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Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday. Complete Story...
A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.
Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom, an international opera star, has died, her husband Sverker Olow says.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback.
A British man who said he strangled his wife during a nightmare about fighting off an intruder has been found innocent in her death.
Buckingham Palace says the queen and her husband Prince Philip are celebrating 62 years of marriage quietly — without the fanfare of two years ago, when they marked their diamond anniversary.
Russia lacks a viable program for developing a new spacecraft and risks losing its place as a leader in space travel, a veteran Russian cosmonaut said in an interview published Friday.
A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price.
Police say a man with an automatic rifle opened fire on a car near a Paris train station, killing one man and wounding two others.
General Motors Co. said it expects to release a full restructuring plan for its Opel and Vauxhall operations in mid December, but did not specify the amount of cuts to capacity and jobs it would seek.
A gunman killed a Russian Orthodox priest in his Moscow church and seriously wounded the reverend's assistant, officials said Friday.
German carmaker Volkswagen AG said Friday its supervisory board had approved certain agreement contracts for the planned merger with German sportscar builder Porsche, taking the companies one step closer to completing the deal.
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has appointed a British lawyer to represent Radovan Karadzic if the former Bosnian Serb leader continues to boycott his trial when it resumes in March, according to a document released Friday.
Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.
A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.
European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc.
Soccer-mad Ireland is fighting mad — and demanding justice for a disputed goal that had fans here crying "Oui were robbed."
The wife and two children of Roman Polanski are bearing the brunt of the director's imprisonment in Switzerland as he awaits a decision on his extradition, his lawyer said in an interview to be published Friday.
The austere building stands in the middle of a remote, thick forest surrounded by a high fence and numerous surveillance cameras.
The Archbishop of Canterbury sought Thursday to downplay the implications of the Vatican's unprecedented invitation for Anglicans to join the Catholic Church as he arrived in Rome for his first talks with the pope on the new policy.
Latin superstar Ricky Martin said Thursday he is teaming up with a German broadcaster to support his foundation and build a youth center for children in his native Puerto Rico.
A court has acquitted a subsidiary of French oil giant Total and a former factory chief in a 2001 explosion at a chemical plant that killed 31 people.
Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on Web sites that encourage girls to avoid eating.
Tom Cruise has arrived in the Austrian city of Salzburg to shoot scenes for the new action comedy "Knight & Day."
Nigeria signs $1 bln EU pact to fight corruptionBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nigeria signed a 677 million euro ($1 billion) pact with the European Union on Thursday aimed at combating corruption and promoting peace in its troubled, oil-producing Niger Delta region.
EU gets Belgian president and British foreign minister as Blair bows out Europe's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic climax tonight when the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, and Britain's Cathy Ashton, were appointed as the two top officials embodying the new system.
Europe's First President Selected! Tony Blair rejected in favor of Belgian, Herman van Rompuy - UK's Catherine Ashton named Foreign Policy ChiefEU leaders have chosen the Belgian Prime Minister, Herman van Rompuy, to be the first permanent European Council President, diplomats say. The other top job created by the Lisbon Treaty - foreign affairs supremo - will go to the EU Trade Commissioner, Baroness Catherine Ashton f …
Sri Lanka Minister on First World "Climate Nazism, Climate Racism and Climate Terrorism"Sri Lanka Minister: "So in Copenhagen, developing countries will have a moral high ground... developed countries only have brute force and concepts like Climate Nazism, Climate Racism and Climate Terrorism. "
Nature 'services' undervalued, EU report findsThe cost of nature conservation is by far outweighed by societal and economic benefits, argues a new report supported by the European Commission.
Europe rises as the modest superpowerTHIS week's expected nomination of a Belgian or Baltic politician as the first president of the European Union is fuelling excitement in Brussels at the emergence of a force to rival the United States and other world powers.
Tony Blair to give evidence in public in Iraq war inquiry | Politics | guardian.co.ukFormer prime minister Tony Blair could face further questions over his decision to prosecute war in Iraq. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Tony Blair is set to give evidence in public to the Iraq war inquiry in the run-up to the next election, it was announced last night.
Take a stroll through virtual reality on the CyberWalk omni-directional treadmillJogging on the spot has gone high tech thanks to an omni-directional treadmill that allows you to walk in any direction while staying centered on the treadmill.
Lisbon Treaty Overcomes Final Hurdles In Its Way Czech President Václav Klaus ratified the European's landmark Lisbon Treaty Tuesday marking the end of an eight-year campaign in the 27-nation bloc to overhaul the way it is governed.
Angela Merkel first German Chancellor to address US Congress in 5o years - presses lawmakers for climate change actionGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel was afforded a rare honor Tuesday as she addressed a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. In her speech to U.S.
EU reform treaty passes last test - agreement creates a President of EuropeThe president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, has signed the EU's Lisbon Treaty, the final step in the charter's ratification. The treaty was drawn up to streamline decision-making in the EU, and is a watered-down version of a draft EU constitution rejected four years ago. …
Europe stoops to conquer the uzbeksThe worsening Afghan war has brought some good news for Uzbekistan. On Tuesday, the European Union announced it was lifting a four-year old arms embargo against Uzbekistan.
Tony Blair's bid for EU presidency sinks Tony Blair's hopes of becoming Europe's first sitting president were receding fast last night as Britain admitted his chances of success were "fading" after the continent's centre-right leaders made it clear one of their own must have the post.
EU clears hurdle to Lisbon treatyEU leaders meeting in Brussels have agreed a deal designed to win Czech backing of the Lisbon Treaty, clearing a major hurdle to its ratification. The Czechs were granted an opt-out from the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, similar to that of the UK and Poland.
Britain out in the cold as US exits recession - America joins Japan, China, Germany and France in return to growthGordon Brown is facing growing embarrassment over Britain's recovery after it became the world's only major economy still in recession as America returned to growth in the third quarter.
"We should be terrified": Top Scientists' 350 ppm CO2 by 2050 Too Ambitious, Say MPsFaced with Dr Fankhauser's 350 ppm CO2 proposal MP Barry Gardiner, asked the 120 legislators present whether they believed limiting CO2 concentration to 350 ppm by 2050 was practicable. Only two said yes.
Recent studies show U.S. climate bill, Kyoto Protocol, and EU's cap-and-trade accounting suggests clearing all world's forests is good for climateAn accounting problem in the way some greenhouse gas emissions are calculated could critically hobble efforts to reduce them in coming years as nations move to combat global warming, scientists warn in a new report.
European official: Economic boycott of Israel is 'not justified' European Commission Vice-President Gunter Verheugen said Sunday that said boycotts of Israeli products were "not justified," adding that they were an "easy solution" that would do nothing to improve the Middle East Conflict.
ADHD Ritalin child 500% greater sudden death risk"Still, the FDA refuses to take action. No new warnings are planned and prescriptions for Ritalin continue to spiral upward. Objections to the FDA's sluggishness are even starting to appear in conservative medical journals like JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Associ …
Tony Blair: A Dorian Gray for Europe? Compared to the fanfare, Tony Blair's ten years as prime minister failed to produce many of the promised improvements for Britain.
Psychiatrist to Stand Trial for AtrocitiesDr Karadzic, 64, is charged with orchestrating atrocities including the siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were rounded up and slaughtered by Serb forces.
Turkey's EU bid fades with little dramaTurkey's bid to join the European Union is fading away with surprisingly little drama because investors no longer see the prospect of accession as an essential policy anchor.
Goldstone Backs Away from Report: The Two Faces of an International PoseurWith so much (though not all) of the civilized world justly condemning (or ignoring) the Goldstone report for its distortion of the facts and its one-sided condemnation of Israel, Richard Goldstone himself now seems to be backing away from the report's conclusions—at least wh …
Syria: We held exercise with Turkey"One week ago, Syria and Turkey carried out maneuvers near Ankara," Muallem, Syriyan foreign minister, said, according to Al-Jazeera.
Somali pirates demand Spain frees two before talksMOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates holding a Spanish fishing boat will not negotiate its release until their colleagues facing hijacking charges in Madrid are freed, a member of the gang said on Tuesday.
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