8 killed, 4 injured in gunmen attacks in Colombia
2011-06-27 12:42:30
Eight people were killed and four others were injured in gunmen attacks in a discotheque in southwestern Colombia on Sunday morning.
Protesters demand French nuclear plant closure
2011-06-27 10:51:48
Thousands of demonstrators formed a human chain outside France's oldest nuclear power plant on Sunday to demand the site be closed as the government mulls whether to extend its life by a decade.
Berm collapses at US nuclear plant
2011-06-27 07:08:24
A berm holding the flooded Missouri River back from a Nebraska nuclear power station collapsed, but federal regulators said there was no danger.
Billy the Kid photo sells for over $2m
2011-06-27 08:29:23
What is believed to be the only surviving authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid went up for auction in Denver on Saturday and sold for $2.3 million.
Brazil's Graziano elected chief of UN food agency
2011-06-26 22:50:55
Jose Graziano da Silva of Brazil has been elected director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN agency tasked with reducing world hunger at a time of record high food prices.
Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz date, marry quietly
2011-06-26 20:48:19
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, who play husband and wife in an upcoming film, have taken the roles to heart.
Israel's Vatican envoy backs off WWII pope praise
2011-06-26 20:28:37
Israel's ambassador to the Vatican has backed off his praise of Pope Pius XII, the World War II-era pope blamed by some Jews for having failed to speak out enough against the Holocaust.
Remove investment barriers: Envoy
2011-06-27 08:00:09
China's ambassador to the UK said ahead of Premier Wen Jiabao's visit that London should avoid politicizing investment from Beijing.
Wen stresses coopeartion between big powers
2011-06-27 06:15:26
Wen Jiabao said enhancing communication between the world's big powers is particularly important in face of a variety of global challenges.
Bombs kill 25 at Nigerian drinking spot
2011-06-27 09:18:08
Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect threw bombs at a drinking spot in Nigeria's northeastern town of Maiduguri on Sunday.
Sick penguin stranded in NZ offered lift home
2011-06-27 08:26:23
A young Emperor penguin stranded in New Zealand has survived two medical procedures and now has an offer of a lift home.
Gadhafi revives offer of vote to end war
2011-06-27 08:22:23
The Libyan government on Sunday renewed its offer to hold a vote on whether Muammar Gadhafi should stay in power.