A two-thirds majority, minus any abstentions, is needed for Britain’s draft to pass
UN judges sentenced Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of war crimes in the brutal Balkans conflicts over two decades ago.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has taken the blame for any shortcomings in the handling of an attack last month on the US mission in Libya.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denied that Washington was warned of an imminent attack in Libya.
US Republicans eagerly geared up for battle in Congress this week, warning Democrats of an aggressive push to slash spending.
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/ 18 January 2009
Excitement is swelling across the United States and the world as Barack Obama prepares to be sworn in Tuesday.
Irish playwright Samuel Beckett was a man who weighed his words, a solitary, lonely figure obsessed by silence, whose works struggled to express the absurdity of life. One hundred years after his birth, his tragicomic plays stalked by a host of unforgettable, often grotesque, characters remain among the most important of 20th century theatre.
"There are only two kinds of people in the world: the Irish and those who wish they were." So goes one Irish adage. And on Friday millions will get a wish come true, with parades and parties marking St Patrick’s Day which, just like Irish immigrant communities, have spread to become a global excuse for a bit of <i>craic</i>, or fun.
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/ 27 January 2006
Two young Chinese sopranos are making a stunning debut on the Paris opera scene, Despite growing up in a China still closed to Western influences, writes Jo Biddle.