The province of Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Sunday, sending tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians streaming through the streets to celebrate what they hoped was the end of a long and bloody struggle for national self-determination.
The British government said Sunday that it would bring Northern Rock under its control, marking the first nationalization of a bank in more than a decade and a major setback for Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The European Union said Thursday that it would seek to extend copyright protection for singers and musicians to 95 years - rather than the current 50 - a move designed to prevent performers from losing out in later life.
President Hugo Chávez said on Sunday that Venezuela was not planning to halt oil exports to the United States. The statement may ease fears in energy markets over fallout from Venezuela’s legal battle with Exxon Mobil over compensation for the nationalization of a large oil project.
A California meat company on Sunday issued the largest beef recall in history, 143 million pounds, some of which was used in school lunch programs, Department of Agriculture officials announced.
Attempts by Canada´s spy agency to be granted warrants to carry out overseas electronic intercepts against 10 individuals, including Canadians, have failed.
The House voted Thursday to issue contempt citations against the White House chief of staff and a former White House counsel for refusing to cooperate in an investigation into the mass firings of federal prosecutors.
The Venezuelan government has accused US oil giant Exxon Mobil of exaggerating the value of the company´s former investments in the country.
Rival factions in Kenya´s political crisis reportedly agreed Thursday to write a new constitution, a move that could allow for power-sharing as part of a deal aimed at ending weeks of violence in this East African country.
Jerry Yang, the chief executive of Yahoo, explained his company’s rejection of Microsoft’s buyout offer in a letter to shareholders late Wednesday outlining why he believed the bid, initially valued at $44.6 billion, was too low.
The Bush administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review an appeals court decision that it said had created a “serious threat to national security” by requiring the government to supply extensive evidence supporting the classification of more than 180 Guantánamo detainees as enemy combatants.
The House broke for a week’s recess Thursday without renewing terrorist surveillance authority demanded by President Bush, leading him to warn of risky intelligence gaps while Democrats accused him of reckless fear mongering.
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has warned that the outlook for the US economy is deteriorating.
Worldwide M&A Reaches US$4.5 trillion - Breaks All-time Record.
LATINLAWYER, the definitive resource for business lawyers in Latin America, has announced the winners of its annual ‘Deal of the Year Awards’ for 2007.
Despite fierce objections from Russia, the United States is pushing NATO to start membership negotiations with Ukraine and Georgia at an alliance summit meeting in Bucharest in April, diplomats said Wednesday.
Iraq´s parliamentary leaders on Wednesday pushed through three far-reaching measures that had been delayed for weeks by bitter political maneuvering that became so acrimonious that some lawmakers threatened to try to dissolve the legislative body.
France has formally ratified the Lisbon Treaty, with its publication in the country´s official journal.
A US judge has dismissed a case alleging that a subsidiary of Boeing illegally helped the CIA fly terror suspects abroad on rendition flights.
President George W Bush has signed off the two-year bipartisan $167bn (£86bn) US economic stimulus plan.
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