The Romanian government will declassify all remaining secret documents relating to the country's 1989 anti-communist revolution.
Prime Minister Emil Boc said the move would allow the truth to come out without endangering "state secrets" 21 years after the bloody uprising.
The defense ministry said it would declassify over 8,000 pages of information pertaining to the …
Entre Nous Restaurant, Fairmont Hotel, 200 N. Columbus: Therestaurant has teamed up with Cosentino Winery to present a specialCosentino Wine dinner menu throughout December.
The price is $55 for dinner with wine; $40 dinner only. Prices donot include tax and tip. Call (312) 565-7997.
Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!, 2024 N. Halsted: A Spanish wine-tasting will beheld from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The gala features wine, tapas,paella and a guitarist playing Spanish music.
The cost is $25, including tax and gratuity. Call (773) …
SALE, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has delayed a terrorism trial over the bombing of a tourist cafe that killed 17 people.
The MAP news agency said the court also increased the number of defendants on trial from seven to nine. After a brief hearing Thursday, the court delayed the proceedings until Sept. 22.
The April 28 explosion was one of the worst terrorist acts to …
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Hundreds of Romanians have protested against a proposed gold mine in Transylvania, saying it will damage the environment and will be of little benefit to Romanians.
About 300 people gathered in temperatures of minus 6 Celsius (21 Fahrenheit) outside the Romanian parliament to demonstrate against the Rosia Montana mine, planned by a Canadian company.
"Rosia Montana is not for sale," the protesters yelled.
"We want …
One of Bath's busiest pubs is hoping to expand so it can offermore covered space to drinkers. The Pig and Fiddle, at the junctionof Saracen Street and Broad Street, wants to extend the pub into anempty shop at 33 Broad Street and offer more inside space tocustomers.
The pub already has a large courtyard garden which is popularwith drinkers in the summer. But the scheme for the empty shop mayhit a stumbling block under Bath and North East Somerset Council'slocal plan, which seeks to retain shop premises in order to boostthe local economy, but Pig and Fiddle owners Butcombe Brewery ishoping its application will be successful as it says the twopremises can easily …
WASHINGTON - Anti-war Democrats in the Senate failed in an attempt to cut off funds for the Iraq war on Wednesday, a lopsided bipartisan vote that masked growing impatience within both political parties over President Bush's handling of the four-year conflict.
The 67-29 vote against the measure left it far short of the 60 needed to advance. More than half the Senate's Democrats supported the move, exposing divisions within the party but also marking a growth in anti-war sentiment from last summer, when only a dozen members of the rank and file backed a troop withdrawal deadline.
"It was considered absolute heresy four months ago" to stop the war, said Sen. Russell …
Two co-founders of a Broadway theater company that produced hit shows such as "Ragtime" and "Show Boat" were convicted Wednesday of accounting fraud for overstating their business' finances by millions of dollars for several years.
Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb, co-founders of Livent, a major Broadway theater company in the 1990s, were convicted of two counts of fraud and one count of forgery. They each face a maximum of 14 years in prison.
In the 85-page ruling, the judge said the Tony award-winning producers knowingly submitted financial statements to investors misrepresenting their company's circumstances.
The …
