The splash heard `round the world
The gold medal was almost an afterthought. For Gyorgy Karpati and his teammates on the 1956 Hungarian Olympic water polo team, it was the semifinal match against the Soviet Union...
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Italian cop says he aided CIA
An Italian police officer whose job was to coordinate with the CIA has admitted to Italian prosecutors that he was directly involved in the CIA kidnapping of Osama Moustafa Hassan...
Wigs, women and song
It has been more than 15 years since Margaret Thatcher ruled Britannia. For Britons in their 20s, the Thatcher Era is childhood memory. Some of those memories have been stirred...
Celebs duped to open mouth, insert foot
Attention British sports celebrities, minor royals and other gullible souls: Beware of sheiks bearing bundles of cash. The latest victim of a "fake sheik" sting is Sven-Goran Eriksson, coach of...
Protestant riots wane in Belfast
After four nights of gunfire and Molotov cocktails, the latest outbreak of Protestant violence in Belfast's streets appears to be waning, but the British government Wednesday formally declared the Ulster...
High-stakes showdown looms on Iran
Later this week Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is expected to report to the agency's board of governors that Iran has failed to heed demands to...
Britain detains Muslim radicals
LONDON - Britain moved swiftly to implement its promised crackdown on "preachers of hate," launching a series of early-morning raids yesterday to round up 10 Muslim extremists, including Abu Qatada,...
Poll: Britons tolerant of Muslim residents
A poll published Friday in the Times newspaper shows that Britons support tough new anti-terror laws but maintain a generally tolerant attitude toward the country's 1.6 million Muslims. Only 38...
Subway blasts were seconds apart
The three bombs that brought terror to the London Underground last week exploded within seconds of one another, according to new information disclosed by authorities Saturday. Investigators previously thought the...
Attack was no surprise in London
Brian Paddick, deputy assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, summed up the critical difference between the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States and the bombs that went...