Tehran rejects French caution over Israeli nuke opposition

Since the crisis of Georgia where Russia was the aggressor, the investors of the world have pulled out their investments in Russia, and Russia sees about $25 billion without feet but had walked away from its economy. Is it a good thing that investors wal

Chinese blind and deaf artists are seizing a chance in a lifetime to shine at the Paralympics with a fascinating show called "My Dream". One of the highlights features deaf dancers synchronizing movements to look like the thousand-armed Buddha of Compassi

The widower of assassinated former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has emerged as a political leader in his own right, despite allegations of corruption. Mark Phillips reports from London. © 2008 CBS News

France's high profile justice minister, Rachida Dati, confirmed Wednesday that she is pregnant but refused to reveal the name of the father. © 2008 AFP

Many believe that Crimea, an Ukrainian region mostly inhabited by Russians, could one day seek to break away from Ukraine. The port city of Sevastopol could become a focus of tension in such a scenario. © 2008 AF

North Korea reassembling nuclear facility over delayed US removal from blacklist

A 23-year-old student is on death row in Afghanistan after being found guilty of blasphemy. © 2008 BBC

Thai military chief promises not to use firearms despite new emergency powers amid rising protest. The deployment of troops in Bangkok raised the spectre of an army seizure of power less than two years after the military kicked out then Prime Minister Tha

Moscow shrugged off the EU demands to withdraw its troops from the so-called security zones it carved out of Georgian territory and threatened to mount an unspecified response to the presence of NATO ships off Georgia's Black Sea coast. (Sept. 2) © 2008