Associated with the disco scene of the 1970s, the Swedish quartet ABBA generated high charting hits for an entire decade, and for years trailed only the Volvo motor company as Sweden's biggest export. Comprised of two romantic...

ABBA was a Swedish pop/dance group active from 1972 until 1982. The quartet was formed through the friendship of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and their respective girlfriends Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Agnetha Fältskog, and together they topped...

30 years after debut, Swedish supergroup still having an impact DAYTON - There are cultural phenomena. There are subcultural phenomena. And there are whole worlds co-existing in parallel universes to our own. You may have glimpses of those worlds as you go...

EVERY DAY it becomes more evident that the newly elected president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is serious about ending the militarized intifadah that has so harmed Palestinians over the past four years, about unifying the disparate security forces Yasser Arafat had directed...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas harshly criticized the Islamic Hamas on Wednesday for taking over Gaza last week, saying its members were "murderous terrorists" who tried to assassinate him recently.In an uncharacteristically fiery televised speech, Abbas said Hamas replaced the "national project" with "its project of...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that Hamas had committed serious crimes in taking over the Gaza Strip, and warned that there could be no reconciliation without an apology from the radical Islamic group.Abbas' comments came as he wrapped up a trip to Moscow, where...