Drunk in charge
A Chinese passenger plane that crashed on Sunday was flying erratically moments before it plunged into an icy lake, eyewitnesses said. China’s Xinhua news agency quoted one witness as saying
World leaders comments
World leaders, politicians and political analysts have greeted the news that George Bush has been re-elected as US president with mixed feelings. Here are some of their views: British
Dutch Muslim school hit by bomb
A bomb explosion has hit an Islamic school in the Netherlands. As tensions run high after the recent murder of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh, police say it could be
Lithuanians held over fake euros
11 men have been charged in Lithuania with masterminding what is believed to be Europe’s biggest ever euro counterfeiting operation. Police arrested the men in a raid on a printing
American community watches Bush win
More than 300 guests crowded anxiously around TV monitors at the American Ambassador’s residence in Lapa last Tuesday to see state after state fall to President George W. Bush. The
VW rejects union’s salary offer
Europe’s largest car manufacturer, Volkswagen, has rejected a trade union offer to limit workers’ pay rises, saying it does not go far enough. Talks are currently in place, but the
Six guilty in Pitcairn sex trial
Five men have been convicted of a string of sex attacks on the remote British colony of Pacific Island, Pitcairn. The group of men, which includes the island’s Mayor, Steve
Sudan wants Darfur power share
Sudan’s government recently admitted that the best solution to the bitter conflict in Darfur may be to allow the region to run its own internal affairs. The Sudanese government’s idea