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Bulgaria welcomes double-digit increase in foreign tourists
> | By Unal Basusta, eTN Ambassador | Dec 02, 2008 | Foreign tourists in Bulgaria have increased by over 18 percent in the first 9 months of the year. This was announced ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) TravelVideo
Bulgaria Europe Market Photos Tourism

Russain soldiers sit atop a tank, with a portrait of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at left in the background, in Tskhinvali, the main city of the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Russian forces on Wednesday dug foxholes and built a sentry post in a swath of central Georgia far outside the security zone they are authorized to remain in once they complete a pullout mandated by a cease-fire but being fulfilled slowly, if a

EU probes causes of Georgian conflict
| (CNN) -- The European Union has launched a fact-finding mission to determine the causes of the August war between Georgia and Russia, an EU spokeswoman said Tuesday. | ... (photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky) CNN
EU Georgia Photos Russia S Ossetia

California's controversial Proposition 8 generates questions about nature of marriage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - What is traditional marriage? | That question lies beneath the surface of the debate over Proposition 8, the measure that bans same-sex marriage in C... (photo: Creative Commons / Leon Brocard) The News & Observer
California Culture Marriage Photos Social

EU Commission pledges new bank aid rules by Xmas
(Adds quotes, background) BRUSSELS, Dec 2 (Reuters) - European Union Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, facing fierce pressure from member states to approve state aid... (photo: WN / Denise Yong) The Guardian
Aid Europe Finance Money Photos

Malaysia - Christmas Decoration - Lights - Shopping Mall - Holiday - Season - Christmas - Celebration - Festival (mp1)

Shoppers plan a saving Christmas
| By Mark Potter | London - The bright "50 percent off" signs plastered over the windows of London's plush new Westfield shopping centre don't hold much sway over Helen M... (photo: WN / malar) Business Report
Christmas Government London Photos Shopping

Madonna at her ´Confessions´ Tour at Wembley Arena. wnhires (js1)

Will A-Rod get a callup?
| Though Madonna and Alex Rodriguez have gone to great lengths to keep their romance under wraps, I'm hearing the superstar plans to ''go public ... to some degree'' and ... (photo: Creative Commons) Chicago Sun-Times
League Mexico Photos Singer Superstar

Britney tops the charts... as she clinches number one spot on internet search list
| It's been a rocky year for pop starlet Britney Spears, with a very public custody battle for her two sons, a long spell in rehab and a triumphant comeback album. | The ... (photo: creative commons / ayahabd) The Daily Mail
America Hollywood Photos President Singer

TRANSPORTATION: AIRLINES Ryanair swoops in on floundering Aer Lingus
| -- Europe seemed on the verge of another round of airline consolidation yesterday as discount carrier Ryanair, Europe's biggest airline, renewed its pursuit of Aer Ling... (photo: Public Domain Photo / Arpingstone) Globe and Mail
Airlines Business Photos Travel UK

Georgian soldiers stand at their checkpoint near a Russian troops' checkpoint in the village of Karaleti, 7 km (4 miles) northwest of Gori, Georgia, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008.

Georgia Acted in Self-Defense
| Since Russia invaded Georgia last August, the international community seems stuck on one question about how the war started: Did the Georgian military act irresponsibly... (photo: AP / Shakh Aivazov) Wall Street Journal
Georgia Photos Russia Troops War

Aer Lingus rejects new €738m offer from Ryanair
| Ryanair made a €738m (£645m) cash offer for Irish rival Aer Lingus yesterday, just 18 months after its €1.5bn bid was rejected by the European Commission on c... (photo: Creative Commons / Cubbie_n_Vegas) The Independent
Airline Business Company Photos UK

Venezuela´s President Hugo Chavez speaks during a press conference with the foreign media at tmg1

Venezuela's Chavez launches new bid for reelection
| CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez launched a new campaign on Monday to change Venezuela's constitution so he can stay in power for as long as he keeps winning e... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano) The Star
Election Photos Politics S America Venezuela

This photo made available by the Everest-K2 CNR Press Office, on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, shows Italian mountaineer Karl Unterkircher in 2007 during an expedition on the Himalayan GII Mountain.

I climb things my way
Legendary mountaineer Reinhold Messner tells John Crace about his latest challenge: as a museum curator | Reinhold Messner, mountaineer, yeti hunter and MEP. Photograph: ... (photo: (AP Photo / Everest-K2-CNR Press Office/ho)) The Guardian
Issues News Photos Tibet

Donald Trump, left, waits to be announced with his children, from left, Eric, Ivanka, and Donald Jr.

Trouble in Trump town as tycoon's fortune dwindles
| After years as perhaps the most recognisable face of capitalist success and excess, Donald Trump is suddenly bogged down in a string of legal and financial battles acro... (photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast) The Independent
Business Chicago Dubai Photos Trump

A protestor waves an Icelandic flag outside the Central Bank of Iceland during a demonstration demanding the resignation of the Chairman of the Centrdal bank David Oddsson, in Reykjavik Friday Oct. 10, 2008. Iceland suspended trading on its stock exchange for two days and took control of the country's largest bank the third to be placed under its protective umbrella as it struggles to bring its economy back from the b

The inside story of Iceland's economic meltdown.
| Type Size Iceland: The country that became a hedge fund | Okay, not really. But its main banks and business tycoons took huge risks and its citizens borrowed to the hil... (photo: AP / Arni Torfason) CNN
Crisis Economy Finance Iceland Photos

Brazil describes new plan to slow deforestation
By TALES AZZONI | Associated Press Writer | SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil plans to boost spending and programs to significantly slow destruction of the Amazon rain fore... (photo: Creative Commons File / ) Wtop
Brazil Environment Forestry Government Photos

Settlement reached in NM lawsuit over lynx
Comments ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Map, News) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will decide in two weeks whether to study if the Canada lynx should be protected in New Mexico... (photo: GFDL / Andreas Tille) The Examiner
Animals Environment Photos Society Wildlife

Hillary Clinton Bill Chelsea on parade - junior United States Senator - wife of Bill Clinton - The President, First Lady, and Chelsea on parade down Pennsylvannia Avenue on Inauguration day, January 20, 1997- pjb1

Bill Clinton mentioned for wife's Senate seat
By Paul Steinhauser | CNN Deputy Political Director | (CNN) -- After eight years as senator from New York, Hillary Clinton is trading places, moving from Congress to the ... (photo: U.S. Federal Government) CNN
Government Newyork Photos Political President

Highest tide in 20 years floods historic Venice
| VENICE, Italy - Venice could use a bailout. The city built on water has too much of it. | Residents and tourists waded through knee-deep water Monday as they navigated ... (photo: GFDL) Boston Herald
Flooding Historic Photos Venice Weather