Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke wanted to be remembered as someone who "never grew up and did not stop growing," his adopted family said at his funeral Saturday. Clarke was buried in a brief, secular funeral according to his wishes at the general

A few weeks ago many of you took action demanding the protection of peaceful protesters in Colombia, including Ivan Cepeda.Unfortunately, the attacks and killings have only intensified since the protest took place on March 6.

Filmed live in a Canadian prison in 1988

Legendary British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. He came to fame when his story was made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, by director Stanley Kubrick in 1968. Once called "the first dweller in the

In Chad, Janjaweed militia from Sudan killed 100 elephants in one afternoon; in Kenya, Somali warlords armed with rocket-propelled grenades killed four wildlife rangers during a bloody raid on herds in the Tana Delta; in Democratic Republic of Congo, a

Simon Cowell has paid off the $162,000 (£80,000) mortgage of a couple whose cancer-stricken three-year-old daughter has touched his heart. The man who revels in his image as TV's Mr Nasty showed his caring side by vowing to be a "guardian angel" for

A three-year-old girl died from a methadone overdose her junkie mother may have given her to make her sleep, an inquest heard. The shocking details were revealed at the double inquest into the deaths of Donna Gill and her daughter Trae-Bleu Layne.

Australian archaeologists believe they have found the grave of the country's legendary outlaw, Ned Kelly, on the site of an abandoned prison. Kelly, immortalized for using home-made armor in a final shoot-out with police, became a folk hero of Australia's

More than 30 girls are missing from schools in Bradford despite efforts to track them down, MPs have been told. Authorities suspect 33 children from the city have been "taken abroad to participate in forced marriages", Labour MP Keith Vaz said. Children's

An elderly disabled man was duped out of thousands of pounds by a sheltered housing manager who fondled herself in his bedroom, a court has heard. Karen Dawson is accused of persuading stroke victim John Lill to change his will and of withdrawing cash