Thousands of people from all walks of life converged at South Africa's Union Building to witness President Jacob Zuma's inauguration on Saturday.
Eartha Kitt, who rose from the Southern cotton fields to captivate audiences around the world with sultry performances as a singer, dancer and actress, died on Thursday at the age of 81.
Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, one of the greatest playwrights of his generation, has died. Pinter, who was suffering from cancer, died on Wednesday aged 78.
A group that campaigns for journalists' rights called on Thai police Thursday to drop complaints against a British Broadcasting Corp. journalist accused of slandering the country's king.
As Toyota Motor Corp. faces its biggest crisis, speculation is growing that the charismatic grandson of the company's founder may take over leadership of the automaker sooner than expected.
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf has decided to resign in a move the African Union said would be positive for the peace process in the nation.
Liliane Bettencourt, the world's wealthiest woman, entrusted part of her $22.9 billion fortune with Bernard Madoff through the fund manager found dead in New York on Tuesday, two people familiar with the matter said.
Liliane Bettencourt, the world's wealthiest woman, entrusted part of her $22.9 billion fortune with Bernard Madoff through the fund manager found dead in New York on Tuesday, two people familiar with the matter said.
Forget Obama's staff making contact with a governor charged with corruption. What's got everyone talking is his fine first form.
In a gesture of forgiveness for a decades-old offense, President George W. Bush on Tuesday granted a pardon posthumously to a man who broke the law to supply aircraft to Jews fighting in Israel's 1948 war of independence.
A woman in the San Francisco Bay area was jumped by four men, taunted for being a lesbian, repeatedly raped and left naked outside an abandoned apartment building, authorities said Monday.
A purple squirrel which appeared at a school has baffled experts who are unable to explain its colour.
Los Angeles police are investigating a burglary at Paris Hilton's home they say left her bedroom ransacked and about $2 million in jewelry missing.
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