A Swedish party which wants an Internet filesharing free-for-all, the Pirate Party, could become one of the surprise new entrants to the European parliament this week.
Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died in a care home in England on Sunday, media reports said. She was 97.
President Barack Obama made good on a campaign promise to his most important supporter Saturday night - his wife, Michelle. The president and first lady jetted to a date in New York late Saturday afternoon, aides and media in tow.
Prince Harry reminded New Yorkers on Saturday how much his mother had loved their city, then climbed onto a pony for a rousing game of polo to raise money for impoverished children in Africa.
She gave a final curtsey, a shimmy of her hips, and walked off stage, leaving the winners to perform an encore. But it's unlikely that finishing second on "Britain's Got Talent" Saturday night to a dance troupe called "Diversity" will be the end of Susan Boyle's showbiz dream.
Former President George W. Bush called former President Bill Clinton "his brother" and the two rarely disagreed in their first-ever appearance together on stage.
Venezuela president Hugo Chavez Thursday began a marathon four-day "Hello President" radio and television show to mark the 10th anniversary of his weekly programme.
South Korea's Supreme Court on Friday confirmed lower courts' ruling of not guilty for former Chairman of Samsung Group.
A fight over who gets to be Oxford University's top poet has set Britain's pens racing - and weakened the careers of two well-known wordsmiths.
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday the Obama administration wanted to paint roofs an energy-reflecting white, as he took part in a climate change symposium in London.
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