THE United States has announced a $US1 billion ($1.2 billion) aid package for Georgia as Vice President Dick Cheney started a tour of ex-Soviet states by promising that Washington had a "deep" interest in the region`s security
A BRITISH woman was suspended from the ceiling of a London shop by hooks put through her skin, in a protest today against the practice of slicing fins from sharks and throwing them back into the ocean alive
THE US and Russia squared off over the Caucasus and Central Asia today as US Vice President Dick Cheney said Washington had an "abiding" interest in vital regions once dominated by Moscow
PRESIDENT Abdullah Gul will visit Armenia on Sunday to watch a football match with counterpart Serge Sarkissian, becoming the first Turkish head of state to visit Yerevan, his office said yesterday
RIVAL groups of birds behave like football fans, shouting chants at each other and commiserating with each other after a loss, research from England`s University of Bristol has revealed today
THE local government of Spain`s southwestern region of Andalucia said today it was preparing a pioneering euthanasia law which would allow terminally ill patients to refuse medical treatment and make it illegal to keep someone alive by artificial means
FRENCH Justice Minister Rachida Dati, one of the stars of President Nicolas Sarkozy`s cabinet, announced on Wednesday that she was pregnant but declined to say who the father was
