REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- A volcano in southern Iceland has erupted for the first time in almost 200 years, raising concerns that it could trigger a larger and potentially more dangerous eruption at a volatile volcano nearby.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A small earthquake struck northern Haiti early Sunday, collapsing an apartment building and killing at least three people, a U.N. spokesman said.
PARIS -- The 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.
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Cyprus police say grave robbers have stolen the remains of two Archbishops who led the island's Greek Orthodox church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
JOHANNESBURG -- Family members of victims raised flowers to the sky and placed them on gravestones Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the massacre that became a turning point in the anti-apartheid struggle and drew world condemnation.
PARIS -- Nearly 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. leader's goal of a nuclear-free world.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland -- Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday.
BOGOTA -- The killing of a veteran radio reporter by a motorcycle gunman in a northwestern state capital reignited concerns Saturday about the safety of journalists in Colombia.
ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Authorities will search once again for a missing U.S. teen after an American couple took an underwater picture of what they believe might be Natalee Holloway's remains, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors' office told The Associated Press on Saturday.
KATMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who served five terms and led mass protests that ended the king's authoritarian rule in the Himalayan nation, died Saturday. He was 86.
WASHINGTON -- In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Barack Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
BEIJING -- China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's airport and prompting a dust warning for Seoul.
LONDON -- British Airways was scrambling to deal with a three-day strike launched by cabin crew Saturday, throwing the plans of tens of thousands of travelers into chaos and risking harm to the Labour government before a tough general election.
SEOUL, South Korea -- The North Korean's note, scrawled in pen, was simple: "I want to go to South Korea. Why? To find freedom. Freedom of religion, freedom of life."
PARIS -- President Nicolas Sarkozy's party braced for a potential electoral wipeout in Sunday's final round of regional elections, which an alliance of the rival left hopes will give it a national sweep and a staging ground for 2012 presidential voting.
DAKAR, Senegal -- A top official in Sierra Leone's government said he raced to a town in the country Friday after news reports said at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident there, only to find out it was a hoax.
LONDON -- Britain's national debt is the key theme in the country's looming national election - but it's now news organizations, not just the country's government, racking up huge bills to meet the cost of covering the campaign.
DUBLIN -- Pope Benedict XVI addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal here - a message being watched closely by Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if it also acknowledges decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups.
TORONTO -- Air Canada is standing by a pilot whose co-workers refused to fly with him, fearing he was suicidal and accusing him of threatening to ditch his aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- A fugitive who once acted as the lawyer for a group of U.S. Baptist missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children was arrested on human-trafficking charges, authorities said Friday.
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Telegraph.co.uk BA flights will be disrupted even on .. - Telegraph British Airways gave warning of further delays and cancellations this week as the cabin crew strike that has cost the airline tens of millions of pounds dragged into its third day.
CarAdvice (blog) Chrysler's new Pentastar V6 .. - Caradvice As far as I know there have been three auto-related projects with the name 'Phoenix' so far. First and most important to us Malaysians is of course, Proton's new engine range which will include a turbocharged variant.
TECH.BLORGE.com 26% of British kids have tried hacking - Tech The most popular place from which to try to hack into an account is the kid's own bedroom. However, they also worked on their hacking skills from internet ...
Phones Review T- Mobile HTC HD2 gets sold early, gets .. - Phonesreview The March 24th launch date for the US variant of the HTC HD2 is closing in and we're just days away from seeing the king of all Windows Mobile phones ...
Stuff.co.nz While you were sleeping - Stuff To sleep or to sleep in? With young people going to bed later every night and not getting the required eight hours, sleeping in on the weekends has become the norm.
