CULTURE AND SPORT

With the war on AIDS nearing its 30th anniversary, the UN declared "a moment of truth" had come for new strategies to address the campaign's failures.

Police in white moon suits in Japan pull bodies of tsunami victims from an evacuated zone in halting work interrupted by radiation alarms.

Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points for the second-straight game and the New York Knicks rallied from a 16-point deficit for a 120-116 win over New Jersey.

Spain, struggling to avoid a debt bailout, will miss key public deficit targets this year and next, the central bank warned Wednesday.

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi suffered a major blow with the defection of his foreign minister.

The euro struck a ten-month high point against the yen, as traders expected hikes to eurozone and US interest rates in the near future.

Loyalist forces overran the Libyan town of Ras Lanuf, scattering outgunned rebels as world powers debated arming the rag-tag band of fighters.

The global cost of natural and man-made disasters more than tripled in 2010 to $218 billion, reinsurer Swiss Re said.

Flooding across southern Thailand has killed 11 people and stranded thousands on storm-swept holiday islands.

International powers meeting in London edged closer to an exile plan for embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi.

The world's two best players rolled into the quarter-finals of the ATP and WTA Miami Masters, following a two-hour afternoon rain interruption.

US filmmaker Ken Burns will produce a 10-12 hour documentary about the Vietnam war.

Loud blasts rocked the Libyan capital Tripoli as world powers began debating whether to arm the rag-tag rebels.

Artists throughout the nation are showing their sympathy for people suffering from the recent catastrophes in Japan through a variety of activities.

The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in South Africa as the country debates its energy future before hosting UN climate talks later this year.

Japan said the government is on "maximum alert" over a crippled nuclear plant.

Roger Federer fought through a tough first set and turned it on in the second to beat Juan Monaco.

President Barack Obama told Americans he had stopped a "massacre" in Libya, but bluntly warned that trying to oust Moamer Kadhafi by force could repeat the carnage of Iraq.

India, home to most of the world's wild tigers, reported a rise in the animal's numbers for the first time in years.