Schwarzenegger reveals he had child with staffer

2011-05-17 16:16:29

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver, once the focus of the public opinions and still is, separated after the former first lady of the state learned her husband fathered a child with a longtime member of their household staff, the Los Angeles Times reported early Tuesday.

Olympic champion's death a suicide after dispute

2011-05-17 11:11:26

Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru died in his prime after a fall from a second-floor balcony during a domestic dispute involving his wife and another woman, officials said Monday.

Russian tycoon to head pro-Kremlin party

2011-05-17 09:10:11

Russian tycoon and New Jersey Nets basketball team owner Mikhail Prokhorov says his decision to head a pro-Kremlin political party was an "uneasy" one.

Strauss-Kahn lawyers see alibi in sex case - radio

2011-05-16 21:35:18

Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn have proof the IMF chief was at a restaurant having lunch with his daughter at the time he was alleged to be sexually assaulting a hotel maid, France's RMC radio reported on Monday.

Strauss-Kahn, power broker in Paris and Washington

2011-05-15 10:11:49

IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was taken into custody on Saturday in New York and was being questioned in regard to a sexual assault, New York police said.

Singapore founding father Lee quits cabinet post

2011-05-14 22:09:43

Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew resigned from the Cabinet on Saturday, ceding leadership to a younger generation after his party's worst election result since independence in 1965.

Jury convicts US mom in baby's microwave death

2011-05-14 16:24:01

Jurors in a woman's third trial found her guilty Friday of killing her baby daughter by cooking her in a microwave oven.

Women grab Cannes spotlight with disturbing tales

2011-05-13 22:18:52

Female directors, famously shut out of the Cannes film festival's main competition in 2010, dominated the opening of this year's event with dark tales of murder, prostitution, rape and suicide.

Authorities detain wife of deposed Mubarak

2011-05-13 21:35:10

Egyptian authorities on Friday ordered the detention of Suzanne Mubarak, wife of deposed President Hosni Mubarak, the government-run MENA news agency reported.

Demjanjuk convicted over Nazi camp deaths

2011-05-13 10:04:17

A German court convicted retired US autoworker John Demjanjuk on Thursday of taking part in the murder of tens of thousands of Jews as a Nazi death camp guard, breaking legal ground that could pave the way for the prosecution of many low-level cogs in Hitler's machinery of destruction.

Kate's sister surprise star of royal wedding

2011-05-13 08:00:06

As Catherine enjoys her honeymoon with new husband Prince William after a flawless royal wedding, back home her little sister Pippa has sparked a media storm all of her own.