Smoking out tobacco: The rise of the e-cig
The camera zooms in on a stubble-bearded hunk dragging on a cigarette and blowing out a thick cloud of smoke with what seems to be great satisfaction.
11 February 2013
Celebrities flock to Rio Carnival extravaganza
As world celebrities watched, top samba schools paraded their elaborate fantasy floats and scantily-clad beauty queens Sunday in the fiery highlight of the Rio Carnival.
World's largest crocodile dies in Philippines
The world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity has died in the Philippines, 17 months after the suspected man-eater was hunted down and put on display for tourists.
11 February 2013
Explorers complete Shackleton's epic Antarctic journey
A team of exhausted but elated explorers successfully recreated Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic survival journey Monday, completing a three-day climb across mountains despite a treacherous blizzard.
11 February 2013
Genetically engineered virus kills cancer: study
A genetically-engineered virus tested in 30 terminally-ill liver cancer patients significantly prolonged their lives, killing tumours and inhibiting the growth of new ones.
11 February 2013
Beckham offers refined British look for next winter
Victoria Beckham, who moved back to London a few months ago, on Sunday sent out a ready-to-wear collection for next winter infused with British flair -- tweed, plaid and her first attempt at knitwear.
11 February 2013
Chile court orders remains of poet Neruda exhumed
A Chilean judge has ordered the remains of poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda exhumed in a probe into whether he died of cancer as commonly believed or was killed by agents serving Augusto Pinochet.
09 February 2013
Christ, Mohammed draw divisions among Bulgarian Roma
Nothing illustrates better the arrival of a new wave of Islam among Roma in Bulgaria's southern town of Pazardzhik, whose imam Ahmed Mussa is on trial for spreading radical ideology.
09 February 2013
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Jason Wu shines in midst of New York blizzard The snowstorm walloping New England also gatecrashed New York Fashion Week on Friday, although First Lady Michelle Obama's much favored designer Jason Wu did his best to lift the gloom.
09 February 2013
'Horse lasagne' sparks new British food scare British authorities warned the public Thursday not to eat beef lasagne sold by the Findus brand and made in France after tests found it contained up to 100 percent horse meat.
09 February 2013
Aid workers in DRC appeal for $900 million Aid workers in the conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday they will need nearly $900 million (673 million euros) to meet the needs of the population this year.
08 February 2013
Sausages, Sisi, Sorvino -- and music -- at Vienna ball The Austro-Hungarian empire may be long dead but Viennese high society was back with a bang Thursday for the annual waltzing, music and show-off extravaganza that is the Opera Ball.
08 February 2013
Australia rejects heritage listing for Tasmanian rainforest Australia Friday rejected a bid for blanket heritage listing of Tasmania's Tarkine rainforest, angering environmentalists who said it would allow mining and could threaten the Tasmanian devil.
Alzheimer's cases to triple by 2050: study Alzheimer's disease cases in the US will nearly triple in the next 40 years, according to new projections Wednesday that suggest there will be nearly 14 million sufferers by 2050.
Guatemalan arrested with $31,000 in stomach A Guatemalan woman was arrested at Panama's international airport as she tried to enter the country with more than $31,000 in cash stashed inside her stomach.