Germany's Cabinet has approved abolishing nuclear power within about a decade and boosting investment in renewable energies.
Disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty on Monday to charges he sexually assaulted a New York hotel maid in a case that cost him his job and a chance at the French presidency.
"I will be dead before cancer gets me," said Yamada, who has organized an unlikely band of more than 270 retirees and older workers eager to work for nothing but the sense of service at the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
A Libyan woman who claimed she was raped by Gadhafi troops has left Libya on her way to the United States, her sister said Sunday.
 Britain's Prince William attends the Colonel's Review ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London June 4, 2011. The annual military parade and march-past by the British Army Household Division takes place a week before the Trooping of the Colour which marks Queen Elizabeth's official birthday.
Britain's Prince William attends the Colonel's Review ceremony at Horse Guards Parade in London June 4, 2011. The annual military parade and march-past by the British Army Household Division takes place a week before the Trooping of the Colour which marks Queen Elizabeth's official birthday.
Prosecutors have said their evidence against the former International Monetary Fund leader charged with sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid was growing by the day. Defense lawyers, meanwhile, have said they had information that would seriously hurt her credibility.
Syria said 23 people were killed in Sunday's protest near the Golan Heights, when Israeli troops fired at Palestinian demonstrators who marched to the frontier fence.
The United States pilotless aircraft fired several missiles into Pakistani South Waziristan tribal region early Monday morning killing at least 14 persons, security sources said.
Left-wing former army commander Ollanta Humala had a razor-thin lead over the right-wing daughter of a jailed ex-president in Peru's presidential election on Sunday, partial official results showed.
 A volcano in the Caulle Cordon of southern Chile erupted for a second day Sunday, shooting out pumice stones and pluming a cloud of ash six miles (10 kilometers) high and three miles (five kilometers) wide.
A volcano in the Caulle Cordon of southern Chile erupted for a second day Sunday, shooting out pumice stones and pluming a cloud of ash six miles (10 kilometers) high and three miles (five kilometers) wide.
As a new bride, 22-year-old Ummu Atirah believes she knows the secret to a blissful marriage: obey her husband and ensure he is sexually satisfied.
A suicide bomber attacked a bakery in Pakistan's northwest on Sunday, killing 18 people, and another bomb in the volatile region left six others dead. The attacks were the latest in a wave of bloodshed to hit Pakistan since the U.S. raid that killed al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.
 
 
 Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
 Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
 
 
 Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
 Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
 
 
 UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
 UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
 
 
 German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
 German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
 
 
 China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
 China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
 
 
 Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
 Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League