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Venezuelans get naked for U.S. photographer American artist composes his latest human art installation CARACAS, Venezuela - More than 1,500 Venezuelans shed their clothes on a main city avenue Sunday to pose for American photographer Spencer Tunick, forming a human mosaic in front of a...

TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday said the West should apologize to Iran for accusing it of trying to develop a nuclear weapons program and said his country would continue to resist international pressure to halt its nuclear energy program. "Today they tell our nation that...

Iraqi diplomat gave U.S. prewar WMD details Saddam’s foreign minister told CIA the truth, so why didn’t agency listen? In the period before the Iraq war, the CIA and the Bush administration erroneously believed that Saddam Hussein was hiding major programs for weapons of mass destruction. Now...

Woman fined for fixing makeup while driving U.K. speed camera catches driver with both hands off the wheel North Wales police couldn’t believe their eyes when a camera at a spot notorious for accidents caught a woman driver using both hands to put on her makeup. Donna Maddock, 22, was filmed...

Court: ‘Bong Hits 4 Jesus’ banner is OK High school violated student’s rights by suspending him, federal court rules SAN FRANCISCO - An Alaska high school violated a student's free speech rights by suspending him after he unfurled a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" across the street from the...

Farmer feeds family friend’s corpse to pigs Man reportedly confesses to ill-fated attempt to exploit death for gain BERLIN - A German farmer confessed to feeding the corpse of an elderly family friend to his pigs and then stealing from his bank account, police said on Monday. Police ruled out...

Cat attacks toddler — so family shoots other cat Second pet was ‘hissing and growling,’ and attacking feline had fled BEAUMONT, Alberta - Margo Dawson says her family had no choice but to shoot a cat that was "hissing and growling" after another feline in the house attacked her 16-month-old...

Rising Barriers French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is leading a new wave of protectionism—in Europe—but also, possibly, one of reform. March 20, 2006 issue - Like his hero Charles de Gaulle, Dominique de Villepin sees himself as a man of action. When France's prime minister mulls tough...

Wal-Mart poised for major China expansion Retailer plans to hire 150,000 Chinese workers over next five years SHENZHEN, China - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to hire 150,000 people in China over the next five years, five times the number it currently employs here, as it prepares for a major store...

American dream revived for Cuban migrants U.S. judge reverses 'wet-foot, dry-foot' decision that sent them home SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA, Cuba — Ernesto Hernandez hopes his luck is about to change. Six times in the last 16 years the car mechanic welded a boat out of scrap metal, packed up his...

GE says its new machine could make the hydrogen economy affordable, by slashing the cost of water-splitting technology. By David Talbot Among the many daunting challenges to replacing fossil fuels with hydrogen is how to make hydrogen cheaply in ways that don't pollute the environment...

China admits to 'deep-seated conflicts' amid economic boom By Richard Spencer in Beijing (Filed: 06/03/2006) China's prime minister gave a surprisingly gloomy assessment of the state of the country's booming economy and fast-changing society in his annual speech to parliament yesterday. In...

Imagine riot police had to be sent into Harvard to quell an enormous student protest. OK, that's not terribly hard to imagine. But instead of the usual reasons for prosperous students to get all uppity — gay rights, antiwar hoopla, a strong math requirement — imagine that Harvard students rioted...

Cyclone slams coastal area in Australia Well-prepared towns see only minor injuries, but big damage to property CAIRNS, Australia - The most powerful hurricane to hit Australia in decades laid waste to its northeastern coast on Monday, mowing down sugar and banana plantations and leaving...

One in 10 Indonesians backs suicide bombings Institute conducting survey says findings are a wake-up call for leaders JAKARTA - Eleven percent of the people in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, believe suicide attacks against civilian targets are sometimes justifiable, a...

Playing games to heal wounds in Spain 2 years after terror attacks, some Muslims seek ways to bridge divide MADRID - It's not every day that you have to dodge the police, run away from drug dealers, or figure out how to maneuver a medieval bureaucracy to get a work visa. Surviving such...

200,000 may have died in Algiers insurgency 15-year Islamic rebellion has taken massive toll, human rights official says ALGIERS, Algeria - Up to 200,000 Algerians have died in a 15-year Islamic insurgency, the head of the government human rights body said Saturday — the highest official toll...

U.S. Navy battles suspected pirates, kills 1 American sailors return fire on ship, find weapons cache on board DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Two U.S. Navy warships exchanged gunfire with suspected pirates Saturday off the coast of Somalia, and one suspect was killed and five others were...

French unions and students mass for protests Government pressured to nix law that some fear will make jobs vulnerable PARIS - Protesters and police geared up for mass demonstrations across France on Saturday as pressure mounted on the conservative government to cancel a new law that students...

NEW YORK - New York City and Savannah, Ga., are marking St. Patrick's Day today with the nation's biggest parades. About two million spectators are expected along 5th Avenue in New York, with more than 100,000 expected to march...