NASA decided to roll the dice on Mars this Tuesday by dispatching its rover Opportunity into a crater from which it may never escape. Endurance crater -- with its treacherously steep slopes and sandy sides -- has intrigued scientists with rock faces that
Shiite militiamen and Iraqi police fought for control of the police headquarters in Najaf. That was the first skirmishes since an agreement last week to end weeks of bloody clashes.
Gunmen in Afghanistan killed 11 Chinese road workers after bursting into their compound early today.It was one of the worst attacks on foreigners in Afghanistan since the Taliban regime was ousted two and a half years ago.
The body of former US President Ronald Reagan arrived at the US Capitol, where it will lie in state ahead of Friday's full state funeral. The coffin was borne through Washington DC on a horse-drawn carriage, accompanied by a huge military guard.
A bomb packed with nails exploded in a shopping street Wednesday, injuring 22 people, police said. Authorities said they had no immediate evidence of a terrorist attack.
Newly married Jennifer Lopez is expecting a baby with new husband Grammy-winning salsa star Marc Anthony, reports say. A guest at the secret marriage told a source quoted by the New York Post that the curvaceous film star was expecting.
Buoyed by the backing for a fresh United Nations resolution on Iraq, Bush administration began a three-day series of meetings with world leaders. USA presses for wider change in the Middle East and discussion on issues including non-proliferation of nucle
The three Italians, who were held hostage in Iraq for nearly two months, have arrived home to give the government a boost before this weekend's European elections. The three men - Umberto Cupertino, Maurizio Agliana and Salvatore Stefio - were freed Tuesd
Police in Fiji raided warehouses outside the capital, Suva, and seized drugs and chemicals said to be worth millions of US dollars. Police officials said it was the biggest laboratory producing methamphetamine ever found in the southern hemisphere.
US President George W Bush opened the annual Group of Eight (G8) summit, hailing the unanimous passing of a new UN resolution on Iraq hours earlier. The summit is taking place amid tight security, with thousands of troops and police virtually sealing the
Iraqi militants disclosed they had kidnapped seven Turks and threatened to abduct more foreigners working with U.S.
Thousands of Americans have paid their respects Tuesday to Ronald Reagan, the nation's 40th president, one day after his family attended a brief prayer service at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Clad in a black suit and white pearls, Nancy Reagan
Nine of Iraq's major militias, except for the Mahdi Army, have agreed to disband, with militia members either joining the country's legitimate security service or re-entering civilian life, Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, announced. The Mahdi
An explosion has rocked the Great Mosque in Kufa, where Shiite rebel leader Moqtada al-Sadr gives the sermon at the main weekly Muslim prayers. Witnesses said the fire raged in parts of the religious compound early on Monday.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale hit the eastern Hokkaido and northern Tohoku regions just after 1 p.m.
The United Nations is moving nearer to agreement on a resolution on the future of Iraq prior to the 30 June handover of power to the interim government. A special Security Council session discussed a third draft of a resolution proposed by the US and UK.
Ronald Reagan was remembered with jellybeans, flowers and American flags on Sunday at memorials in his hometown and outside the mortuary where the former president's body lay. Reagan will be memorialized at the first presidential state funeral in more tha
Less than half a year after the Bennifer split, Jennifer Lopez has reportedly tied the knot again to singer Marc Anthony. Lopez, 33, is said to have married the Latin singer at her home on Saturday in a private ceremony, according to People and US Weekly
US President George Bush appointed former Missouri Senator John Danforth as his ambassador in the UN. Danforth comes to replace John Negroponte, who will take on the post of US ambassador in Iraq.
US President Bush is meeting with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, as protesters gather in Rome to demonstrate against US actions in Iraq. The leader of the world's Catholics has spoken out against the Iraq war and the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by some US
US President George Bush will meet Italian political leaders and Pope John Paul during his first full day in Rome, for talks expected to focus on Iraq. He arrived in Rome early on Friday ahead of services marking the 60th anniversary of key World War II e
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