LONDON- British fashion designer Alexander McQueen took cocaine, sleeping pills and tranquillisers before hanging himself, leaving a note asking his family to "look after my dogs", an inquest heard...
WASHINGTON- Scientists announced Thursday they had cracked the genetic code of an African clawed frog, the latest project aimed at understanding how genes work for potential applications in human...
SHANGHAI, D'Arcy Doran- Shanghai opens the World Expo this weekend, with 189 countries taking part in the massive six-month showcase of ideas and technology -- the latest display of China's growing...
COPENHAGEN- Somali-born rights icon Ayaan Hirsi Ali received a free speech award Wednesday from a Danish newspaper which sparked outrage by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005....
NEW YORK- The controversial trial of Syed Hashmi, a US man accused of aiding Al-Qaeda, starts Wednesday with selection of an anonymous jury in New York.
The trial before federal Judge Loretta...
BERLIN, Deborah Cole- He wowed New York with huge man-made waterfalls, drew the masses to London's Tate Modern with a giant artificial sun and is now staging his first major solo show in his adopted...
OTTAWA, Michel Comte- Melting ice in Canada's far north has revealed a treasure trove of ancient tools used to hunt caribou and other prey, researchers announced Tuesday.
High in the Yukon's...
WASHINGTON- People suffering from depression eat more chocolate, and the amount increases with the severity of their illness, a new study released Monday found.
"Our study confirms long-held...
SANAA, Hammoud Mounassar- Britain's envoy to Yemen Timothy Torlot Monday narrowly escaped a bomb triggered by a suspected Al-Qaeda suicide attacker who hurled himself at the ambassador's convoy in a...
BAGHDAD, Arthur MacMillan- The United States admitted its concern about Iraq's stumbling democracy on Monday, urging the country's leaders to "get this show on the road" and form a new government...
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