MUSLIMS around the world this week begin the fasting and feasting month of Ramadan amid hopes of violence easing in some of the Islamic world`s conflict hotspots
Want to get rid of your goldfish? Swiss owners who have been flushing them down the toilet - still alive - must now find other methods since strict, new animal protection laws took effect today
BRITISH actor Jude Law called today for all parties in Afghanistan`s conflict to observe a "Peace Day" on September 21 as part of a global campaign for ceasefires and non-violence
CHINA deployed more than 8000 soldiers and military reservists to help search and rescue efforts in the southwest today after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that left 38 people dead
Lethal ... a killer tornado has ripped through a Boy Scout camp in Little Sioux ranch, western Iowa, leaving four children dead / AP
