32 dead in UN plane crash in DR Congo

2011-04-06 08:04:15

Aircraft missed runway, high winds may have been a factor

Armed men, police fire on Yemeni protesters

2011-04-05 18:34:14

Security forces and armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on protesters in the Yemeni city of Taiz, south of the capital, on Tuesday.

12 kidnapped teachers in Philippines freed

2011-04-06 10:19:24

All the 12 remaining kidnapped teachers in Agusan del Sure in southern Philippines have been freed by their captors on Wednesday dawn after five days of capture

Missile kills 2 people in eastern Sudan

2011-04-06 09:25:49

An unknown missile, which was fired from the Red Sea on Tuesday evening, destroyed a civil car and killed two people onboard in Port-Sudan city.

10 killed, 15 injured in India road accident

2011-04-04 19:17:20

At least 10 people were killed and 15 others injured in a road mishap in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh Monday.

Death toll from Pakistan shrine blasts rises to 50

2011-04-04 20:26:10

The death toll from twin deadly suicide attacks near a crowded Sufi shrine in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province has risen to 50, doctors said Monday.

Early births link to traffic noise

2011-04-04 15:49:47

Women who live near freeways and highways are more likely to give birth prematurely, said an Australian new research released on Monday.

Yemenis clash with police, two killed

2011-04-04 08:40:02

At least one Yemeni protester was killed and up to 900 others wounded, including eight policemen, on Sunday in clashes with police forces and government supporters in the Yemeni southern provinces of Taiz.

Suez Canal disrupted as ship runs aground

2011-04-03 21:58:51

Traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal was disrupted after a 42,000-tonne container ship ran aground on Sunday due to engine failure, an official at the Suez Canal Authority said.

Afghans storm UN office; 7 foreigners killed

2011-04-02 09:47:02

Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a UN compound in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards.

Dinosaur invades Australia school

2011-04-02 07:51:32

Children shrieked and froze in momentary fear as a Tyrannosaurus Rex invaded their Sydney school yard on Friday.

Birds bring purpose in prison

2011-04-02 07:51:32

A project has transformed inmates at a tough South African prison by giving them vulnerable chicks to hand rear.