A study has found that in fact music can strengthen the heart — and improve the recovery of patients suffering from heart disease.

Cairo - An Egyptian court imposed jail terms yesterday to 43 accused from various countries said to be members of groups promoting democracy. Secretary of State John Kerry strongly criticized the verdicts as "incompatible with the transition to democracy."

Monaco - “I wanted that trophy badly all my life," said an emotional Novak Djokovic after he dethroned eight-time defending champion Rafael Nadal at the Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday.

Brussels - Today, the world watches as the Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo sit down at the negotiation table and attempt to come to a historic agreement regarding the Serb minority in the north of Kosovo.

Novi Sad - Human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has responded to reports that it is ignoring the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Serbia, where a rising tide of ethnically-based attacks have been reported against this minority.

Budapest - The youth wing of the current ruling party in Hungary, FIDESZ, called Fidelitas, has called on Amnesty International to respond to its frequent requests to ensure Serbs stop beating ethnic Hungarians in ethnically-mixed Vojvodina Province.

Bajina Basta - In 1968 a group of youngsters went swimming in the Drina River in Serbia. They wanted a place to rest, found a rock in the center of the river and placed some boards. Eventually this grew into a tiny house which has weathered the storms for 45 years.

Pristina - Opinion is divided in Pristina over the legitimacy of a newly formed Islamic political party registering as a political entity. Bashkohu will be the first fundamentalist Islamist political party in the Balkans.

A 42-year-old homeless Serbian man Bratislav Stojanovic has lived in an old abandoned cemetery in Nis, a city in southern Serbia for more than 15 years. The homeless man converted one of the underground tombs in the cemetery into a home.

The Serbian Prime Minister was answering a question on TV when the sexy interviewer wearing an exceptionally short mini uncrossed her legs in classic Sharon Stone (from Basic Instinct) style, revealing she was not wearing any underwear.

Infamous for drinking the blood of peasants 400-years-ago, legendary vampire Sava Savanovic is now terrorising local residents in the small Serbian village of Zorazje that believe he may be on the prowl since his former home collapsed.

More than 4,000 convicted criminals are on a waiting list to serve time in Serbia's severely overcrowded prisons. Meanwhile, as they bide their time, a controversial new law gives amnesty to prisoners already serving a sentence.

Tirana - The remains of Europe’s strangest monarch, King Zog I of Albania, were exhumed in France and repatriated to Albania on Thursday last week.

A day after President Barack Obama was re-elected, Hillary Clinton’s spokesman announced that the U.S. Secretary of State will step down from her current role soon after the President’s second inauguration in January 2013.

The successful test of a US-directed energy weapon hints at a change in the frequency and impact of future warfare. The new missile proved it can fry an enemy's electronics using radio waves.

Milan Marinkovic, a widower in Serbia, honored the memory of his late wife by having her vagina carved into her tombstone.

On October 22, 2012, the Kosovo police clashed in Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, with nationalist demonstrators who were protesting against the European Union (E.U.)-mediated discussions with Serbia.

Gentlemen, consider yourselves warned: this one is going to hurt. While filming a TV commercial, tennis superstar Maria Sharapova launched a nutcracker of a serve directly between the legs of Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic.

Belgrade - In 2008, four Serbs stole four paintings by Cezanne, Monet, Degas and van Gogh. The Cezanne has now found its way home to Switzerland.

Mayenne - The French department of Mayenne, in north west France, was this week the test-bed in preparation for a unique and ambitious attempt by two brothers to travel 45000 kilometers circumnavigating the globe in a tuk-tuk.