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Bomb confirmed as cause of Russian train disaster
Sun, 29th Nov
Russian officials have confirmed the derailment of the Nevsky Express was caused by a powerful homemade bomb, and is being considered an act of terrorism.
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39 dead after train derails in Russia
Sat, 28th Nov
39 people have been killed in a suspected terrorist attack on a train in Russia.
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French boat caught carrying cocaine
Sat, 28th Nov
The French navy has intercepted a sailing boat carrying nearly a tonne of cocaine worth some 80-million dollars.
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Swedish economy stabilising, but still heading downwards
Fri, 27th Nov
Sweden's economic activity slumped by an annual 5 percent in the third quarter.
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Multi-lingual Lomu train rumbles on
Sat, 28th Nov
The big challenge looms for Jonah Lomu: a crash course in five different languages as the Jonah phenomenon continues to rumble through Europe and Asia like a steam train.
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NZ head teacher breaks the last taboo in British public schools
Sat, 28th Nov
One of Britain's most eminent public schools for boys, Abingdon in Oxfordshire, has hired a New Zealand head teacher, Felicity Lusk.
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Silvio Berlusconi's wife seeks pricey alimony
Fri, 27th Nov
Premier Silvio Berlusconi's estranged wife is seeking €43 million a year in alimony in a divorce case she launched after her husband was embroiled in a sex scandal.
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Roman Polanski heading to luxury ski resort
Fri, 27th Nov
Roman Polanski is set to spend his house arrest at a luxury Swiss ski resort.
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Ex-UK envoy: US focused on Iraq hours after 9/11
Fri, 27th Nov
Tony Blair could have delayed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and ensured better plans were in place for its chaotic aftermath by taking a tougher stance with President George W. Bush, Britain's ex-ambassador to Washington said.
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Bishops covered up priests' child abuse: experts
Fri, 27th Nov
Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse by priests to protect the church's reputation, an expert commission reported Thursday after a three-year investigation.
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Putin's rare Siberian tiger goes missing
Thu, 26th Nov
A rare Siberian tiger that Vladimir Putin fitted with a radio-tracking collar is alive and well, the Russian prime minister's spokesman said.
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Turbulence, clouds bring down jet-powered Swiss
Thu, 26th Nov
A Swiss adventurer trying to soar from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings has ditched safely into the Atlantic.
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Inquiry: Iraq was not UK's main worry prior to invasion
Thu, 26th Nov
Saddam Hussein's regime was not Britain's main security concern in the years before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified at an inquiry probing Britain's role in the war.
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Former PM retakes place in Belgium
Thu, 26th Nov
Former prime minister Yves Leterme will again head Belgium's government.
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Britain's Health Service refuses to fund cancer treatment
Wed, 25th Nov
The makers of a bowel cancer drug – Avastin – say they could do a deal to make it cheaper for the British National Health Service (NHS) to buy,
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Silvio Berlusconi: Prostitute claims he offered help with inn
Wed, 25th Nov
In her new book Patrizia D'Addario writes she feels betrayed since she revealed this year that she had taped-recorded her purported bedroom encounter with Berlusconi.
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Sailor hits 'sleeping whale' off coast of NZ
Wed, 25th Nov
A Swiss sailor's round-the-world voyage came to an abrupt halt off the coast of New Zealand after his yacht hit what he believed to be a sleeping whale.
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Emergence from long coma was like 'rebirth'
Wed, 25th Nov
A man wrongly diagnosed as vegetative for 23 years says he feels reborn after decades of isolation.
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UK group: 3/4 of young black men on DNA database
Tue, 24th Nov
As many as three quarters of all black men in Britain aged 18-35 have had their genetic information placed on the country's massive DNA database, a group charged with reviewing officials' use of genetic technology said.
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Watchdog warning about TV in post-Soviet states
Fri, 27th Nov
Government-influenced television is hampering democracy in Russia, Belarus and most post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
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Kiwi banker's sex assault sentence cut
Fri, 27th Nov
A New Zealand-born investment consultant who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman has had his sentence reduced by an English Court of Appeal.
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Fire rips through southeast London
Fri, 27th Nov
Fire officials said more than 125 firefighters were tackling the blaze.
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What does it mean to be French?
Thu, 26th Nov
Soul-searching debates on the French identity.
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Woody Allen casts Carla Bruni in new film
Thu, 26th Nov
France's First Lady has accepted an offer to appear in Woody Allen's latest project.
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Roman Polanski wins $4.5M bail, house arrest likely
Thu, 26th Nov
Roman Polanski was granted $4.5 million bail Wednesday, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.
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Berlusconi named 'Rock Star of the Year'
Wed, 25th Nov
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been named by Rolling Stone magazine as 'Rock Star of the Year'.
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Britain’s role in Iraq war: Sweeping inquiry begins
Wed, 25th Nov
Critics hope the Iraq war inquiry will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the build up to conflict.
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France shows off cutting-edge navy ship in Russia
Wed, 25th Nov
Russia's pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighbouring countries.
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Floods continue destruction in NW England
Wed, 25th Nov
Flood damage in North West England continued to cut people off from their homes as damaged bridges remained closed after some of the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain triggered floods last week.
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UK cop jailed for killing fiancée
Tue, 24th Nov
Police officer Martin Forshaw has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his police constable fiancée, Claire Howarth, days before their wedding.
