The prime minister is expected to remain in office, but analysts say any of the smaller parties could end up with the balance of power. >>

When the methane ignited, 217 people were below ground. In March, 110 died in an explosion at a nearby mine owned by the same firm. >>

The country's tourism minister withdrew her resignation after government leaders reassured her of their support, a government spokesman said. >>

Milosevic's paramilitary chief plotted the 2003 assassination, a court says. >>

The separatist Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, denied carrying out a bomb attack that killed six people in Ankara, the capital, after Turkish officials said the assault bore the hallmarks of the militant group. >>

Britain wants to extradite Andrei Lugovoy, a key figure in the Litvinenko mystery. >>

A politician says that if the U.S. doesn't pass a free-trade agreement, his country could be forced to withdraw. >>

The explosion outside a five-story shopping mall in Ankara leaves more than 80 injured. >>

Representatives meet for the first time in five years in hopes of settling long-standing property and tax issues. >>

Much of the British ship's deck is destroyed in a 'suspicious' fire. 'Why would someone want to hurt her?' one caretaker asks. >>

Police in the English county of Merseyside tested a tiny airborne drone fitted with a closed-circuit TV camera they said would be used to spy on criminals. >>

Novaya Gazeta, a paper aided by Gorbachev, endures as a lonely independent voice. >>

Thousands of flag-waving Turks filled a square in the Black Sea city of Samsun in the latest of a series of nationwide protests against the pro-Islamic government they fear is challenging secular Turkish society. >>

The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen was found draped in a Muslim dress and head scarf. >>

The marketplace attack in the relatively calm north also leaves seven bystanders dead. >>

Romania's president easily survived a referendum on his impeachment, according to exit polls, which showed a victory that he said reflected the popularity of his fight against corruption. >>

Eight correspondents have resigned from a Russian broadcast news agency to protest the decision by the pro-Kremlin management to withhold stories in line with a new policy that half its coverage must portray the government in a "positive" light, journalists said. >>