Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas won't be at US President Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday. Instead he'll be starring as an Obama look-alike on Indonesian TV.
US President-elect Barack Obama's speeches are proving a best-seller in Japan -- as an aid to learning English.
The black boxes recovered from the US Airways jetliner that safely splashed down in the Hudson River captured thumping sounds, the sudden loss of engine power and the pilot's calm mayday request.
Executives at two publishing houses say they plan to meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this month to discuss book projects, including a memoir of her service in the Bush administration.
The Palestinian doctor provided Israeli TV viewers with regular updates on Gaza fighting's human toll. But Friday's report was different — with sobs he told how his three daughters and a niece were killed by an Israeli shell.
Apple Inc. co-founder and Chief Executive Steve Jobs said Wednesday he is taking a medical leave until the end of June.
Not even a former president is immune from thieves.
A Japanese tourist who spent three months living in Mexico City's airport has returned home.
With rare public emotion, George W. Bush sat in judgment on his controversial, consequential presidency on Monday, lamenting mistakes but claiming few as his own, heatedly defending his record on disasters in Iraq and at home and offering kindly advice to a successor who won largely because the nation ached for something new.
A 140-year-old lobster will soon be released back into the ocean waters off the coast of Maine. PETA coordinated the release of the lobster which had spent a good deal of it's life in a crowded tank.
Toyota Motor Corp. has decided to promote Akio Toyoda, a member of the company's founding family, to president in June, local media reported Friday.
A 64-year-old woman whose heart stopped beating and body temperature dropped to a dangerous 60 degrees after she was stuck in the cold for hours has survived — and her recovery amazed doctors.
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