Some 500 Syrians killed in protests
2011-04-28 20:31:52
About 500 Syrians have been killed since anti-government protests erupted six weeks ago, Syrian Sawasya Organization for human rights said Thursday.
Britain's royal wedding in numbers
2011-04-28 19:59:02
Britain's Prince William, second in line to the throne, will marry long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton in a ceremony full of pomp and pageantry on Friday expected to be watched by hundreds of millions of people across the world.
UK withdraws Syria's royal wedding invitation
2011-04-28 19:06:25
Britain has withdrawn the royal wedding invitation to Syria, with the support of Buckingham Palace, after a violent crackdown against pro-democracy supporters, a Foreign Office spokesman said on Thursday.
Diana's absence will be felt in Abbey
2011-04-28 17:23:48
Elton John was last at Westminster Abbey 14 years ago when he sang the haunting "Candle in the Wind" at the funeral of his friend Princess Diana.
Bahrain court sentences four to death
2011-04-28 16:24:36
A Bahraini military court has sentenced to death four men accused of killing two policemen during the country's recent political unrest and sentenced three to life in prison.
Bomb hits Pakistan navy bus, killing 4
2011-04-28 15:41:43
Suspected militants detonated a roadside bomb in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Thursday, killing four members of the navy, the third attack on the navy in less than a week.
Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIA
2011-04-28 14:37:04
President Barack Obama plans to name CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next secretary of defense and move Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, into the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the US national security leadership.
Russia not planning to call UNSC meet
2011-04-28 14:20:20
Russia is not planning to respond to Libya's plea that it call an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss what Moscow has described as Western aggression.
Jail governor detained after breakout
2011-04-28 14:30:10
The governor of the Afghan jail where hundreds of insurgents this week escaped through a tunnel built by the Taliban has been detained along with several top aides.
British royal wedding schedule
2011-04-28 14:15:24
The schedule of events for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Storms kill 77 around South US
2011-04-28 14:11:27
Dozens of tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system wiped out neighborhoods across a wide swath of the South, killing at least 201 people in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years, and officials said Thursday they expected the death toll to rise.
Wanna marry a prince? 7 steps to find your royal
2011-04-28 13:31:08
Well forget kissing frogs and try playing tennis or putting your party shoes on. Social network site Badoo (www.badoo.com) has come up with the "Seven Golden Rules" on how to find a prince, after conducting a study of 107 royal romances since World War II.