UN conference struggling to reach climate deal
Negotiators from Europe, tiny islands threatened by rising oceans and the world's poorest countries sought to keep alive the only treaty governing global warming and move to the next stage, struggling against an unlikely alliance of the United States, China and India.
Radiation traces found in Japanese baby formula
Major Japanese food and candy maker Meiji Co. said it was recalling 400,000 cans of powdered milk for infants after traces of radiation from Japan's hobbled nuclear plant were detected in the formula.
US launches 'virtual' embassy for Iran
The Obama administration is launching a virtual embassy for Iran more than three decades after the bricks and mortar mission in Tehran was closed and diplomatic relations severed following the 1979 Is
Mexico says Gaddafi son tried to enter country
Mexico said on Wednesday it has broken up an international plot to smuggle the son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, al-Saadi Gaddafi, and his family into Mexico under false names and with fals
Fleet of Ferraris ruined in Japan sportscar pileup
An outing of luxury sportscar enthusiasts in Japan ended in an expensive freeway pileup - smashing a stunning eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and two Mercedes likely worth more than $1 million together.
84-year-old says she was strip searched at JFK
An 84-year-old New York grandmother has said she was injured and humiliated when she was strip searched at an airport after she asked to be patted down instead of going through a body scanner.
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Pakistani Taliban splintering into factions
Battered by Pakistani military operations and U.S. drone strikes, the once-formidable Pakistani Taliban has splintered into more than 100 smaller factions, weakened and running short of cash, accordin
Iran says it shot down unmanned US spy plane
Iran's semiofficial Fars news agency says the country's armed forces have shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane that violated Iranian airspace along its eastern border.
The report says the plane was a
India sail to another win
Wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel and teammate Suresh Raina celebrate the dismissal of West Indian batsman Kieron Pollard (not seen) during the second ODI in Visakhapatnam on Friday.
Michael Jackson doctor files appeal notice in LA
The doctor sentenced to four years in prison for causing Michael Jackson's death has filed a notice that he intends to appeal the conviction.
Conrad Murray signed the notice that was filed in Los An