestinian people. His powerful personality has affected relation...