Best-selling author Dan Brown made a rare public appearance in New Hampshire on Friday, saying very little about his next novel other than he's well into the writing process. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
One of the most powerful men on the Taliban council, Agha Jan Motasim, nearly lost his life in a hail of bullets for advocating a negotiated settlement that would bring a broad-based government to his beleaguered homeland of Afghanistan. (Source: Ass... [Full Article]
ONE OFFICIAL WORD: A senior Chinese official is saying that the government regards Shenzhen Proview Technology as the rightful owner of the trademark for the iPad. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
French surgeon Jacques Beres has operated in war zones for 40 years, but he says the carnage in Syria is among the most horrific he has ever witnessed. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Chinese tennis star Li Na says she's not about to change her persona just because some people think she might be too outspoken. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
A high-profile Chinese politician whose rapid rise has been placed in doubt by the detention of a close aide on Friday denied he was himself under investigation, as speculation about his future intensified. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro speaks to the media before attending a mass to pray for the recovery of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Havana March 4, 2012. Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks to media before leaving a polling station in Moscow March 4, 2012. Putin is almost certain to win a third presidential term in an election that began on Sunday in Russia's far east, though... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at an interview with the foreign media in Tokyo March 3, 2012. Noda said on Saturday he had no intention to call an early election any time soon and saw some promising signs that an elusive... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaks during a news conference at the end of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels March 2, 2012 . REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)... [Full Article]