BUCHAREST- Romania's famous rock band Vama, accompanied by ethnic Roma musicians, released Thursday a single in English criticising French President Nicolas Sarkozy's crackdown on the Gypsies. The...

BRUSSELS- The discovery of a new gene variant by an EU-funded research team opens the way to improved treatment for high blood pressure sufferers, the European Commission said Thursday. "I...

PARIS- US author Toni Morrison, whose poetic novels on slavery and the black American experience earned her the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, was Wednesday awarded France's highest decoration, the...

LONDON- Reality television sensation Susan Boyle said Tuesday she will sing in front of Britain's Prince Charles, weeks after performing for the pope when he visited Scotland. The 49-year-old...

BAGHDAD, Anwar Faruqi- Eleven car bombs rocked Shiite neighbourhoods of Baghad on Tuesday killing at least 63 people amid growing concern that Sunni militants are taking advantage of a persistent...

WASHINGTON- The US agency tasked with transportation security said Monday it had sent a team of experts to Yemen to help screen US-bound air cargo and ensure packages can be shipped more safely....

US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, Virginie Montet- A US military tribunal sentenced former child soldier Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison Sunday, but a plea deal means the Canadian citizen will serve...

PORT-AU-PRINCE- Haiti reported seven new deaths Saturday from the cholera outbreak, bringing to 337 the number killed by the diarrheal disease since it first appeared earlier this month. With...

VIENNA- Former UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei blasted Egypt's "authoritarian" government and insisted political change was coming, in an interview Saturday with the Austrian daily Kurier. "The...