The accidental death of an American author who wrote the adventure travel guide 100 Things to Do Before You Die has prompted an online rush to draw up "bucket lists" - catalogues of activities to do while alive
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today accused the White House of sparking the conflict in Georgia in order to benefit its favoured candidate in the November 4 US elections
BRITISH police charged three men with terrorism offences on Thursday over threats to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown posted on a militant Islamic website
THE Tower of Pisa is being challenged by a lesser-known 12th-century building in the northern Dutch town of Bedum as Europe`s most steeply leaning tower
The world`s fattest man, Manuel Uribe, will wed his long-term girlfriend this month / AP