School shooting rekindles gun debate in Brazil
2011-04-12 16:00:34
Brazil's Senate President Jose Sarney on Monday called for another referendum on gun control after a school massacre killed 12 children on Thursday.
Painted eggs prepared for coming Easter
2011-04-12 10:25:53
Easter is celebrated on April 24 this year, marking the annual holiday of the resurrection of Christ.
Minsk subway blast kills 11
2011-04-12 06:42:27
A blast tore through a crowded metro station in the Belarus capital Minsk in evening rush hour on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring over 100.
Baikonur still launch site 50 years after historic flight
2011-04-12 08:02:29
On April 11, 1961, in a small wooden hut in Baikonur cosmodrome, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin spent the last night before his historical space mission.
Clear warnings could deter smokers: Study
2011-04-12 08:02:29
Light smokers and non-smokers pay more attention to health warnings on cigarette packs that lack branding graphics
UN chief saddened by Minsk metro blast
2011-04-12 08:57:05
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said that he was saddened by the deadly explosion in a metro station in Minsk, the capital of Belarus
African penguin edging closer to extinction
2011-04-12 07:08:44
Penguins waddle over giant boulders and dive into the shallow turquoise sea to the delight of camera-ready tourists near the tip of South Africa.
Secret files of first spaceman released
2011-04-12 07:03:32
One of the last things Yuri Gagarin did before making his pioneering voyage into space 50 years ago was to make sure he had enough sausage to last him on the trip back home to Moscow.
Sailor charged with murder in nuclear sub shooting
2011-04-11 13:48:18
Police charged a Royal Navy sailor on Sunday with murdering an officer aboard a British nuclear-powered submarine.
Dutch mourn 6 shopping mall shooting victims
2011-04-11 11:24:03
Church services were held Sunday in a quiet suburb outside Amsterdam to mourn six people killed by a gunman at a crowded mall
Dutch town in shock after shooting rampage
2011-04-11 09:41:21
A gunman's deadly rampage through a shopping mall was met on Sunday with disbelief by residents of a quiet Dutch town who once thought such carnage could not happen in their country.
59 bodies discovered in pits near Mexican border state
2011-04-08 08:04:20
Fifty-nine bodies were found buried on Wednesday in a series of pits in the northern Mexico state of Tamaulipas, near the site where suspected drug gang members massacred 72 migrants last summer.
