Asian markets showed signs of life on Tuesday, after investors cheered a big interest rate cut by the Australian central bank. The cut is aimed at alleviating an unfolding global credit crisis. (Oct. 7)
Three skydivers made a record-breaking skydive on Sunday by jumping over the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, in Nepal. (Oct. 6)
New tests on baby milk powder in China show no signs of melamine. The scandal that broke almost a month ago, is responsible for the deaths of four infants and sickening more than 54 thousand others. (Oct. 6)
Most stocks started the week down in Asia. Japan's index fell four percent to a four-year low. Stocks were also down in Indonesia, Hong Kong and Australia. (Oct. 6)
Pages from an Israeli astronaut's diary, that survived the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia and a 37-mile fall to Earth, went on display on Sunday for the first time at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. (Oct. 5)
Russian troops began dismantling positions Sunday in the so-called security zones inside Georgia they have occupied since August's brief but intense war, a Georgian Interior Ministry official said. (Oct. 5)
Everything from snake and tiger to orangutan got blessed inside a zoo in Manila, Philippines, on Saturday at a special ceremony that celebrates a Christian holy day. (Oct. 4)
An American member of al-Qaida pointed to economic troubles in the U.S. as proof 'the enemies of Islam' face defeat, in a video released Saturday. Meanwhile suspected U.S. missiles hit near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, killing about 20. (Oct. 4)
A car bomb exploded outside the Russian military's headquarters in South Ossetia on Friday, killing 7soldiers. Georgian and Russian authorities traded accusations over the blast. (Oct. 3)
A young bear opened the door to a Subway restaurant and then sniffed around before leaving. The bear's every move was caught on the store's security camera. (Oct. 2)
Mexicans living in the U.S. sent home 12 percent less money in August, the largest drop on record since the Bank of Mexico began tracking remittances 12 years ago. Many towns depend on these dollars for survival. (Oct. 2)
Bankers and political leaders in Europe are anxiously waiting for the U.S. to come up with a solution to what has become a global financial crisis that threatens their economies and markets. (Oct. 1)
Milk is found to be contaminated from an array of new companies in China, tests show. The widening food scandal now includes tainted cheesecake from China that is being recalled in Japan. (Oct. 1)
A pre-dawn fire raged through an adult video theater in the western Japanese city Osaka, killing at least 15 people and injuring 10 others, police and fire department officials said Wednesday. (Oct. 1)
International gymnastics officials close investigation into the ages of the Chinese gymnasts at the Beijing Olympics, saying documentation confirms they were old enough to compete. But the 2000 squad remains under scrutiny. (Oct. 1)
Disagreements between Somali pirates holding a ship laden with tanks and heavy weapons escalated into a shootout and three pirates are believed dead, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday. The pirates denied the report. (Sept. 30)
A European tour group kidnapped in the Sahara Desert was abruptly freed after a phone call to one of the captors, and all 19 hostages piled into a single car, some clinging to the roof as they drove 200 miles to safety.
People line up in Zimbabwe by the thousands to hopefully withdraw cash from banks, after the government raised the daily withdrawal limit. The country has the world's highest inflation rate, at 11 million percent. (Sept. 30)
Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stampeded at a Hindu temple in western India on Tuesday, killing at least 168 people in the crush to escape, officials said. (Sept. 30)
Asian markets continued to slide on Tuesday, following one of the worst days in Wall Street's history. Indexes in Asia fell anywhere from two to five percent. (Sept. 30)
Rescuers have freed a whale that has been tangled in a shark net for more than a week. (Sept. 28)
Typhoon Jangmi lashed Taiwan with torrential rains and powerful winds Sunday, causing widespread flooding, shutting down offices and forcing the cancellation of international flights. (Sept. 28)
Three Chinese astronauts made a jubilant return to Earth on Sunday after successfully completing the country's first-ever spacewalk, an event the premier said was "a stride forward" in China's space history. (Sept. 28)
The first solar panels have been installed on top of the papal audience hall at Vatican City. Pope Benedict XVI's has made conserving the Earth's resources an important concern of his papacy. (Sept. 29)
Nearly a dozen types of chocolate has been pulled off the shelves in Hong Kong after candy-maker Cadbury recalls the treats saying it is taking the precaution due to the tainted milk scandal in China, where the chocolate is made. (Sept. 29)
Asian stock markets traded lower on Monday, despite word that a deal has been reached to bailout the economy in the United States. There remains concern because of a bank bailout in Europe. (Sept. 29)
A car bomb exploded Monday near a military bus carrying troops on their way to work in northern Lebanon, killing at least five people and injuring 25. (Sept. 29)
U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker is accusing Iran of trying to interfere with a new security pact between Iraq and the United States, and says Americans need to view Iraq with 'a sense of strategic patience.' (Sept. 28)
A Chinese taikonaut performs that nation's first spacewalk, going outside an orbiter for about 13 minutes, waving a red Chinese flag for a live broadcast. (Sept. 27)
Armed police rush aboard a plane about to leave Germany for Amsterdam, arresting two men from Somalia. Authorities linked a suicide note to the men, saying they wanted to fight in a holy war and die in a terrorist attack. (Sept. 26)
A Swiss rocket man crossed the English Channel strapped to a homemade jet-propelled wing, aiming for a field near the white cliffs of Dover after a 10-minute solo flight. (Sept. 26)
The European Union has banned imports of baby food containing Chinese milk. Meanwhile, a toxic chemical that's been found in China's dairy supplies are also turning up in candy and other Chinese goods. (Sept. 25)
As police continue their investigation into the school shooting in Finland, Sanna Orpana is trying hard to forget the day when the country's second school massacre in less than a year happened in the classroom next to hers. (Sept. 25)
The European Union has stopped importing baby food made with milk from China, as worries spread about food contaminated with tainted milk. Several baby animals are now sick after being nursed with poisoned milk powder. (Sept. 25)
An evening rocket launch in China put a crew of three men into space, including one that will make the country's first spacewalk. The mission will last three to four days. China first put a person into space in 2003. (Sept. 25)
A former model and ballerina is making headlines across Brazil after being identified as John McCain's lover 51 years ago. (Sept. 24)
North Korea is barring U.N. nuclear inspectors from its main nuclear reactor and within a week plans to reactivate the plant that once provided the plutonium for its atomic test explosion, a reversal from past vows to halt nuclear ambitions. (Sept. 24)
At least 12 countries, from Indonesia to Colombia, have banned Chinese dairy products amid fears over a widening tainted milk scandal that has killed four Chinese babies and sickened thousands of others. (Sept. 24)
Finland's prime minister called for tighter gun laws on Wednesday as he visited the site of a fiery school massacre that left 10 victims dead. (Sept. 24)
An expelled student entered a Christian high school during chapel and pulled a gun on the pastor before he was disarmed and arrested. (Sept. 24)
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