Evo Morales grew up in poverty on Bolivia's high plains and was a llama herder, musician, soccer player and coca grower before rising to become the country's first indigenous president.
Disgraced South African track star Oscar Pistorius arrived at the Pretoria High Court on Monday for a sentencing hearing that will determine whether he serves jail time for the negligent killing of his girlfriend, or walks out a free man.
Three minibuses traveling in the southern Egyptian province of Aswan collided on Monday, killing 30 people and injuring 15 others, a senior security official said. Aswan's provincial police chief, Mohammed Mustafa, said the accident took place on a road that runs along the west bank of the Nile near the historic town of Edfu.
Manila's creaking train network means a miserable three-hour commute to work for salesman Gerard Galang - just one example of major infrastructure woes that analysts say threaten to cool the Philippines' red-hot economy.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi said he believes child labor can be eradicated in his lifetime, calling for everyone in the world to "take a stand" against the practice.
US fugitive Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum by Moscow after revealing the extent of US global surveillance, has been reunited with his girlfriend in Russia, his lawyer said on Saturday.
Embrace your inner snob. Wear red with pink. Eat oysters at home and go to bed before midnight on New Year's Eve. That's just some of the advice meted out by four Frenchwomen in a new book on "how to be Parisian".
A Texas health care worker who treated an Ebola victim has tested positive for the deadly tropical fever, dealing a blow to the worldwide battle to stem the outbreak.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian troops to withdraw to their permanent bases after military exercises in the Rostov region near the border with Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported late on Saturday, citing a Kremlin spokesman.
At Fort Campbell in Kentucky, spouses of US soldiers heading for Liberia seem to be lingering just a bit longer than usual after pre-deployment briefings, hungry for information about Ebola.
Nationwide support for the United Kingdom Independence Party has surged to 25 percent after the anti-EU party won its first seat in parliament, according to a shock survey published on Sunday.
Masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent van Gogh will be among 300 works displayed at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the emirate said on Sunday, as it aims to become a leader in fine art.
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