Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
The nation owes not only gratitude but tangible assistance to the nation's military and their families, and she'll make that a focus of her time in the White House, first lady Michelle Obama says.
Bernard Madoff's new Manhattan home is the size of a walk-in closet, with cinderblock walls, linoleum floors and a bunk bed.
Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Thursday he was short on money, but that Thailand's move to freeze his assets may have helped safeguard his vast wealth from the financial crisis.
Exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Thursday he was short on money, but that Thailand's move to freeze his assets may have helped safeguard his vast wealth from the financial crisis.
An Afghan boy abandoned on a French street who became a boxing champion was granted residency rights at a state ceremony Wednesday in a case that reignited debate about France's immigration policy.
A suspected drug lord who is Mexico's most-wanted fugitive made the Forbes list of billionaires on Wednesday with a fortune described as "self made."
Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates is the richest man again, overtaking investor Warren Buffett, as the global financial meltdown wiped out $2 trillion from the net worth of the world's billionaires.
Retired Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk was charged Wednesday with 29,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder while working as a guard at a Nazi death camp in occupied Poland.
A one-eyed documentary filmmaker is preparing to work with a video camera concealed inside a prosthetic eye, hoping to secretly record people for a project commenting on the global spread of surveillance cameras.
An 87-year-old man accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II asked an Australian court on Tuesday to prevent his extradition to Hungary, and claimed the results of a lie detector test prove he had nothing to do with the death.
A new article in the Journal of Experimental psychology makes the case that Sarah Palin's looks -- and the focus on them -- hurt her and John McCain in November's election.
A Mexican drug cartel threatened to kill Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, Guatemalan strategic Intelligence Secretariat (SAE) said Sunday.
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