Lebanon's squabbling political leaders are to meet in Qatar for talks brokered by the Arab League aimed at ending a long-running feud.
UN humanitarian chief John Holmes is awaiting a visa to travel to Burma where he hopes to press the junta to allow in foreign aid, the UN says.
The Austrian woman held captive in a cellar for eight years has denied claims her mother hatched the plot to imprison her to cover up years of sexual abuse.
Canada's PM plans to make a long-awaited apology in Parliament to indigenous Canadians who were physically and sexually abused in state-funded schools.
The bars and cafes of Los Angeles' bustling gay hub buzzed with excitement Thursday hours after California's top court had given a greenlight to same-sex marriage.
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will release a new audio-video message to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, US groups monitoring Islamist websites said Thursday.
An Egyptian man has been sentenced to 1,000 years behind bars after scamming hundreds of people out of $55 million, a court official said.
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will release a new audio-video message to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, US monitoring groups say.
A radar map of the Martian north pole reveals a four-layer ice structure laid down over a period of five million years, on top of sedimentary rocks hundreds of kilometers thick, scientists have said in a report.
Ladies, take your battle for the environment a little closer to your heart with a solar-powered bra.
World biodiversity has declined by almost one third in the past 35 years due mainly to habitat loss and the wildlife trade, WWF says.
Thailand tennis twins Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana have been hailed as heroes for helping guests escape a terrifying hotel blaze.
A Canadian woman pleaded guilty to stabbing her boyfriend nearly to death in a botched sex game in which he asked her to carve a heart-shaped symbol on his chest, a local paper said.
An American mother has been indicted in connection with a MySpace hoax that ended with a 13-year-old girl committing suicide.
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