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Couple held for kidnapping
02/12/2008 23:16
A couple faces torture, kidnapping and child abuse charges after a bruised 17-year-old boy showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, authorities say.
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'Litvinenko poisoned himself'
02/12/2008 21:12
The man accused of murdering Alexander Litvinenko says that the former Russian spy may have accidentally poisoned himself with the radioactive substance polonium that killed him.
Russia linked to spy's murder
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Aid agency wants $45bn for '09
02/12/2008 21:12
The head of the US government's foreign aid agency says she is hoping for $45bn to spend on aid programmes around the world next year despite the global financial crisis.
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Emotional farewell for rabbi
02/12/2008 19:10
Wailing and chanting psalms, thousands of people have bid an
emotional farewell to the six Jews killed in the bloody Mumbai attacks.
Tears, shock as Jews mourn rabbi
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11 die trying to keep warm
02/12/2008 19:10
Eleven schoolgirls have died of carbon monoxide poisoning in north China as they tried to warm themselves around a charcoal heater amid plummeting temperatures.
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After slamming the door a decade ago on the high-stress world of gastronomy, chef Joel Robuchon has became the world's most starred chef, with 24 Michelin stars. 
A bipartisan commission is asserting the country should expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or biological weapons sometime in the next five years. 
Short of gift ideas? Then how about an underwear repair kit or a Barack Obama "Yes, We Can" can opener?
Even hardened criminals have a right to aftershave and hand cream, Germany's highest court says, approving the appeal of a male inmate against gender discrimination. 
Human rights abuses in Iraq remain widespread despite a significant drop in overall violence, the United Nations says. 
The coroner overseeing the inquest into the death of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes has ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing.
