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California SC backs gay marriage
The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the state cannot bar same-sex marriages, marking a major victory for gay rights advocates that may have national implications.
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US drugged illegals before deportation
The US government has injected hundreds of foreigners it has deported with dangerous psychotropic drugs against their will, The Washington Post reported.
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'Myanmar toll may stand at 128000'
The Red Cross estimated that the cyclone death toll in Myanmar could be as high as 128,000 - a much larger figure than the government tally.
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Boy, 10, set to ace college in US
With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.
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Joseph Fritzl is a 'liar'
Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian girl kept captive in a cellar for eight years, said Amstetten incest father Joseph Fritzl is a "liar" for saying he loves his family.
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China admits 50,000 may have died
Chinese authorities on Thursday finally conceded that 50,000 people may have died in the quake hit Sichuan province in southwest China, some 80 hours after the disaster struck on Monday afternoon.
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Bush stirs up US Prez campaign
US President George Bush has said that Democratic front-runner Barack Obama's pledge to talk to Iran's leader amounted to "the false comfort of appeasement."
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India offers $5 million aid to China
Meanwhile, China said that the death toll may cross 50,000 and issued a public appeal for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster.
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Aid effort smooth: Myanmar junta
Myanmar's military government said its cyclone relief effort was moving along swiftly even as foreign powers warned of starvation.
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19-year-old elected mayor of US city
It's certainly a good start: a 19-year-old political science student who dreams of becoming US president was elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma, beating a 70-year-old for the job, the city hall announced on Thursday.
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Palestinians mourn Israel birthday
Abbas appealed for reconciliation and an end to Israeli settlement building on the 60th anniversary of Israel's birth.
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Embryonic twin in Greek girl's stomach
A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in Greece suffering from stomach pains, was found to be carrying her embryonic twin. The embryo was surgically removed.
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Hurley, Nayar, Grant win privacy case
Two photo agencies have agreed to pay actors Hugh Grant and Liz Hurley and her husband USD 113,000 for taking photographs of them while they were on vacation in the Maldives.
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Dungeon dad's kin thank public
Austrian Josef Fritzl's family, has for the first time expressed gratitude for the support they have received - and to wish for a "normal life" in the future.
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Book on Naipaul vies for UK prize
A biography of Nobel Prize-winning Indian-origin writer V S Naipaul has found its place among the six books short-listed for Britain's richest prize for non-fiction.
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