AL WALEED, Iraq, Aug. 4 (UNHCR) - More than two dozen vulnerable Palestinian refugees stranded for the last two years in a makeshift camp in the desert on the Iraq-Syria border are set to leave the camp in the coming weeks for Iceland.

Villagers were shocked after a monkey-like piglet was born in China.

A 56-year-old US man has been arrested after shooting his lawnmower because it wouldn't start.

A mallard duck mounted an epic rescue mission to recover her six chicks when they were washed down a storm drain.

A Dorset woman celebrated her 90th birthday by fulfilling a long held ambition - to ride a Harley Davidson motorbike.

The BBC's Chinese-language website appears to have been unblocked in China ahead of the Olympic Games.

A dog at a southeast Kansas zoo has adopted three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother!!!

The incidents at Tricastin have prompted calls by environmentalists for a national debate on the safety of nuclear energy.

Singapore is considering legalizing kidney trading to help meet demand for kidney transplants, the city-state's health minister said Monday.

Some hedge-fund stars of 2007 are having an encore year. In the process, they are defying skeptics who questioned whether they could keep their runs going.