The bombers targeted two Shi'ite mosques in Baghdad where many people gathered to mark the end of Ramadan. At least 16 people have been killed and almost 60 wounded in the bombings and police say the numbers of dead and injured could rise still further. Â

One of South Korea's most popular actresses was found dead after apparently hanging herself. Choi Jin-sil, 39, was found dead in her Seoul home. She had starred in numerous TV dramas and movies, earning the nickname "The Nation's Actress." © 2008 Reuters

India has imposed the world's biggest smoking ban by forbidding its 1.2 billion people from lighting up in public places. The move has been introduced to try and fight tobacco use blamed, directly or indirectly, for a fifth of all deaths in the world's th

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  For many people, the ability to be able to pre determine the sex of their unborn child is a must. The reasons are many and varied. According to researchers, selecting the gender of babies is a reality; however, the method not only ra...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - U.S. navy vessels stayed close Monday to a Ukrainian ship hijacked by pirates with 33 tanks and other military hardware on board in one of the most worrying of a rash of attacks this year off lawless Somalia.

Child Abuse:Causes, Value of Children, Humans, Reasons for Abuse, Prevention: Governments and Parental Conspiracy

Owen Bennett-Jones shares the results of a BBC global opinion poll about al-Qaeda and meets ostensible US allies in Europe and Pakistan who say America's War on Terror is doing more harm than good.

This is truly amazing! Cannot even image the work time and money that went into this venture. It's also amazing to see how large this is - and that the fact it is to scale of biblical times. Enjoy.

"Without streets and vehicles, the uproar of wheels, the brutality of horses, and with its little winding ways where people crowd together, where voices sound as in the corridors of a house where the human step circulates as if it skirted the angles...