Rome Elects First Rightist Mayor in Decades 2008-04-30 05:52 - Promising to crack down on crime in Rome, the victor, Gianni Alemanno, who ran with the conservative People of Freedom party, took nearly 54 percent of the vote.
Senate Democrats Calling for More Food Assistance 2008-04-30 05:52 - Citing hunger riots in developing countries and soaring grain prices around the world, Senate Democrats called for a swift increase of $200 million in foreign food aid.
Austria Stunned by Case of Imprisoned Woman 2008-04-30 05:52 - Austrian police have arrested a 73-year-old man who they say kept his daughter locked in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her.
Blast Kills 15 Afghans and Wounds 25 2008-04-30 05:51 - At least 15 Afghans were killed and 25 wounded on Tuesday in an explosion in eastern Afghanistan, close to the border with Pakistan, a spokesman for NATO-led forces said.
France Still Divided Over Lessons of 1968 Unrest 2008-04-30 05:50 - Forty years ago, French students demanded that the system change. Today, French students, worried about losing state benefits, are demanding that nothing change at all.
Airport closed as Ryanair plane leaves runway 2008-04-30 05:45 - A Polish airport has been closed after a Ryanair plane bound for Nottingham
came off the runway and got stuck in the mud with 170 passengers on board.
Mugabe and Tsvangirai to see provisional poll results on Thursday 2008-04-30 05:45 - President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai will be shown preliminary
results of the bitterly contested presidential election on Thursday when the
process of vote checking is to begin.
Austria: DNA tests confirm Josef Fritzl fathered imprisoned children 2008-04-30 05:45 - DNA tests have confirmed that Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who locked up his
daughter in a cellar beneath his house for 24 years, was indeed the father
of her six surviving children, investigators said today.
