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.
Remove investment barriers: Envoy
2011-06-27 08:00:09
China's ambassador to the UK said ahead of Premier Wen Jiabao's visit that London should avoid politicizing investment from Beijing.
Berm collapses at US nuclear plant
2011-06-27 07:08:24
A berm holding the flooded Missouri River back from a Nebraska nuclear power station collapsed, but federal regulators said there was no danger.
Wen stresses coopeartion between big powers
2011-06-27 06:15:26
Wen Jiabao said enhancing communication between the world's big powers is particularly important in face of a variety of global challenges.
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.
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 late on Saturday.
'Planking Thailand' urges people to vote
2011-06-26 07:53:57
Members of a group called "Planking Thailand" make a cross formation, to urge people to vote, a day before advance voting commences in Bangkok June 25, 2011. Thailand will hold a general election on July 3. Planking, the fad of lying face down stiff in often bizarre places for a photo op, has become a global craze.
NATO says hit military targets in Libya's Brega
2011-06-26 07:07:31
NATO said on Saturday its missiles had hit a site in Libya used by Muammar Gaddafi's forces to stockpile military supplies and vehicles, while Gaddafi's state media said 15 civilians had been killed.
