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| Rescue Efforts Ceased In Dormitory Collapse After Finding The 18th Body |
Early Friday, a girls' dormitory collapsed in Balcilar, south-central Turkish, killing at least 14 girls and injuring 27 others, CNN reported.
News reports showed rescue workers struggling with the rubble, making efforts to save the trapped victims of the collapse. But today, the Associated Press announced that 4 more bodies have been discovered under the debris.... |
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Passengers on a flight from Britain to Crete were given the choice of either arriving at their destination without their bags or getting off the plane, British media reported Wednesday.
Already seated aboard the flight, the passengers of a Viking airlines flight were told the aircraft needed to reduce its weight before the journey and...
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Japanese automakers produce the most environmentally friendly cars, a study released in Germany Wednesday concluded.
Drawn up by the Traffic Club Germany (VCD), the study said that Japanese carmakers were ahead of their international rivals at a time when concerns are growing about high fuel costs and global warming.
"When it...
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After a weeks-long scandal over allegations of stalking, Swiss Army chief of staff Roland Nef resigned on Wednesday.
The Swiss government's Federal Council in a statement said it has formally acknowledged Nef's resignation.
Nef, 49, had been suspended from service in July after Zurich prosecutors launched investigations against him...
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Poland and the United States on Wednesday signed a deal to set up a missile defence base on Polish soil, part of a planned US system in eastern Europe that has inflamed tension with Russia.
After more than a year of tough bargaining, Poland formally agreed to host 10 US missile interceptors in return for a pledge of American military...
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Germany's key banking association added its voice Wednesday to the growing list of groups ruling out a sharp downturn in Europe's biggest economy this year.
German Banking Association chief Manfred Weber conceded that the global credit crunch, slackening world growth and resurgent inflation were likely to result in the nation turning...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition unveiled Wednesday new far-reaching rules to head off powerful foreign-owned state-controlled funds going on a shopping spree for companies in Europe's biggest economy.
Of particular concern to Merkel's conservative Christian Democrat-led coalition is the threat posed to key German...
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Claims of poor quality welding work at a Finnish nuclear reactor under construction were rejected Wednesday by the Finnish nuclear watchdog.
The Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) said allegations of "faulty" checks of the welding work being built at Olkiluoto, south-western Finland were...
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The European Commission on Wednesday gave its blessing to a proposed merger between two of Japan's best-known makers of electronics equipment - Kenwood Corporation and Victor Company of Japan (JVC).
European Union market regulators agreed to approve the deal after concluding that the new entity "would not give rise to any...
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Germany's giant Games Convention opens its doors this week with organizers saying Wednesday they expect a record year for one of the key events on world games industry's calendar.
The number of exhibitors at this year's Games Convention has risen from 503 last year to 547 this year with organizers expecting the number of premieres of...
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday accused the West of spreading "total disinformation" in an effort to isolate Russia after its conflict with Georgia, and pledged to expand military ties with Moscow.
"On this question, we fully support Russia ... Georgia started this crisis, but the West is blaming...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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