Construction of the Disney Dream, the first of two new Disney Cruise Line ships, has begun at a shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, with plans for the 1,240-stateroom vessel to begin service from Port Canaveral in 2011, the cruise line announced Wednesday. ...more

August 27, 2009

A bus filled with Russian tour guides crashed through a roadside barrier Tuesday and tumbled down a steep ravine in southern Israel, killing at least 26 people in Israel's worst traffic accident. ...more

December 17, 2008

People who plan their vacations well in advance will have new offerings for Disney cruises in 2010, with special itineraries through northern Europe and the Mediterranean. ...more

October 8, 2008

Vacationers looking ahead to plan Disney cruises will have new offerings in 2010 with special itineraries through northern Europe and the Mediterranean. ...more

October 7, 2008

Diaper duty is no sweat for hands-on new dad Keith Urban, the singer tells CMT Insider. In fact, he says, he relishes his role as full-time dad to 2-month-old Sunday Rose while wife, Nicole Kidman, is filming. ...more

September 6, 2008

In his first major economic speech since becoming president, Dmitri A. Medvedev said Saturday that the world might be in the throes of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and that a newly revived Russia could offer solutions to a systemic crisis that underscored the United States' economic shortcomings. ...more

June 8, 2008

Dozens of members of a Russian opposition party and other activists were detained by police Sunday as they tried to gather for a protest rally in central St. Petersburg. ...more

November 26, 2007