ROME (AP):Every morning during the 40 days of Lent, a band of worshippers walk literally in the footsteps of early, persecuted Christians, visiting some of the world's oldest churches in preparation for the most solemn week on the church calendar.
CHICAGO (AP)It's just days until Americans set their alarm clocks for the wee hours of the morning to watch Prince William marry Kate Middleton, and already the royal fever is heating up across the Atlantic Ocean.
NEW YORK (AP): AFTER A season of earthquakes, tsunamis and political violence, television networks from ABC to E! are betting that many Americans will want to rise before dawn next week to bask in the splendour of the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton....
Key moments in the courtship of Prince William and Kate Middleton, who marry on April 29.
September 2001: William enrolls at St Andrews University in Scotland...
BEIRUT (AP):Syria's government approved lifting the country's nearly 50-year-old state of emergency Tuesday to meet a key demand of anti-government protesters, but opposition leaders dismissed it as an attempt by President Bashar Assad to claim reforms...
LOS ANGELES (AP):The doctor charged in the death of Michael Jackson tried to change his story about his actions involving the pop star, telling his own experts in the upcoming trial a different story than he told police, prosecutors said Monday.Deputy...
PHOENIX (AP):Arizona Gov Jan Brewer on Monday vetoed a bill that would have required President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove their US citizenship before their names could appear on the state's ballot.The bill would have made...
LONDON (AP):Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Tuesday that his predecessor Gordon Brown shouldn't become a candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and suggested the next chief...
A pair of thin robots on treads sent to explore buildings inside Japan's crippled nuclear reactor came back on Monday with disheartening news: Radiation levels are far too high for repair crews to go inside.
GAUHATI, India (AP):A helicopter hit a wall and burst into flames as it was trying to land in India's remote northeast Tuesday, killing at least 17 people, police said.
LONDON (AP):Public areas near Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey in London are being checked by special security teams in advance of the April 29 royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.Police said Tuesday they had checked areas along...
LONDON (AP):Palace officials will offer live streaming of the April 29 royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on the royal channel on YouTube.The four-hour live Internet coverage will include the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the...
Search and rescue efforts are continuing in the US state of North Carolina after three days of storms and tornadoes that killed at least 45 people across half a dozen states.
NEW ORLEANS (AP):A New Orleans police officer was convicted yesterday of beating a 48-year-old handyman to death, while a fellow officer was found guilty of trying to help his partner cover up the deadly encounter nearly six years ago.A federal jury...
