Mindful that Russians have been traumatized by two other financial crises in the last two decades, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tried to assure the country Thursday that it would be able to weather the current one.

Mummies, discovered in western China over the last few decades, have become protagonists in a political dispute over who should control an inhospitable part of the country.

TRIVANDRUM, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Christians were flocking to a small town in southern India on Saturday to celebrate the planned canonization of a Roman Catholic nun, against a backdrop of the worst anti-Christian riots in decades.

The absolute majority held for decades by the Christian Social Union in Bavaria was swept away in a humiliating defeat.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For decades the bunker-like building near Central Park in Manhattan was considered a blight on the city's landscape, despite its Venetian motifs and porthole windows.

For decades Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns ignored the bedroom communities within 60 miles of the White House. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Rep. Barney Frank said on Wednesday Democrats had reached an agreement to stem one of the worst U.S. financial disasters in decades, and that there would be enough votes to pass the measure and send it to President George W. Bush to sign into law.

Millions of new jobs will be created over the next few decades by alternative energy technologies, a UN report says.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Albert Einstein's long-lost telescope, forgotten for decades in a Jerusalem storage shed, goes on display this week after three years and $10,000 spent restoring the relic....

WASHINGTON, Sep 22 (IPS) - As the United States struggles to deal with what
some analysts say is its most serious financial crisis in
decades, a group of experts called Monday for major changes in
the way Washington spends money to protect its national security.