UN chief virtually certain to get second term

2011-06-06 10:39:47

The worst kept secret at the United Nations is that Ban Ki-moon wants a second term as secretary-general and will almost certainly get it, possibly this month.

Leftist Humala wins Peru's presidential runoff

2011-06-06 09:56:24

Ollanta Humala, the left-wing candidate for the nationalist Peru Wins alliance, narrowly wins the second round of Peru's presidential elections Sunday, according to results from an independent election monitoring group.

NM boy, 9, becomes youngest to fly balloon solo

2011-06-04 22:31:58

Nine year-old Bobby Bradley floated into history early Saturday, taking off solo in a hot air balloon and landing perfectly about a half-hour later to become the youngest trained pilot to accomplish such a feat.

Indian anti-graft yoga guru begins fast to death

2011-06-04 16:42:56

India's most famous yoga guru began a mass fast to the death on Saturday to demand reforms including the death penalty for corrupt officials in an anti-graft campaign.

Yemen's Saleh injured in shelling, 7 killed

2011-06-04 10:08:16

Yemeni President Saleh blamed an 'outlaw gang' among his tribal enemies for a shelling attack on a mosque in the presidential compound that slightly injured him.

US twin friars die on same day at age 92

2011-06-04 08:39:30

Identical twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago. They died hours apart this week.

Russia banned EU vegetables over E.coli

2011-06-03 17:37:00

Russia banned imports of fresh vegetables from the European Union on May 2, accusing Brussels of sowing chaos by failing to give sufficient information about a deadly E.coli outbreak.

Groupon files for highly anticipated IPO

2011-06-03 16:22:51

Online coupon seller Groupon Inc. is dangling its most tantalizing deal yet an initial public offering of stock.

Indian-American girl wins Spelling Bee

2011-06-03 14:36:01

It went on and on and on. Five spellers who seemingly had memorized the entire dictionary simply could not be stumped with any word tossed their way. It was getting late, way past bedtime and well beyond the time slot allotted by ESPN for its telecast.

US rape victim leads project to catch predators

2011-06-03 13:41:49

A sexual assault survivor who waited 15 years to see her assailant brought to justice, insists authorities often have the evidence to convict predators, but it goes untested for years. It happened to her.

Caution urged for Peru's presidential runoff

2011-06-03 15:56:18

Regional and European observers were calling for caution ahead of Sunday's Peruvian presidential runoff between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori, who were running a neck-to-neck race.

Sony restoring PlayStation Network in US, Europe

2011-06-03 09:24:03

Sony Corp. is fully restoring its PlayStation Network in the US,Europe and parts of Asia on Thursday after hackers stole customer data and sent services offline in April.