Indians say sainthood for Mohawk woman long overdue
Rays of sunlight seep through a stained glass window at the tomb on the shores of the Saint Lawrence River of the tribeswoman who on Sunday will become the first American Indian saint.
Boxer Klitschko brings star power to Ukraine vote
An excited crowd reached out to touch Ukrainian boxing star Vitali Klitschko as he went on the campaign trail for his corruption-busting party ahead of October 28 parliamentary polls.
Afghan president warns on immunity for foreign troops
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has warned of possible problems ahead over the sensitive issue of immunity from prosecution for any American or NATO soldiers deployed in the country after 2014.
Kadhafi corpse inspires artist trio
The day after Moamer Kadhafi died, Chinese artist Yan Pei-Ming set to work painting a wall-sized oil of his corpse -- the first in an unlikely trio of artworks inspired by the Libyan strongman's grisly demise.
The man on a mission to debunk Obama 'myth'
He did nothing for African-Americans, left the poor even poorer, his health care reform was a step backwards, and he may yet let another financial disaster erupt on his watch.
From Dorothy to Darth Vader, London museum dresses up
Dorothy's blue and white dress and her sparkling ruby slippers have travelled from Oz to London's Victoria and Albert museum, where more than 130 of cinema's iconic costumes star in a new exhibition.
Dinosaur 'thief' arrested in Florida
A US man accused of smuggling 70 million year old dinosaur skeletons into the United States, including a toothy relative of the bigger Tyrannosaurus rex, was arrested on Wednesday in Florida.
The only Kazakhstan’s building-construction plant to be erected in Kostanay
The contract was signed on October 11 between Kostanay Akim (Mayor), management of Kostanay MBI and partners from Germany.
Kazakhstan National Bank released eagle-owl coin with diamond
The National Bank of Kazakhstan has released commemorative Eagle-Owl and Panther coins.
Over 210 thousand crimes registered in 9 months of 2012 in Kazakhstan
An increase was registered in such crimes as theft, fraud, robbery and hooliganism: Kazakhstan General Prosecutor’s office.
Canadians 'bullying the bullies' in teenager girl's suicide
A backlash over alleged cyberbullying that pushed a Canadian girl to suicide has cost a man his job, and is hampering a federal police investigation.
In signal to Iran, US and Israeli forces to stage drill
The United States and Israel are set to launch a major military exercise in a show of unity aimed at Iran, despite friction between American and Israeli leaders over how to counter Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Kazakhstan can eliminate three-shift education only in 2016
Meanwhile, in relation to the migration processes and demographic growth, the number of 3-shift schools remains high: Finance Minister.
Obesity surgery is good for the heart: research
Bariatric surgery to help the obese shed weight also reduces risks of cardiovascular disease, according to a review published on Wednesday in the specialist journal Heart.
China flexes muscles with drills amid island row
China was set to dispatch naval vessels and aircraft to the East China Sea on Friday, flexing its muscles in exercises likely to further stoke a bristling territorial dispute with Japan.
Political standoff has US on path to 'fiscal cliff'
As the US candidates battle it out in the final weeks of the campaign another showdown looms, with the world's largest economy coasting towards a potentially disastrous "fiscal cliff."
Colombian government and FARC kick off Oslo peace talks
Colombian government representatives and leftist rebels FARC kick off their first peace negotiations in a decade in Norway on Thursday in a bid to end almost 50 years of bloodshed.
Ex-rebels attack Libya's Bani Walid, 11 killed: local sources
At least eleven Libyans were killed and scores wounded in clashes on Wednesday when ex-rebels linked to the army attacked Bani Walid, a former bastion of dictator Moamer Kadhafi.
Beethoven score sells for 252,750 euros in Paris
An unpublished Beethoven manuscript sold for 252,750 euros ($331,000) at auction in Paris, part of a major collection put together over 50 years by the late French-born banker Andre Meyer.
North Mali residents say Islamists increasingly brutal
The Islamists who have seized control of Mali's desert north are growing increasingly brutal as they impose sharia on the region, even as they violate the strict Muslim law themselves, say fleeing residents.