Police believe he was from Africa, probably from Angola, but they don't know his identity.The mystery began in September when residents of a suburban street in the Mortlake neighborhood of West...
ondon (CNN) -- A nurse at the hospital that was duped by a prank call from two Australian radio DJs concerning Prince William's pregnant wife, Catherine, has apparently committed suicide, the...
Pot smokers lit up in Washington state as recreational marijuana became legal in a historic first for the United States, clouded by the fact that federal law still bans the practice.
Midnight...
Unlike most submarines HMS Astute does not have a traditional periscope, but uses a mast fitted with cameras that can record and analyse what is on the surface.
'We have optronic masts...
Ten British students with behavioural problems have embarked on a life-changing expedition to Tanzania.
Filmed by a BBC documentary team, the teenagers spent eight days trekking more...
Salafi groups are calling for Egypt to adopt Sharia. Some appear to have taken to the streets to punish perceived transgressions. Credit: Cam McGrath/IPS.
CAIRO, Dec 6 2012 (IPS) - As...
I first heard this story on BBC...
It is quite a moving story that I thought I should post....copied from the link below:
Faithful dog stays by missing mans body for three weeks The Connexion...
Rescuers were digging through mud and debris Friday to retrieve more bodies strewn across a farming valley in the southern Philippines by a powerful typhoon. The death toll from the storm has...
Ghana election: John Mahama faces Nana Akufo-Addo
Some people have complained about delays caused by the new biometric voter identification system.
Voting is drawing to a close in...
by Joe Conason at the National Memo
The National Memo » Suddenly, America's Top Corporate Leaders Are Shunning Tea Party Extremism
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AMERICA NEARS EL TIPPING POINTODecember 5, 2012
I apologize to America's young people, whose dashed dreams and dim employment prospects I had laughed at, believing these to be a...
Featured National President Joyce Banda maintains that the entire Lake Malawi belongs to Malawians as stipulated in the information and data they have retrieved and has substantial and legal...
The Iranian military says it has captured an unmanned US drone in its airspace over Gulf waters. The Revolutionary Guards said they had brought down a ScanEagle aircraft - one of the smaller...
Source: Ahram Online, Saturday 8 Dec 2012
Egypt Prime Minister Hisham Qandil stated Saturday that he expects President Mohamed Morsi to issue a new constitutional declaration "within hours" to...
Source: Los Angeles Times
Early next year, the administration will campaign for a comprehensive bill that could include a path to citizenship for 11 million people living illegally...
Mugabe wants to relocate the countrys capital city to his rural home Standard Digital News - Kenya : Lifestyle : Even visionaries can run out of visions
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is...
UN climate talks in Doha have closed with a historic shift in principle but few genuine cuts in greenhouse gases.
The summit established for the first time that rich nations should move towards...