Four politicians pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of false accounting over their parliamentary expenses, an issue that has tarnished the image of major parties with an election only weeks away.
The case is the first criminal prosecution ... Read More »
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud.
Results from five provinces, the first to be posted by the electoral commission,... Read More »
As the ground shook and buildings swayed, conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera took office as Chile's president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake killed hundreds just 12 days ago.
A series of strong aftershocks ... Read More »
Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands of strikers protested against draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone.
In one central square hundreds of protesters hurled sticks and stones at riot police,... Read More »
Wayne Rooney scored twice again as Manchester United cruised into the quarter-finals of the Champions League after a 4-0 win over a feeble AC Milan sent them through 7-2 on aggregate Wednesday.
Rooney, who scored twice in the 3-2 San Siro win, was ... Read More »
"I have confidence we can beat anyone on a good day at Anfield. I would be worried today if the players hadn't worked as hard as they have," he said.
"The fans will play a part, they'll push and will be behind the team," added Benitez after the last 16 first leg loss Liverpool,... Read More »
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We conducted a poll of Eurosport-Yahoo! writers, asking them to rank each team based on their expected performance if the World Cup were to start tomorrow. We then took an average mark from the poll results to create this list. The ... Read More »
Britons have never really got the euro zone. “Its not really going to happen, is it?” was a typical question from a City analyst to Reuters back in the mid-90s. The political drive behind the ... Read More »