Travel chaos as deadly storm hits northeast US
The US northeast was battered by heavy snow and strong winds Thursday as a mighty storm carved a violent arc across several states, killing more than a dozen people and snarling holiday travel.
29 December 2012
Bronx woman posed as aunt of US massacre victim
US authorities on Thursday arrested a woman accused of trying to profit from the massive public outpouring of support over the Newtown school massacre by posing as an aunt of one of the victims.
29 December 2012
Indian gang-rape victim dies in Singapore
An Indian student whose savage gang-rape on a bus in New Delhi sparked mass protests across the country died on Saturday in a Singapore hospital after suffering severe organ failure.
Storm leaves five dead in Philippines Tropical Storm Wukong left five people dead and three missing as it cut through the central Philippines, following devastating Typhoon Bopha that killed hundreds earlier this month.
28 December 2012
Pictures of AN-72 before the crashA selection of pictures of the AN-72 airplane that crashed near Shymkent in south Kazakhstan on December 25.
Myanmar probes deadly plane crash-landing Myanmar was on Wednesday investigating the cause of an air accident that left two people dead and 11 injured when a passenger jet packed with foreign tourists crash-landed and caught fire.
27 December 2012
China suspends officials after 11 kids die in road wreck A city in east China suspended 12 officials Wednesday, including a vice mayor, policemen and education administrators, after 11 children were killed in a road wreck involving an overloaded vehicle.