The General News

Col. Dursun Cicek, whose signature appears on a military plot aimed at destroying the country's ruling party and a faith-based civil society group, testified to civilian prosecutors on Wednesday, 19 days after he was summoned for testimony on a probe launched into the notorious plot.

As a year-long campaign to safeguard the world's biological diversity gets underway, Secretary-General called on countries and people all over the planet to engage in a global alliance to protect life on Earth.

The SNP has been dealt a heavy blow in the final days of the Glasgow North East by-election campaign with a sharp fall in support, according to polling evidence obtained by The Herald.

Israel will coordinate with the U.S., U.K. and France to ensure the Security Council vetos Arab countries' resolutions on the Goldstone report, Israeli officials told Haaretz.

Tensions were running high at the WASCO office on Lance Road when our cameras arrived on the scene.

In Israel, a heated debate is taking place whether it should comply with the demand for an independent inquiry.

Customs officials across the country have been ordered to check every container labeled "waste" after mountains of discarded foreign garments were found in the coastal area of Guangdong province.

A key leader in the war in Iraq is on a different mission in Colorado Springs. The General David Petraeus arrived at the Broadmoor to show his support at the 5th annual "For the Love of Our Troops" benefiting military families.

The General Assembly has voted for the 18th consecutive year to condemn the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States against Cuba for the past half century and called for it to be lifted.

A Chinese regulatory authority has ordered World of Warcraft's Chinese licensing partner NetEase to cease operating Blizzard's MMORPG in the country, Reuters reports, though it is yet unclear what will happen or whether it has the authority to do so.

Dutch State Secretary for Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten is maintaining that the General Act of Kingdom Government is a good alternative to guarantee the proper functioning of countries Curacao and St.

During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama distanced himself from the Bush era and the Iraq war.

UNITED NATIONS: The General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to condemn the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, with the speeches by the U.S. ambassador and Cuba's Foreign Minister reflecting what little has changed despite an expected shift under the Obama administration.

As the sun rises over the Nile delta, workers at a fish farm in northern Egypt open a sluice gate and sort through the thousands of wriggling tilapia that pour out of a concrete holding tank.

Our votes must be counted accurately even if computer software fails. That simple concept has been championed by technology experts in Virginia and around the country.

Most of the world's major weapons exporters, including the United States, supported a UN resolution Friday that calls for a treaty aimed at strengthening controls on the international arms trade.

Manama, Bahrain- Setting a new record in the region and sending a strong message to the government, thousands of Bahrainis on Friday formed a 4 km human chain calling for an end to political naturalization.

Thirty-five million items of post have piled up in post rooms due to this week's strikes, Royal Mail has revealed.

The Saskatchewan government has added to the list of those eligible to receive H1N1 flu shots next week, despite receiving less of the vaccine than expected.

How meaningful is the mortgage modification program? What have we gotten for the billions committed to this initiative? Are you sitting down? For frame of reference, the U.S. Census Housing Data indicates there were 110.3 million occupied housing units in the country in 2007.