8 killed, 4 injured in gunmen attacks in Colombia

2011-06-27 12:42:30

Eight people were killed and four others were injured in gunmen attacks in a discotheque in southwestern Colombia on Sunday morning.

Protesters demand French nuclear plant closure

2011-06-27 10:51:48

Thousands of demonstrators formed a human chain outside France's oldest nuclear power plant on Sunday to demand the site be closed as the government mulls whether to extend its life by a decade.

Bombs kill 25 at Nigerian drinking spot

2011-06-27 09:18:08

Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect threw bombs at a drinking spot in Nigeria's northeastern town of Maiduguri on Sunday, killing around 25 people, witnesses and military sources said.

Billy the Kid photo sells for over $2m

2011-06-27 08:29:23

What is believed to be the only surviving authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid went up for auction in Denver on Saturday and sold for $2.3 million.

Penguin stranded in NZ offered lift home

2011-06-27 08:26:23

A young Emperor penguin stranded in New Zealand has survived two medical procedures and now has an offer of a lift home.

Gadhafi revives offer of vote to end war

2011-06-27 08:22:23

The Libyan government on Sunday renewed its offer to hold a vote on whether Muammar Gadhafi should stay in power, a proposal unlikely to interest Gadhafi's opponents but which could widen differences inside NATO.

Paris' menswear week evaporates in record heat

2011-06-27 07:00:04

Paris' spring-summer 2012 menswear shows melted into the past on Sunday, wrapping up in a pool of perspiration on the year's hottest day yet.

Brazil's Graziano elected chief of UN food agency

2011-06-26 22:50:55

Jose Graziano da Silva of Brazil has been elected director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN agency tasked with reducing world hunger at a time of record high food prices.

Cameron's friend dies at UK music fest

2011-06-26 22:34:48

A close friend of British Prime Minister David Cameron has been found dead in a portable toilet at the Glastonbury music festival

Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz date, marry quietly

2011-06-26 20:48:19

Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, who play husband and wife in an upcoming film, have taken the roles to heart.

Israel's Vatican envoy backs off WWII pope praise

2011-06-26 20:28:37

Israel's ambassador to the Vatican has backed off his praise of Pope Pius XII, the World War II-era pope blamed by some Jews for having failed to speak out enough against the Holocaust.

Ex-Ukraine PM to go on trial for abuse of power

2011-06-26 17:45:58

Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko must stand trial next Wednesday on a charge of abuse of power, a judge ruled in a pre-trial hearing.The charge carries a jail term of at least seven years.