Woman found dead in apartment is linked to mystery baby

Dead woman's identity unknown; investigators want to know if she is mother to baby another woman claimed to be hers 19/07/08 7:36 PM

Cuban farmers to get more land in latest reform29

Cuban President Raul Castro looking to increase food production in his socialist country 18/07/08 2:37 PM 29

Soccer team members help subdue man on flight4

Passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door 18/07/08 9:31 PM 4

Dershowitz hired as Black seeks new hearing

U.S. lawyer who helped defend O.J. Simpson is convinced his client has been victim of an injustice 18/07/08 5:20 AM

Swiss bankers trained to avoid detection66

Training part of intensive effort to help wealthy North Americans evade taxes, U.S. Senate subcommittee says 18/07/08 4:09 AM 66

Gore asks U.S. to go carbon free153

Former VP wants country to commit to producing all U.S. electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind power in 10 years 17/07/08 4:05 PM 153

U.S. Army to shoot live pigs for medical drill29

Animal-rights activists call training cruel and outdated 18/07/08 5:30 AM 29

U.S. census won't recognize gay marriages14

Same-sex marriage is legal in two states, but not a single one will show up in the 2010 census 17/07/08 3:35 PM 14

Mississippi remains fattest U.S. state93

More than 30 per cent of residents statistically obese; Colorado fares best, with about 19 per cent in category, CDC reports 17/07/08 2:28 PM 93

Welsh mayor wants to overturn town's ban on ‘Life of Brian'1

Mayor starred in the Monty Python film 19/07/08 7:41 PM 1

Law of 'the Jungle' rules France's illegal refugees42

Waiting for chance to sneak into England, migrants find themselves stuck in makeshift encampments on northern coast 18/07/08 11:54 PM 42

Berlusconi says garbage crisis in Naples has been solved, but trash remains2

Trash collectors stopped picking up garbage in December because dumps were full and residents protested against new ones. 18/07/08 4:39 PM 2

King refuses to accept Belgian PM's resignation23

Rekindles speculation that the 177-year-old nation would break apart 17/07/08 7:04 PM 23

Spain's top court halts a Basque vote

Government wins appeal against plebiscite that it saw as veiled push toward independence 17/07/08 1:53 PM

Acquittal of top suspect in 2004 Madrid bombings upheld5

Spain's Supreme Court rejects appeal by prosecutors on grounds man has already been convicted of same crime in Italy 17/07/08 6:48 AM 5

Analysts divided on how to deal with Mideast kidnappings

Israelis fear deal will encourage Arabs to use kidnapping as a strategy to release prisoners – or worse, to make political demands 17/07/08 11:19 PM

Africans in Beijing harassed as Olympics approach103

Police forcing bar owners to pledge not to admit blacks, Hong Kong paper reports 18/07/08 7:10 PM 103

Beijing welcomes world, turns away minorities127

Thousands of Uyghurs, Tibetans and Mongolians fleeing under police pressure in final weeks before Olympics 18/07/08 5:40 AM 127

'Phantom hotel' freed from development limbo in Pyongyang16

Once dubbed 'the worst building in the history of mankind,' the 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel is back under construction 18/07/08 4:55 AM 16

China warns performers to stick to entertaining11

Sign of increasing nervousness over live performances weeks before the Olympic Games 18/07/08 4:28 AM 11

With this fake wife, I divorce thee4

Faces legal action after his real wife found out when she was told to move out 18/07/08 4:26 AM 4

Australian journalist faces drug charges in Singapore19

Australian Broadcasting Corp.'s Peter Lloyd faces up to 20 years in jail and 15 strokes of the cane if convicted 18/07/08 3:58 AM 19

Bali bombers' last appeal of death sentence rejected4

Indonesia has rejected the final appeals of three Islamic militants convicted in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings 17/07/08 2:34 PM 4

Australian veterinarian saves rare shark1

Plunges his arm up to his shoulder into throat to remove grappling hook 18/07/08 4:04 AM 1

Food vital to Mandela's apartheid struggle

From smuggling secrets to celebrating freedom, diet had big role to play 18/07/08 1:39 PM

Tributes for Mandela's 90th birthday1

Missionary couple decides to return to Canada25

Beaten in Kenya, Bergens were going to stay but chose to go home for physiotherapy 17/07/08 10:21 PM 25

Sudan rules out deal with international court2

Khartoum rejected court's offer to drop arrest warrant for President al-Bashir in exchange for two indicted officials 17/07/08 2:25 PM 2

Cambodia says border dispute 'worsening'5

General says troops have come close to shootout with Thailand in disputed border region 18/07/08 6:32 AM 5

Taliban threaten to strike provincial government in Pakistan7

Showdown comes as Taliban across border in Afghanistan have stepped up their campaign against NATO and Afghan forces 17/07/08 10:53 PM 7

Al-Qaeda draws more foreign recruits86

Fresh infux of fighters coming to Afghanistan from Turkey, Central Asia, Chechnya and the Middle East 17/07/08 5:32 PM 86

Japan drops plan to send troops to Afghanistan15

Fact-finding missions dispatched to area said to have decided level of violence was too high 18/07/08 4:00 AM 15