Year: 2012

Perthshire Advertiser Tuesday ROWERS attempting to smash the world record for an Atlantic crossing had to be rescued 500 miles from Barbados after capsizing. Perthshire Adventurer Mark Beaumont was among the crew plucked to...

Diplomacy Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov heading for a cabinet sitting Wednesday. Photo by BGNES Five new ambassadors for Bulgaria’s diplomatic service have been formally proposed by the Bulgarian...

CHERAGA, Algeria Jan 31 (Reuters) – Algerian security forces used water cannon and tear gas on Tuesday to disperse rioting residents in a suburb of the capital who accused the authorities of failing to investigate properly...

By stiles Aziz Rain falls softly from a slate grey sky, and drips slowly from the drooping tips of the palm leaves that dominate the view from my hotel window here in Rabat. Birds sing unseen, sheltering from the rain, and...