President Barack Obama got an unexpected boost in Florida when his campaign bus tour stopped at a fast food restaurant. Owner Scott Van Duzer's lift took the leader by surprise with Obama admiring his sheer strength. Although a registered Republican Van Duzer said he voted for Obama four years ago...
Construction has begun on what could be the narrowest house in the world. The new abode will measure up to a meagre 120 cm wide and be built in the gap between two buildings. It's an artistic contribution to the city of Warsaw from architect Jacub Szczeny who says the aim is to stimulate those...
Protesters gathered outside the Greek finance ministry in Athens while crucial bailout talks went on inside. Greece's foreign lenders have been considering an austerity package of nearly 12-billion euros prepared by the government. But it appears the members of the ‘troika' - the...
French President Francois Hollande has given himself two years to turn round France's economy as he outlined a raft of austerity measures on Sunday. In one of the country's toughest budgetary programmes in six decades, he included a controversial 75 per cent tax on the rich along with spending...
Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas O. Melia is visiting Georgia. He heads an interagency delegation that will assess the pre-election environment in Georgia. The delegation includes officials from USAID and the Departments of Defense and Justice. Thomas O. Melia will hold various meetings...
The first Political TV-debates were held in connection with the pre-election period on the air of First Channel of the Georgian Public Broadcasting (GPB) yesterday. GPB offers live air to qualified political parties participating in the 2012 parliamentary elections. The prime-minister candidates...
/gpb/The 69th Venice International Film Festival wound up on Saturday, with South Korean film "Pieta" directed by Kim Ki-duk scooping the Gold Lion, Venice's top prize. "Pieta," starring Cho Min-soo and Lee Jung-jin, depicts the relationship between a young loan shark and a...
At least six people have been killed in a suicide attack close to the heavily guarded NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The bomber, who was riding an explosives-laden motorcycle, blew himself up near the entrance of Camp Eggers, a sprawling base that is home to 2,500 international coalition...
Canada shut its embassy in Tehran on Friday, severed diplomatic relations and ordered Iranian diplomats to leave, accusing the Islamic Republic of being the most significant threat to world peace. The surprise action reinforces the Conservative government's close ties with Tehran's arch foe...
Lufthansa made a key concession in talks with unions Friday, and both sides agreed to a mediator, as a 24-hour walkout that grounded half the airline's flights in Germany entered its final hours. Europe's biggest airline agreed not to employ cheap contract workers in Berlin as cabin crew,...
French police officers are arriving in Britain today to find out more about the victims of the multiple shooting in the Alps.Police investigating the murder of four people are sending four officers to the UK. They will work with British detectives and plan to search the house of victim Saad al-Hilli...
Georgia is straight into its stride in FIFA World Cup qualifying Group I thanks to a 1-0 victory against Belarus on September 7. Tornike Okriashvili struck the decisive blow six minutes after half-time, giving Temur Ketsbaia's team a welcome fillip ahead of the visit of world and European champions...
At least 80 people are now known to have died in a series of earthquakes in south-western China, as rescuers struggle to reach remote areas. More than 730 people were injured after the quakes hit Yunnan and Guizhou provinces on Friday, state media say. The tremors struck mostly mountainous areas,...
Leaders of "Georgian Dream" political coalition continue holding of regular pre-election meetings with voters. Shota Khabareli, the coalition's Majoritarian (single mandate) MP candidate running in Krtsanisi district of Tbilisi met with locals residing in Zemo Ponichala settlement. Soso...
Leaders of the Georgian parliamentary oppositional Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM) Party continue holding of regular pre-election meetings with voters. Giorgi Targamadze and Giorgi Akhvlediani arrived in Tkibuli town. They held a meeting with locals in the courtyards of St. George Church and introduced...
