Fighting flares as rebels seize towns near Tripoli
2011-02-25 07:56:49
Forces loyal to Muammar Gadhafi launched a counter-attack on Thursday as rebels threatened the Libyan leader's grip on power.
Glamorous cigar festival lights up Cuba
2011-02-25 07:56:49
Distributor says strong demand in China fuels growth in Asia.
New Zealand quake toll rises to 113
2011-02-25 07:34:31
Rescuers toiled for a fourth day among the ruins of New Zealand's quake-ravaged city of Christchurch on Friday.
Murder rate among youths soars in Brazil
2011-02-25 06:36:47
The murder rate among Brazil's youths has soared to epidemic levels, almost doubling between 1998 and 2008, the Justice Ministry said Thursday.
Shuttle Discovery lifts off for last space flight
2011-02-25 06:23:22
Space shuttle Discovery blasted off for the last time on Thursday, carrying six astronauts and a load of supplies, spare parts and a robot for the International Space Station.
Google asks Swiss court to lift Street View curbs
2011-02-24 19:38:48
Google Inc. asked a Swiss court Thursday to lift curbs on its Street View service that have prevented the Internet search giant from updating the popular ground-level pictures in Switzerland for more than a year.
49 Somali refugees drowned off Yemen
2011-02-24 18:51:41
As many as 49 Somali refugees were drowned when their boat capsized four miles off the coast of Yemen's southeast province of Shabwa, Yemeni Interior Ministry said late on Wednesday.
Chile to finish emergency housing construction in 2012
2011-02-24 16:52:20
The Chilean government said Wednesday it would finish emergency housing construction for the victims of last year's megaquake by the end of 2012.
NZ quake toll 98, hopes of survivors fade
2011-02-24 13:27:36
New Zealand police confirmed that 98 people are now known to have died in Christchurch on Tuesday while 226 people remain missing.
NZ police: up to 120 bodies in quake-hit building
2011-02-24 11:14:08
Police say up to 120 bodies may still be inside one of the buildings hardest hit by New Zealand's devastating earthquake.
Christchurch to be permanently changed by quake
2011-02-24 11:05:43
Christchurch has always concealed a deadly secret under its quaint English-style gardens and historic centre of stone buildings and Tuesday's killer earthquake will leave it permanently altered.
NZ quake sends 30m tonnes of ice loose from glacier
2011-02-24 10:39:56
The 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck New Zealand on Tuesday, killing at least 76 people in Christchurch as of Thursday, also shook loose 30 million tonnes of ice from the nation's longest glacier, sending boulders of ice into a nearby lake.