BEIRUT, Rana Moussaoui- In the Yarmuk camp in southern Damascus, the notes escape a piano set in a scene of destruction and the children in Ayham al-Ahmed's little group sing of hunger and suffering....

HAVANA- A tour of "Hamlet" aiming to reach every country on Earth in celebration of William Shakespeare's 450th birthday brought the legendary bard to thousands gathered in Havana, local media...

LOS ANGELES- Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams has been found dead at his home in California from suspected suicide, police said Monday. A statement from the Marin County Sheriff's...

MEAUX- A 60-year French champagne producer received a six-month suspended sentence and a 200,000 euro ($270,000) fine on Friday for stealing ancient objects from archaeological digs and selling them...

PRAGUE- Toilets, bedpans and other must-haves for nature's calls from around the world are on display at a museum in Prague that claims to be the largest of its kind. Rows of toilet paper, bathroom...

HELSINKI, Raine Tiessalo- Besides saunas and Nokia cellphones, it may very well be Finland's most successful export item ever: the Moomin universe, peopled by a group of bulky, white creatures...

MOSCOW- Five paintings by 19th-century Russian Jewish landscape painter Issac Levitan have been stolen from a museum in his honour, regional officials said on Wednesday. The paintings, part of its...

TANAH MERAH, Shannon Teoh- Feeling dejected and drained, Che Esa consulted not a doctor but her local Malay shaman, who diagnosed a repression of her "angin", a metaphysical "wind" affecting...

UNITED NATIONS- United Nations envoys are commemorating World War I with personal renditions of chosen works of poetry. Fourteen ambassadors have recorded readings from their countries for a special...