LA ROCHELLE, France (AFP) - - French fishermen angry at high fuel costs kept up a week-long blockade of Atlantic ports Saturday, as striking workers paralysed two other major ports in protest at privatisation plans. More »
MADRID (AFP) - - Spanish police on Saturday announced the arrest of five hackers accused of attacking government websites in the United States, Asia and Latin America. More »
LIMA (AFP) - - EU and Latin American leaders vowed to do more to further trade between their regions and tackle global warming and poverty as they wrapped up a summit late Friday in the Peruvian capital Lima. More »
MOSCOW (AFP) - - Toxic fumes from rotting corpses drove the final members of a Russian doomsday cult from the cave where they had been waiting six months for the end of the world, officials said Friday. More »
MOSCOW (AFP) - - Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has refused to testify in the trial of Poland's last communist leader, blasting the court case as "baseless persecution" in an interview published Friday. More »
MOSCOW (AFP) - - Toxic fumes from rotting corpses drove the final members of a Russian doomsday cult from the cave where they had been waiting six months for the end of the world, officials said Friday. More »
LONDON (AFP) - - British Airways said Friday that its annual net profit more than doubled as it cut costs to help offset record high fuel prices while the group offered its first dividend in seven years. More »
PARIS (AFP) - - French police detained eight suspects on Friday who allegedly helped bankroll extremists in Uzbekistan and were said to have ties to Al-Qaeda, a source close to the case said. More »
LONDON (AFP) - - Nuclear power operator British Energy said Friday that it has received several offers from parties interested in the company as Britain prepares major new atomic energy investment. More »
MOSCOW (AFP) - - The final members of a Russian doomsday cult on Friday quit the cave where they had been waiting six months for the end of the world after the stench of rotting corpses threatened them with intoxication, Interfax reported. More »

China quake losses won't spark price hikes -- ministry



