You have to admire the Republican chutzpah. Still confronting a national scandal about packing the Justice Department with "loyal Bushies," they pick a vice presidential candidate who - in her two executive jobs in Alaska - ousted top law-enforcement guys

(Denver) Today, thousands of activists from across the country rallied at the State Capitol and marched through the streets of Denver to kick off a week of protests during the Democratic National Convention. The March to End All Incursions Worldwide!..

LARNACA, Cyprus (AFP) - Activists said Wednesday they were determined to break the Israeli blockade of the poverty-stricken Gaza Strip by boat despite receiving death threats.

Praise Nike! (The Goddess of Victory, Not the Shoe Company)

In an African reserve infamous for gorilla murders, unknown gunners opened fire on a truck belonging to wildlife conservationists on Monday (07/06/2008)

The most powerful earthquake to hit China in 30 years has killed at least 10,000 people in south-western Sichuan province, with thousands more trapped.

Ireland's poet laureate and Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney has branded the plan to build a freeway through the Hill of Tara as "ruthless desecration".

"Legislation that would make Holocaust-denial committed overseas an offense under Israeli legal jurisdiction was approved unanimously in first reading by the Knesset on Tuesday. . ."

Argentines have been voting for a new president to succeed Nestor Kirchner, with his wife Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner seen as the clear favourite.

Forty-six children in Guatemala, believed to have been taken from their parents for illegal adoption abroad have been rescued, officials say.