Greek Cypriots dismantle barrier
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Greek Cypriots begin demolishing a key section of the barrier dividing the island's capital city, Nicosia.
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ZARIT, Israel  - Israel's army pulled out of south Lebanon early on Sunday to complete a handover to the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers under a ceasefire deal that ended a war with Hizbollah guerrillas.
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A daylong hostage siege ended early yesterday morning after two gunmen who had hijacked an Athens-bound commuter bus surrendered to the authorities and released their six remaining captives.
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Units have entered the last major rebel stronghold, blowing apart buildings, rolling over barriers and confronting insurgents.
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The ceasefire between Sri Lanka's government and the Tamil Tigers formally comes to an end.
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A Greek bus hostage siege ended in the early hours of this morning when all 23 passengers were safely freed and two Albanian gunmen who had demanded a $1 million ransom surrendered, a police spokesman said.
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GAZA: Palestinians rescued six Palestinians overnight from a smuggling tunnel on the Gaza-Egypt border that had collapsed and trapped them underneath the rubble for almost 12 hours, witnesses in the Gaza town of Rafah said.
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UN troops and Haitian police seal off a house in Port-au-Prince occupied by former members of the army.
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By Zeus, Greece did it! With the Olympic flame now snuffed out after burning brightly for two weeks, the 28th Summer Games should be remembered for those amazing Greeks who pulled together at the last minute
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Two ancient Greek artefacts, which were   smuggled out of the country, came home on Thursday as part of   an agreement with the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Egypt started to close its breached border with the Gaza Strip on Friday but Palestinian militants bulldozed a new opening in a challenge to Cairo and Israel's blockade of the Hamas-run territory.
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Leaders of the European Union were striving last night to end the 30-year stalemate over Cyprus, clearing the last obstacle to Turkey&#39;s application for EU entry.
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Egypt's security forces began closing off a section of its border with Gaza Sunday, 11 days after Palestinians blasted gaps in the wall, Palestinians at the border told CNN.
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A daylong hostage siege ended here early Thursday morning after two gunmen who had hijacked an Athens-bound commuter bus surrendered to the authorities and released their six remaining captives.
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GERAKAS, Greece: A dramatic 19-hour hostage siege on board a bus in Athens ended without bloodshed yesterday after two Albanian gunmen freed the last of their 23 hostages and surrendered.
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Egyptian troops seal the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 10 days of freedom of movement for Palestinians.
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The move appears to bring an end to 11 days of free movement for Palestinian residents of the blockaded territory.