Researchers in Britain have discovered a rare original copy of the U.S.Declaration of Independence, just as Americans are getting ready tomark July 4 Independence Day holiday. Officials at the NationalArchives in London say the poster-sized document was hidden amongcorrespondence from U.S. ...Read More
On Afghanistan's independence day in August, my friends in Kandahar were puzzled. Why was the government bothering to celebrate the holiday? With 100,000 or so foreign troops occupying our country, how could we consider ourselves independent? When my American friends and ...Read More
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Monday congratulated Kosovo on holding its first local elections since its unilateral declaration of independence. Earlier in the day, Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci claimed his Democratic Party of Kosovo has emerged ...Read More
* Majority of contests go to run-off * Second round to be held in one month * Observers say elections met most international standards (Recasts with results and observers) PRISTINA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Kosovo prime minister's party fared best in local elections ...Read More
BusinessWire - Marine Exploration, Inc. (OTCBB:MEXP) announces the RV Hispaniola has returned to the site of the 1700 wreck the Company has been salvaging. According to the contract extension and expansion recently signed with the Dominican Republic, the Company is ...Read More
The elections yesterday for city council and mayors in 36 municipalities were seen as a key test of the fledgling state's viability after its contested February 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia. Preliminary results were expected today.
Hours after polls closed, ...Read More
Israel should respond to a possible unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence by annexing the West Bank settlement blocs, Army Radio quoted senior right-wing ministers as saying on Monday. The comment, made by National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau and Transportation Minister Yisrael ...Read More
PRISTINA, Kosovo | Kosovo’s first independent elections have ended peacefully, with the prime minister claiming his party won convincingly. Some minority Serbs ignored a call to boycott and cast ballots alongside ethnic Albanians. The elections Sunday for City Council and mayors in ...Read More
There's cash in cataclysm. At least in Hollywood, which saw the apocalyptic thriller 2012 rake in $65 million, according to studio estimates from box office tracking firm Nielsen EDI. The debut was $5 million more than many analysts projected and finished an ...Read More
Moviegoers said give us the apocalypse now as Sony'send-of-the-world epic
topped the weekend boxoffice with a heaping $65 millionin opening domestic coin.
Directed by Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day"), theeffects-filled actioner cost $200 million to produce. But with a$225 million worldwide haul from ...Read More
LOS ANGELES — Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled in $225 million worldwide.
The Sony Pictures action saga tells the story of a scramble to ...Read More
PRISTINA, Kosovo -Kosovo's first elections since independence from Serbia ended peacefully Sunday, with some minority Serbs ignoring a call to boycott and casting ballots alongside ethnic Albanians. The elections for city council and mayors in 36 municipalities were seen as a ...Read More
Doom spelled dollars at the box office as the global-disaster tale "2012" opened at No. 1 domestically with $65 million and pulled in $225 million worldwide. The Sony Pictures action saga tells the story of a scramble to save remnants of ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Moviegoers worldwide welcomed the apocalypse a little early as the disaster movie "2012" swept through theaters during the weekend with one of the best openings of the year.
The latest end-of-days picture from "Independence Day" director Roland ...Read More
PRISTINA, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Kosovo citizens are voting Sunday in local elections, the first since its unilateral declaration of independence in February 2008, while its leaders consider the elections as the biggest challenge and test for Kosovo institutions. Kosovo leaders ...Read More
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Kosovo's first elections since independence from Serbia began smoothly Sunday, with some minority Serbs ignoring a call to boycott and casting ballots alongside ethnic Albanians. The elections for city council and mayors in 36 municipalities were seen as ...Read More
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Kosovo's prime minister urged minority Serbs not to boycott the country's first elections since independence from Serbia, calling the Sunday vote a key test for his new nation. Some ethnic Serbs appeared to be heeding his call and ...Read More
Tel Aviv - Palestinians are considering appealing to the United Nations Security Council to support a unilateral declaration of independence in the territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War, a senior Palestinian officials said Sunday. Chief Palestinian ...Read More
Voting has begun in Kosovo's municipal elections in what is a first ballot since its 2008 declaration of independence form Serbia.
Over one and a half million Kosovars are eligible to vote in Sunday's mayoral and local council elections amid tight ...Read More
