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Suicide bombs kill 39, wound 95 in Pakistan
A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 39 people in this eastern city and wounding nearly 100, police said.
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Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 10
A suicide attacker set off a bomb at a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 52, officials and a doctor said, underscoring the relentless security threat to this Islamic nation.
US Mom: Daughter held in Ireland in terror plot
A 31-year-old American mother was one of seven Muslims arrested this week in Ireland in an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, the woman's parents said Friday.
Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship
Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling.
1 soldier dead, 3 hurt in S Philippines blast
Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 7
Strong quake rocks Papua, Indonesia, no casulties
US scientists discover clue of origins of vision
Twin suicide bombs kill 43 in Pakistani city
Euro zone agrees bailout for Greece
Protesters start bid to topple govt in Thailand
China: US should improve its own rights record
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Asia-Pacific
2 terrorists killed in fresh shootout in Indonesia: TV
Two terrorists were killed on Friday in the latest shootout when the terrorists attacked a police outpost in Leubeum, in northernmost province of Aceh, local TV station reported here on Friday.
NYC to pay up to $657M to settle WTC health cases
After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.
Science and Health
Women on the pill may live longer
Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says.
Men want sex until almost dead: researchers
Men have shorter life spans than women on average, but when it comes to sexual life expectancy, they gain the advantage.
NewsmakerAuthor assumes guise of 10-year-old to punk famous
Secretaries of state, touched by the 10-year-old's handwritten letters on grade-school notepaper, wrote back advising him how to settle a treehouse dispute with his sister. O.J. Simpson's lawyer told him how to get off the hook on accusations he destroyed a doll. A publisher of racy magazines, asked whether there was a version for kids, told him to read the Sears catalog instead, and "you'll be 18 before you know it."
Oldest person in US dies in NH at age 114
Mary Josephine Ray, the New Hampshire woman who was certified as the oldest person living in the United States, has died at age 114 years, 294 days.
Hamas spy unafraid, criticizes Islam
Mosab Hassan Yousef, who helped Israel's security forces kill and arrest members of the Islamic militant group Hamas, is probably marked for death.
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Global General
In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings
Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.
Japan's spouse hunters hone skills at marriage school
In search of Mr. or Mrs. Right, dozens of Japanese are attending a newly launched school in Tokyo that aims to turn them into marriage material.
US returns 3,000-year-old sarcophagus to Egypt
The 3,000-year-old stolen sarcophagus, which was confiscated by customs officials at Miami International Airport in 2008, is returning home to Egypt after a trip around the world.
Iran warns certain powers against disturbing security in Gulf
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Iranians would not allow "corrupt powers" to disturb security in the Persian Gulf region, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Greece paralyzed by strike over austerity plan
Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with emergency staff only on Thursday as workers held yet another general strike to protest painful spending cuts.
Global BizBritish Airways cabin crews to go on strike
The union representing British Airways cabin crews decided Friday to go on a seven-day, two-phase strike in late March.
HSBC: data on 24,000 Swiss account holders stolen
Information on 24,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, the British bank said Thursday, potentially exposing large numbers of international clients to prosecution by tax authorities in their home countries.
Odd NewsThe price you pay for being romantic...
A German woman, fearful that a burglar was trying to break into her second storey apartment, called police after she heard someone climbing up to her balcony shortly after midnight, police said Thursday.
Woman delivers surprise baby, picks up other son
A 32-year-old Kentucky woman who said she didn't know that she was pregnant delivered her newborn son on the floor of her laundry room by herself and even cut the umbilical cord.
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