AP - Japan says its economy grew notably less in the fourth quarter than initial estimates.

Reuters - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.

Two Australian teenagers have been charged over a vicious attack on a disabled Canadian tourist who was knocked out of his wheelchair and battered with a metal bar, police said on Thursday.

McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama faces what may be the biggest test to date of his credibility in the Middle East after Israel greeted Vice President Joe Biden's with an announcement that it will construct 1,600 new homes in disputed East Jerusalem, diplomats and analysts said Wednesday.

The Christian Science Monitor - Vice President Joe Biden embarked on the Palestinian leg of his Middle East trip on Wednesday with tensions still high over Israel’s surprise announcement of new settlement construction in East Jerusalem.

Time.com - Beyond Sanctions: How to Solve the Iranian Riddle

OneWorld.net - ABUJA, Mar 8 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people in the city of Jos, 350km northeast of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, have been buried in mass graves after machete-wielding intruders attacked residents at 3 a.m. (local time) on 7 March.

DORAL, Florida — One of the billboards at Doral promotes this World Golf Championship with a familiar slogan and some

WASPS – Women Airforce Service Pilots – received the Congressional Gold Medal for the missions they flew during World War II. Wearing her WASP uniform from

Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim has passed US billionaires Warren Buffet and Bill Gates to earn the top spot on Forbes' world's richest list.