Three British Muslims were convicted Monday of plotting to murder thousands by downing at least seven airliners in what was intended as the largest terrorist attack since Sept. 11.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a valiant attempt to reschedule this month's G20 summit so he could attend the Australian Rules Grand Final - before being rebuffed by US President Barack Obama.
Japan's next leader, Yukio Hatoyama, probably never thought a song he recorded 20 years ago would one day fetch a pretty penny on online auction sites.
Japan's Naoto Kan, set to become minister for a new National Strategy Bureau, has a talent for sparring with bureaucrats that could stand him in good stead in his key cabinet position.
Chilean police say a young man distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend hanged himself while she watched over a Web camera.
Former Australian prime minister John Howard returned home Sunday after two days in the hospital for a severe allergic reaction, a lawmaker said.
Robert Burck, the Naked Cowboy of Times Square, says he's dropping out of the race for mayor of New York City.
Two New Zealand men on Sunday successfully crossed Cook Strait between New Zealand's North and South islands in an amphibious van.
President Barack Obama's back-to-school address next week was supposed to be a feel-good story for an administration battered over its health care agenda.
A Russian mobile phone tycoon wanted in Moscow on charges of kidnapping and blackmail said on Friday he would prove his innocence in a British court after it issued a warrant for his arrest.
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