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Guantanamo convict's victim recalled as a hero Defendant Omar Khadr, a native of Toronto, Canada, listens to testimony during his commissions trial at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, in this courtroom sketch...

Indonesian youth stand on a street covered by ash from the erupting Mount Merapi volcano at Kaliurang village in Sleman, near Indonesia's ancient city of Yogyakarta, October 26, 2010. Mount Merapi erupted on Tuesday, prompting terrified villagers to flee and join the thousands already...

Villagers pray at the burial of a victim of the Mount Merapi eruption at Umbulhardjo village in Sleman, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, October 27, 2010. A woman covers her baby as she runs from ash falling from an erupting volcano at Kaliurang village in Sleman, near Indonesia's...

Volunteers search for victims of the Mount Merapi eruption at the Mbah Marijan house at Kinahrejo village in Sleman, near the ancient city of Yogyakarta, October 27, 2010. One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes spewed out clouds of ash and jets of searing gas on Wednesday in an eruption...

Indonesia's Merapi volcano kills at least 28 By Beawiharta SLEMAN, Indonesia | Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:24am EDT SLEMAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes spewed out clouds of ash and jets of searing gas on Wednesday...

China's bullet trains set speed records AP Published Oct 27 2010 Journalists taking pictures of the bullet trains of a new high-speed railway linking Shanghai with Hangzhou Two bullet trains glided silently out of a gleaming new station on Tuesday to inaugurate China's latest...

Tuesday October 26, 2010 30 WWII bombs uncovered at Gemas rail project site By SARBAN SINGH [email protected] GEMAS: Construction workers involved in the Seremban-Gemas double tracking project near here have stumbled upon...

Wikileaks: Release has exposed the terrifying reality of the Iraq War Wikileaks: Release has exposed the terrifying reality of the Iraq War It is the minutiae of the Wikileak documents which is the most disturbing – the sickening accounts of torture, rape and physical...

Did British troops kill 8-year-old Iraqi girl? WikiLeaks release of 400,000 reports leads to accusations of human rights abuses By Ian Gallagher and Andy Whelan Last updated at 4:29 PM on 24th October 2010 'War logs' on website cover 109,000 Iraq deaths - including 66,000 civilians A...

Haiti cholera toll tops 200, five cases in capital Haiti cholera toll tops 200, five cases in capital By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE | Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:05pm EDT PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Haiti...

Friday October 22, 2010 Suspected cholera kills nearly 140 in Haiti - govt By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Nearly 140 people have died in central Haiti in an...

Drone attacks 'taking serious toll' on al-Qaeda in Pakistan Drone attacks 'taking serious toll' on al-Qaeda in Pakistan American drone attacks are "taking a serious toll" on al-Qaeda's leadership in Pakistan's tribal areas close to the Afghan border, according to the...

Thursday October 21, 2010 A bullet shell for teacher – from a jealous teen MENTAKAB: A teenager was arrested by police for allegedly setting fire to a tuition centre and sending an empty M16 shell to intimidate a teacher, whom he believed was having...

Hitler becomes major Berlin tourist attraction BERLIN | Wed Oct 20, 2010 11:28am EDT BERLIN (Reuters) - "Hitler and the Germans," an exhibition in Berlin's German Historical Museum which investigates the society that created Hitler, has seen more than 10,000...

Iran confirms two detained Americans to face trial TEHRAN | Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:53am EDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's intelligence minister confirmed on Wednesday that two U.S. citizens detained for more than a year will face trial, news reports said. "The two Americans will be...

Wednesday October 20, 2010 Blaze leaves 300 families homeless KOTA KINABALU: An estimated 300 families were left homeless after a fire razed more than 100 wooden houses in a squatter colony in Likas. The fire, which is believed to have started at an...

All 37 confirmed dead in latest China mine disaster All 37 confirmed dead in latest China mine disaster BEIJING | Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:52am BST BEIJING (Reuters) - All 37 missing and trapped miners in China's latest colliery disaster have been confirmed as dead, state...

Tuesday October 19, 2010 Jack Neo is mum – on film By NOORSILA ABD MAJID [email protected] PETALING JAYA: It’s rough out there for Jack Neo (pic). Seven months after his sex scandal almost destroyed his movie...

Osama bin Laden 'living comfortably in Pakistan' Osama bin Laden is alive and well and living comfortably in a house in the north-west of Pakistan protected by local people and elements of the country's intelligence services, according to a senior Nato official...

Osama bin Laden 'living comfortably in Pakistan' Osama bin Laden 'living comfortably in Pakistan' Osama bin Laden is alive and well and living comfortably in a house in the north-west of Pakistan protected by local people and elements of the country's intelligence...