MICROSOFT says it is prepared to cut the amount of time it retains internet users` search data to six months from 18 if other web giants also agreed to do so
RUSSIANS have paid respects to the late patriarch, Alexy II, as his likely successor stamped his authority on commemorations and experts said reconciliation with Rome remained far off
TWO Greek police officers have been arrested over the killing of a 15-year-old boy, touching off a wave of violent protests by angry youths setting Athens and other Greek cities ablaze
CONTAMINATED Irish pig meat may have been exported to up to 25 countries, Ireland`s chief vet said, as shops in Ireland and abroad cleared out pork products amid fears of a cancer link
LESSONS learned from the 1930s depression and from more recent economic crises could be the only thing warding off a new Great Depression, the 2008 winner of the Nobel economics prize, Paul Krugman, said overnight
DOZENS of rioters have rampaged through central Athens after police shot dead a teenage boy who attempted to throw a petrol bomb at a patrol car, police officials said