Algeria is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its independence from France. However, half a century after the Evian Accords officially ended combat, both French and Algerians still ache from the wounds left by the war.
Algeria is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its independence from France. However, half a century after the Evian Accords officially ended combat, both French and Algerians still ache from the wounds left by the war.
Fifty years after construction of the Berlin Wall began, the city’s residents marked the event on Saturday with a memorial service and a minute of silence in honour of those who died trying to cross the divide.
It's not just oil. The world is now gobbling up grains faster than we can grow them. Will inflation and hot commodity prices kill the recovery and undermine pro-democracy efforts in places like Egypt and Tunisia? François Picard’s panel argues over how to feed an overcrowded planet that's trying to sustain a recovery.
Romanians have begun week-long celebrations to mark the twentieth anniversary of the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu's communist dictatorship on December 22, 1989.
Around 2,000 people are working day and night to make sure the city is ready for the upcoming celebrations to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event that that is expected to attract hundreds of thousand of people.
The president of the United States will deliver a eulogy at a funeral mass for Senator Edward M. Kennedy in Boston, a day after an emotional "Celebration of Life" memorial service was held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
High-profile friends of pop icon Michael Jackson gave him a poignant tribute in the Staples arena, describing him as an “unjaded little prince” and revealing private anecdotes.
Several thousand fans joined Michael Jackson’s family, friends and high-profile music industry figures to bid farewell to the “King of Pop” at a public memorial service at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles has gone into a lockdown as hundreds of millions of Michael Jackson fans across the world prepare for today’s star-studded farewell to the King of Pop at the city’s Staples Center sports arena.
