US and Colombia paid 20 million for hostages

G8 leaders are expected to agree to expand the use of civil nuclear power to fight climate change at the upcoming Toyako summit according to Japanese media Monday.

Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert s coalition survived its most serious crisis to date Wednesday, after the opposition decided to withdraw a motion calling for dissolving the Knesset once it became clear the bill would not receive the necessary majo

Munich - A slip-up in Germany led to residential rolls on half a million people becoming freely accessible on the internet, an investigative programme on German TV said Monday. Another agency that needs to read "I.T. Wars" as soon as possible!

Munich - It s no longer quite right to speak of a processor in terms of a single chip. The heart of a computer has long been composed of several chips and other elements on a circuit board, collectively called a processor.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday at a world food summit in Rome that the fight against global hunger was only just beginning.

We have added a new set of images from the event China Sichuan Earthquake - May 27th.

London - The Dalai Lama Thursday called for international observers to be allowed to monitor China s actions in Tibet where he warned his people were facing a form of cultural genocide.

A Johnny Depp fan paid a staggering $91,000 to appear as an extra in a non-speaking role opposite the Oscar-nominated actor in the film which tells the story of America's criminal folk hero John Dillinger.

In a secret operation a U.S. official called "brilliant," the Colombian military infiltrated rebel group FARC and deceived its members into giving up 15 hostages including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, Colombia's defense minis