An Australian coroner started an investigation Monday into the death of an 11-year-old girl who was killed by a crocodile last year, as two fresh attacks refocused public scrutiny on how to manage the animals.
More | TalkBritish Airways cabin crews walked off the job for a second day Sunday but the airline insisted the strike was having less impact than expected and said it was able to restore flights that had previously been canceled.
More | TalkAn American doctor accused of repeatedly botching operations and performing surgeries he was not capable of handling pleaded not guilty Monday to three manslaughter charges and one of grievous bodily harm.
More | TalkDr. Abbas al-Sahan's patient wasn't a war victim. She didn't have a scar that needed cosmetic surgery. All she wanted was a cute nose. And she got it.
More | TalkIraq's electoral commission on Sunday rejected demands from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani for a manual recount of ballots, saying there was no justification for further delaying results of the March 7 parliamentary polls.
More | TalkCyprus police on Sunday arrested a man suspected of vandalizing the tombs of three Cyprus archbishops who led the island's Greek Orthodox church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a police spokesman said.
More | TalkThe bullet-riddled bodies of four Pakistani tribesmen, killed by the Taliban for allegedly spying for the United States, were found Sunday in a semiautonomous tribal region near the Afghan border, witnesses and officials said.
More | TalkNamibia is marking the 20th anniversary of independence from apartheid-era South Africa.
More | TalkGrave robbers on Sunday stole the remains of two Cyprus Archbishops who led the island's Greek Orthodox church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, police said.
More | TalkConservationists say the Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats fueling the illegal wildlife trade, making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists said Saturday.
More | TalkB AGHDAD | Iraq’s electoral commission on Sunday rejected demands from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani for a manual re-count of ballots, saying there was no justification for further delaying results of the March 7 parliamentary polls.
More | TalkThe long-flailing French left made a big-time comeback Sunday, crushing Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in regional elections colored by voters' economic worries - and informally kicking off the 2012 presidential race.
More | TalkHundreds of angry residents in an Argentine town have torched the city hall to protest the death of two teenagers in a police chase.
More | TalkA Nigerian police spokesman says 164 people will be charged with a variety of offenses, including terrorism, for their suspected roles in the slaughter of more than 200 people in central Nigeria this month.
More | TalkA U.N. spokesman says a small earthquake in northern Haiti has collapsed an apartment building and killed two people.
More | TalkThe Interfax news agency says a Russian surveillance ship is drifting in the Sea of Japan after taking on water.
More | TalkPope Benedict XVI is urging Catholics to be intransigent toward sin but not to judge the sinner.
More | TalkA newspaper-wrapped package containing explosive material was found Sunday in the cargo hold of a passenger aircraft after it landed in the southern Indian state of Kerala, police said.
More | TalkThailand's prime minister offered Sunday to have his government hold talks with protesters trying to force him from power with massive demonstrations in the capital, but refused their demand that he immediately call new elections.
More | TalkNearly a year after President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered negotiators to start work on a new treaty to reduce their nuclear arsenals, the two countries say they are finally close to completing a deal - taking a small but important step toward the U.S.
More | TalkTwo men killed in a shootout between soldiers and gunmen near a prestigious university in this northern Mexican city were graduate students, not suspected drug traffickers, officials said.
More | TalkVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied that the government plans to impose controls on the Internet, saying Sunday that his administration aims to increase Web access rather than limit it.
More | TalkRachel Weisz added a stage accolade to Hollywood stardom Sunday, winning the best-actress prize at London's Laurence Olivier theater awards for her role in "A Streetcar Named Desire."
More | TalkPress freedoms in countries throughout the Western Hemisphere are facing serious threats from authoritarian governments, especially in Venezuela and communist-led Cuba, a group representing news media from across the Americas warned Sunday.
More | TalkOne restored a Haitian president to power; the other flew him back out again. Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are visiting Haiti on Monday, reminding the country of its tumultuous recent past just as frustration over an uneven earthquake relief effort is bringing politics back to the surface.
More | TalkIraq's president on Sunday called for a recount in this month's parliamentary elections, which have turned into a tight race between the prime minister and a secular rival amid accusations of fraud.
More | TalkIndia successfully tested on Sunday a new, more maneuverable version of its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile that was jointly developed with Russia, an official said.
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More | TalkAn international donors conference aimed Sunday to draw more than $2 billion in pledges for projects intended to ensure the safe return of more than 2.7 million people displaced during the war in Darfur.
More | TalkA roadside bomb killed two civilians Sunday as a series of blasts targeted people celebrating the Afghan New Year, officials said.
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