CULTURE AND SPORT

The body of Libyan ex-leader Moamer Kadhafi was buried overnight in a secret location, a Misrata military council member said Tuesday.

About 10,000 people fled their homes amid fighting between Muslim rebels and government forces in the southern Philippines, an official said.

Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi said Europe was close to a resolution of its debt crisis and urged the continent's leaders to close the deal for the sake of the global economy.

Bill Gates said he would tell G20 leaders at a summit in France not to turn their backs on funding projects in poor countries.

Sharp increases in temperature driven by global warming are melting China's Himalayan glaciers, threatening habitats, tourism and economic development, a study says.

Rescuers scrambled through the rubble in a search for survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 264 people in Turkey.

Rescuers searched Monday for victims of a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey that killed at least 217 people.

Vietnam will host the 16th World Police Music Festival in Hanoi on Oct 22-26.

President Cristina Fernandez was re-elected in a landslide Sunday, winning with one of the widest victory margins in Argentina's history.

Sir Alex Ferguson insists MU will recover from the worst result of his career after the Premier League champions were thrashed 6-1 by Manchester City at Old Trafford.

Libya's interim rulers declared the country liberated on Sunday, launching the oil-rich nation on what is meant to be a two-year transition to democracy.

An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude on Sunday killed 138 people and injured 350 in eastern Turkey, the Turkish prime minister said.

Japanese Film Festival 2011, themed ‘Love’ will take place in Hanoi and Da Nang from October 20 to November 13.

A 7.3 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey Sunday has killed 500 to 1,000 people, the head of a seismological institute in Istanbul said.

European leaders opened an EU summit aimed at solving the eurozone debt crisis and convincing global rivals that recession can be kept at bay.

Polls opened in a joyful though serious mood Sunday in Tunisia's first-ever free elections, nine months after the surprise toppling of a dictator that sparked the Arab Spring.

The commander of forces who captured Muammar Gaddafi has given details of the Libyan ex-leader's last moments.

Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has died, the palace announced, leaving his brother Prince Nayef the likely successor to the ailing King Abdullah.

Libya's new leadership will formally proclaim the country's liberation Sunday after the death of Moamer Kadhafi.