Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
Hassan Nemazee, a fundraiser for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, has been indicted for defrauding Bank of America, HSBC and Citigroup out of more than $290 million in loan proceeds.
France's most politically-charged trial in years is to begin Monday with former prime minister Villepin accused of plotting to smear Sarkozy before he became president.
Gov. David Paterson isn't scrapping his plans to run for the office he inherited 18 months ago, despite growing pressure from Washington and intervention by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has contacted the governor and the White House over his concern.
Investigators said they found notes describing how to make bombs in the handwriting of an airport shuttle driver arrested as part of a terrorism investigation.
President Barack Obama says the first family will follow the rules like every one else on the swine flu vaccine.
An insane killer who slipped away from the staff of a mental institution during a field trip to the Spokane County International Fair has been captured without injury.
An Australian quadriplegic who recently won a landmark court case allowing him to refuse food and water from his nursing home died Monday, his brother said.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday said he would not apologize for using swearwords in front of his colleagues, arguing Australian politics had a long tradition of "robust" language.
A feared Taliban commander known for beheading opponents died in custody yesterday from wounds sustained during a fierce firefight with Pakistani security forces last week, the military said.
Italian sociologist Maurizio Montalbini, who spent months dwelling in caves to study how the mind and body cope with complete isolation, has died at 56.
Federal agents on Saturday arrested a Colorado man who had been under surveillance as part of an anti-terrorism investigation that came to light in a series of New York City raids this week.
A man who recorded violent rap songs and posted them on his MySpace page was arrested Saturday by investigators who suspect him of killing four people in a central Virginia college town.
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