BANGKOK (AP) -- As many as 100,000 people demonstrated peacefully against Thailand's government at a party-like rally Sunday, but the capital was being kept on edge by their threat to continue protesting until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva calls new elections....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican on Sunday denied that its celibacy requirement for priests was the root cause of the clerical sex abuse scandal convulsing the church in Europe and again defended the pope's handling of the crisis....

REVELSTOKE, British Columbia (AP) -- An avalanche struck an informal snowmobile rally in Canada's Rocky Mountains, killing at least two people and leaving an unknown number missing at an annual gathering best known for its party atmosphere and stunt riding....

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Three people connected to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's most violent border city were murdered, police said on Sunday, prompting U.S. President Barack Obama to respond with outrage and sadness.

Alle 17 ha votato soltanto il 39,29% degli aventi diritto.Un calo del 10% rispetto a quattro anni fa

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Taliban on Sunday called their deadly bomb attacks on the southern city of Kandahar a warning to NATO's top general that the insurgents were ready for the war's next major offensive in their heartland....

Anna Prouse guida la ricostruzione nella città dell'attentato

Alle 17 ha votato il 39,29%degli aventi diritto: 10 punti in meno del 2004

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki edged ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but the tight race indicated long and fraught negotiations to form a government.

Sunday Telegraph: al suo posto un 'senato' di 300 membri eletti

Nella regione tribale dell'Orakzai, distrutte palazzine comando

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish police have released a woman arrested along with six other people last week over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog, officials said.

La campagna delle infermiere contro un'abitudine diffusa: oltre l'assistenza non si va

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians voted in congressional elections on Sunday in a harbinger of May's ballot to replace President Alvaro Uribe, a U.S. ally who finishes two terms dominated by his war on leftist rebels.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - More than 100,000 protesters converged in Bangkok on Sunday and gave Thailand's military-backed government an ultimatum to call elections within 24 hours or face crippling demonstrations across the capital.

KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Israel's ambassador to Poland Sunday deplored the desecration of a Holocaust memorial in southern Poland and criticized world leaders who deny Israel's right to exist.

An avalanche hits an unauthorised snowmobile rally in Canada, killing at least two people and triggering a search.

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki's bloc strengthens its lead over its main rivals with partial election results now in from all 18 provinces.

Tre morti e 14 feriti, si cercano persone sepolte

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Partial counts from all of Iraq's 18 provinces show the prime minister's bloc leading in the country's key parliamentary elections....