A French warship carrying 1,000 tonnes of aid for cyclone victims in Myanmar is off the south coast of the devastated Irrawaddy delta, the French Defence Ministry said in Paris...

Moscow, May 17 (RIA Novosti) The Russian Navy will participate in a large-scale submarine rescue exercise conducted by the NATO, a navy spokesman...

Moscow, May 17 (RIA Novosti) Georgia will continue to block Russia's entry to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) until Kremlin withdraws its support for the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, the country's reintegration minister...

Moscow, May 17 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Oleg Markov to the post of presidential aide in charge of personnel issues, Kremlin press service...

REM lead singer Michael Stipe has problems listening to Nirvana albums because the memory of his friend Kurt Cobain's death is still too...

Three Indian companies, including Religare, are bidding to acquire city stockbrokers Arden Partners, the Financial Times...

Almost all of the 800 million pounds ($1.6 billion) offered by Britain to help developing countries cope with the effects of climate change will have to paid back with interest, a newspaper reported Saturday. The revelation drew criticism from developing country diplomats and...

Lima, May 17 (DPA) The European Union-Latin America-Caribbean (EU-LAC)summit stressed in its final declaration in Lima that participants were 'deeply concerned by the impact of increased food prices', specifically citing troubled Haiti as an...

Filmmaker David Lynch is all set to make a new horror movie based on a Greek...

Don't go by its size. The Etruscan shrew, one of tiniest known mammals that weighs just two grams, ranks among the quickest, most ruthless and adaptive...

Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse reportedly rejected every song that rocker Pete Doherty wrote for thier collaborative...

Pop superstar Justin Timberlake has offered to perform at talk show host Ellen DeGeneres' wedding and said he would compose a song specially for the...

Elton John has been offered 2.6 million pounds ($5 million) to play for a Russian woman tycoon for just an...

Rafael Nadal meets Novak Djokovic in the Hamburg Masters tennis tournament semi-finals Saturday where the winner earns the number two ranking in men's...

Legendary rocker David Bowie has given permission for a stage show based on his...

Disgraced pop star Boy George has been forced to sell T-shirts for 10 pounds ($20) in east London to make a...

Moscow, May 17 (Xinhua) A Russian cargo spaceship has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) to deliver food, water, fuel and equipment for the crew, the Mission Control said...

Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson described his team's qualification for the UEFA Cup as 'a dream' after they were confirmed as England's entrants through the Fair Play league...

Melbourne, May 17 : Kate Hudson reportedly has a new leading man in her life - Tour de France legend Lance...

Ankara (Turkey), May 17 : If reports are to be believed, the ancient city of Aizanoi in Turkey might have housed the world's first stock...

London, May 17 : More than one million pounds of the British tax-payers' money will be spent annually on the security of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's right hand man in Europe Abu Qatada, once he is released from the Belmarsh Prison in South East London. He will be kept under house-arrest in a government...

Nicosia, May 17 : The Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) which produces most of Turkey's crude oil output and operates more than 45 oilfields has recently announced that it will expand its exploration in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to include deepwater areas west of the island of Cyprus....

Britain is the focal point for Islamic terrorism across Europe, and its controversial military campaigns overseas are putting the entire continent at risk, a disturbing new report has warned. ...

Anton Bruckner's Ninth Symphony was nine years in the making, and not just because of the composer's poor health in later years. Aware that Beethoven had completed only nine symphonies before his...

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel has inspired and enthralled millions but none who has craned in admiration of the "divinely inspired" work realises it was born out of base rivalry and petty jealousy. ...

By DANIEL WOOLLSASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER MADRID, Spain -- Spanish police have arrested five people suspected of hacking into or outright disabling thousands of Internet pages, some of them run by...

Former American boxer Mike Tyson and American director James Toback pose at the photo call for the film "Tyson" during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May...

Woody Allen's recently tarnished reputation as a film-maker regained some of its sparkle in Cannes this weekend. After three indifferently received films shot in Britain, Allen's much-publicised new...

Posted on: Saturday, 17 May 2008, 15:00 CDT Excerpt from report by privately-owned Kyrgyz AKIpress news agency website Bishkek, 17 May: Seventy-nine-year old Kyrgyz people's writer Chingiz Aytmatov...

Nwankwo Kanu's first-half goal proved enough for Portsmouth FC to defeat Cardiff City FC at Wembley and win the FA Cup for the first time in 69...

Giovani treble The goals continued to come after the break as the 19-year-old Mexican international finished off a flowing move by chipping Notario from the edge of the box. With 66 minutes gone, he...

QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - Canada, world champions a record 24 times, have the opportunity to win the title on home soil for the first time on Sunday in a showdown with arch-rivals...

On the occasion of Europe Day two painting and essay contests entitled “Message for Europe” were organized in Balti and Cahul. The winners of these competitions will be awarded during the...

Antti Pihlstrom and Janne Niskala scored in the first period and Niklas Backstrom made 36 saves for the shutout as Finland defeated rival Sweden 4-0 on Saturday to win the bronze medal at the IIHF...

(LIMA) - EU and Latin American leaders held talks Saturday on free trade deals that had become bogged down over differences between some South American countries.The negotiations came a day after a...

Bosnia-Herzegovina have dismissed coach Meho Kodro after he refused to take charge of the national team for a friendly against Iran scheduled for 26...

VATICAN CITY -- Believing that there may be extraterrestrial life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in a recent interview. Father Jose Gabriel Funes, the...

A 2-0 victory over Aris Thessaloniki FC gave Olympiacos CFP their 23rd Greek Cup final success on Saturday and also gave them a 13th domestic double four weeks after claiming the league...

LONDON — It has all the ingredients of a proper British royal wedding: Romance, tradition, rain, and a gossip magazine feud.Peter Phillips, 11th in line to the throne, became yesterday the first of...

(PARIS) - France plans to ask the United Nations to push for homosexuality to be decriminalised around the globe, a government minister said Saturday, as gays and lesbians worldwide marked the...

SHARM EL SHEIKH (Egypt) — US President George W. Bush yesterday pledged to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he was determined to help them achieve the 'dream' of establishing an independent...

KS Dinamo Tirana won their first Albanian title since 2002 after defeating the only side that could overhaul them, second-placed FK Partizani, 2-1 in their final-day game, despite playing almost the...

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guardian.co.uk on Saturday May 17 2008. It was last updated at 18:18 on May 17 2008. I was trying to convince myself before the game that it really wouldn't matter so much if Pompey lost - certainly...

After millions of kilometres and over a year in space, engineers in Switzerland and across Europe will be keeping their fingers crossed that all goes according to plan as the small craft lands on the...

LONDON: If you are a soccer fan going to watch Euro 2008 it could be worth having a vaccination to prevent catching a little known, but potentially fatal illness that is spread by ticks, a leading...

BERLIN (AFP) - Luca Toni scored a hat-trick to secure his place as the Bundesliga's top-scorer as Bayern Munich broke the 20-year record for the least goals conceded in a league season after...

Great Britain's Tim Brabants has reclaimed his K1 (kayak single) flat-water racing 1000m title at the European Championships in Milan. Brabants, who won a bronze medal in the 1,000m at the 2000...

The United States and Germany on Saturday celebrated the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Berlin Airlift with a flight show and a festival near Washington...

Portsmouth striker Kanu is relishing the prospect of European football next season after scoring the winner in the FA Cup final - and he could stay at the club beyond that. Kanu scored the only goal...