Chile miners 'considered cannibalism'
2011-02-16 07:56:33
The trapped Chilean miners contemplated suicide and were days away from cannibalism before rescuers made contact with them, according to a new book published on Monday.
Study: Eating more fiber could mean longer life
2011-02-15 17:49:28
Turkish police seizes 221 kg of hashish
2011-02-15 16:49:00
Turkish police seized 221 kg of hashish in a truck in eastern Turkey on Tuesday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.
Brazil proposes common defense industry base in S America
2011-02-15 13:23:09
Visiting Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said Monday that South America must have a "single voice" on defense issues, among them a common defense industrial base.
National mourning declared in Honduras over plane crash
2011-02-15 13:13:44
The Honduran government Monday declared three days of national mourning following a plane crash in the morning that killed 14 people, including a vice minister.
Honduras plane crash kills all 14 people onboard
2011-02-15 13:13:07
All 14 people onboard a small commercial plane were killed when it crashed Monday morning near the Honduran capital Tegucigalpa, Honduran authorities said.
Gunmen kill top police commander in Mexican state
2011-02-15 09:50:21
Gunmen killed the top intelligence officer of northern Nuevo Leon state and then torched his car, one of the boldest attacks security officials in a region where drug-gang violence has besieged Mexico's wealthiest city.
Study finds two pesticides associated with Parkinson
2011-02-15 09:37:14
New research released in the United States on Monday shows a link between the use of two pesticides, rotenone and paraquat, and Parkinson's disease.
Mock Mars mission simulates landing on Red Planet
2011-02-15 09:19:12
After 257 days in a locked, windowless steel capsule, researchers on a mock trip to Mars ventured from their cramped quarters in heavy space suits Monday, trudging into a sand-covered room to plant flags on a simulated Red Planet.
4th captive freed by Colombian rebels
2011-02-15 07:56:07
Colombian rebels released a fourth captive on Sunday, but a planned handover of two others did not occur.
32 police killed in Egypt's unrest
2011-02-14 22:35:31
The mass protests in Egypt which began on Jan 25 have left 32 police staff dead and 1,079 policemen and soldiers injured.
Algerian emergency to end in coming days
2011-02-14 16:35:38
The 19-year-old state of emergency in Algeria will end within days, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said on Monday.