SEOUL, Nam You-Sun- In a cramped and tiny office in the South Korean capital, an 80-year-old man displays letters postmarked "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" in pale red ink. The imprints with...
ALGIERS- Algeria's jobless rate for 2011 was 10 percent, the same as the previous year, even though unemployment among graduates dropped significantly, the National Office of Statistics (ONS)...
MORELIA, Mexico- Some 300 Mexican children may be forced to go to school outside their "New Jerusalem" community because a sect has blocked access since the school year started this week. Seeking to...
HANOI, Le Thang Long- Drowning in debt and hunted by his bookmaker, a Vietnamese man dug a cave beneath his kitchen and hid there for two months, showing the desperate lengths illegal gambling...
SHANGHAI- A ranking of the world's top schools compiled by a Chinese university has put Harvard first for the tenth year, in a list dominated by US institutions. The rankings of the world's top 500...
RABAT, Simon Martelli- The seats outside cafes are empty and streets eerily quiet in the hour before sunset, as Moroccans wait to break the day-long Ramadan fast. But one group is causing a stir by...
NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- A woman who snatched a three-week-old baby from a New York hospital in 1987 and brought her up as her own daughter until being caught last year was sentenced Monday to 12...
MONTREAL- About 15,000 Canadian students protested in Montreal on Sunday against rising tuition costs, with an eye toward rallying supporters against Quebec Premier Jean Charest in expected...
LONDON, Danny Kemp- Queen Elizabeth II greeted 1.5 million cheering subjects from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on Tuesday but faced the crowning moment of her diamond jubilee festivities without...
LONDON, Judith Evans- Queen Elizabeth II received a rapturous welcome from a flag-waving crowd of more than 100,000 at a British racecourse Saturday as she kicked off four days of national...
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