Summary: Barack Obamas former pastor the Rev Jeremiah Wright said on Sunday critics portraying him as divisive and bombastic misunderstood the black church and represented a discredited tradition of intolerance in American public life
Summary: A pipeline carrying nearly half of Britains oil was closed on Sunday as a strike over pensions began at the neighbouring Grangemouth refinery in Scotland operator BP said
Summary: Morocco on Friday expelled four French human rights campaigners who it accused of trying to help independence activists in the disputed territory of Western Sahara drawing condemnation from Amnesty International
Summary: Gene therapy for a rare type of inherited blindness has improved the vision of four patients who tried it boosting hopes for the troubled field of gene repair technology scientists said on Sunday
Summary: House prices in England and Wales fell in April to stand slightly lower on a year ago a survey showed on Monday in a further sign that the housing market is cooling fast
Summary: Three months after a peace accord in east Congo armed groups are still killing and raping civilians and fighting between the army and Rwandan rebels who did not sign the ceasefire has displaced thousands more refugees
Summary: Two passenger trains collided in eastern China on Monday killing at least 66 people and injuring hundreds as carriages derailed and toppled into a ditch state media said
Summary: The Olympic torch was paraded through the streets of Pyongyang to flagwaving masses on Monday with North Korea promising its main benefactor China an astonishing show certain to be free of protest
Summary: A wildfire that began along a popular hiking trail forced 1000 people to evacuate their homes in the hills northeast of Los Angeles on Sunday officials said
Summary: Pope Benedict on Sunday appealed to the world not to forget the tragic conflicts in Somalia Darfur and Burundi and called on authorities to honour their commitments to bring an end to the violence
Summary: Gordon Brown faces his first major electoral test as prime minister this week battered by negative opinion polls industrial unrest and simmering rebellion within his Labour Party
Summary: Militants bombarded Baghdads Green Zone with rockets on Sunday taking advantage of the cover of a blinding dust storm to launch one of the heaviest strikes in weeks on the fortified compound
Summary: Protests and scuffles greeted the Olympic flame as it began a twoday journey on the divided Korean peninsula on Sunday along a route guarded by thousands of riot policeman wielding shields and truncheons
Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt on Sunday from an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration near the presidential palace in Kabul
Summary: A virus outbreak in an eastern Chinese city has killed 19 children and left hundreds ill spreading panic among residents state media reported on Sunday nearly two months after the outbreak started
Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas came away disappointed from talks in Washington on IsraeliPalestinian peace and is pessimistic about prospects for a deal this year aides said on Sunday
Summary: A pair of new comedies aimed at distinctly different audiences took the top two spots at the weekend box office in North America with Tina Feys Baby Mama leading the charge
Summary: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Sunday he would not hold another debate with rival Hillary Clinton until after the May 6 nominating contests in North Carolina and Indiana
Summary: More American women are entering pregnancy with diabetes raising the odds of a problem pregnancy and the potential that their children will become diabetic in the future US researchers said on Monday
Summary: A pipeline carrying nearly half of Britains oil was closed on Sunday as a strike over pensions began at the neighbouring Grangemouth refinery in Scotland operator BP BPL said
Summary: Austrian police have arrested a man they believe imprisoned his daughter in a windowless basement for 24 years abused her and fathered seven children with her they said on Sunday
Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval named a new prime minister on Sunday after lawmakers fired his predecessor to quell violent protests over rising food prices in the impoverished nation a senator said
Summary: Hamass government in the Gaza Strip asked a striking Palestinian fuel association on Sunday to resume deliveries in the impoverished territory a Hamas official said
Summary: In mid-April, Italian voters returned former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to power. Election post-mortems focused on what Berlusconi would do about the economy, crime, and Italy’s illegal immigration ...
Summary: The floor of a church filled with about 1,000 people, mostly teens, collapsed during a concert, injuring at least 40 people, one of them seriously, officials ...
Summary: North Korea Freedom Week kicked off Saturday with demonstrations at Chinese embassies around the world protesting the repatriation of North Korean ...
