Day for girls who reached 20 in Japan
2011-01-10 18:03:21
The Coming of Age day is held annually on the second Monday of January to congratulate all those who have reached the age of 20 years old..
Threatened Australian town gets flood reprieve
2011-01-08 16:30:17
A town in the path of Australia's huge floods received a reprieve Saturday when forecasters said the waters would peak at a lower level than previously thought, and only a handful of houses were under threat.
UN says at least 210 killed in Cote d'Ivoire crisis
2011-01-06 21:40:59
The UN mission in the restive Cote d'Ivoire said on Thursday that at least 210 people had been killed in the country since mid-December last year, according to media.
Afghan govt planning a ban on lavish weddings
2011-01-06 07:59:11
KABUL, Afghanistan - Extravagant weddings with music and dance were banned by Afghanistan's Taliban as un-Islamic, and now the government plans to again rein in lavish marriage celebrations, but this time to stop grooms going broke.
Graduation ceremony for Saudi air force cadets
2011-01-05 11:04:24
Saudi air force cadets attend their graduation ceremony at King Faisal military college in Riyadh Jan 4, 2011.
Gunmen kill 3 in Mexico, including 13-year-old boy
2011-01-05 06:49:17
Gunmen opened fire on people gathered at a street corner in the northern city of Monterrey, killing two adults and a 13-year-old boy, authorities said Tuesday.
Partial solar eclipse visible over Mideast, Europe
2011-01-04 19:50:33
The partial eclipse was visible near sunrise over most of Europe and northeastern Asia on Tuesday.
Egypt sees Qaeda link to blast
2011-01-04 10:39:30
Egypt is screening people who arrived recently from countries where al-Qaeda is known to recruit after early findings suggested the militant network was behind a New Year's church bombing, security sources said.
Afghan clowns raise laughs in Kabul
2011-01-04 08:10:50
Two Afghan policemen stand paralyzed by fear in front of a plastic cup. But this is not some farcical scene from the battle against the Taliban - it is a sketch from a new clown show in Kabul.
A very jolly Santa Claus obsession
2010-12-21 10:42:26
It began with an innocent legacy from an elderly aunt, when she bequeathed Jean-Guy Laquerre an early 20th-century paper-mache Santa Claus figure two decades ago.
