CULTURE AND SPORT

President Barack Obama warned the United States risked plunging back into recession if a standoff over the US debt ceiling lingers.

IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn vowed to fight charges of assaulting a hotel chambermaid.

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has said accelerating troop withdrawals from Afghanistan would be "premature."

Israeli gunfire killed 12 people and wounded hundreds as Palestinians marched on Israel's borders with Lebanon, Syria and Gaza.

A French movie about a fallen Hollywood silent-movie star came out of nowhere to become a strong contender for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Johnny Depp swung back into his iconic Captain Jack Sparrow role at the Cannes premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides".

U.S. officials welcomed visitors to the USS Carl Vinson warship, from which Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea.

IMF's leader was was being questioned by police in connection with the sexual assault of a hotel maid.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma said the firm's move to transfer ownership of its online payment unit was "legal and 100 percent transparent".

Libyans buried 11 Muslim clerics killed in what Moamer Kadhafi's regime said was a NATO air strike on the oil city of Brega.

Pakistan lawmakers insisted Saturday there must be no repeat of the US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden and said drone strikes targeting terrorists near the border with Afghanistan must end.

Manchester United won a record 19th English title after a 1-1 draw away to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday.

Moamer Kadhafi declared in an audio message that he was beyond the reach of NATO bombs.

Vietnam will send official candidates to take part in the 2011 Miss Universe pageant in Brazil.

Tornadoes in the southeastern United States should not have any bearing on the severity of the upcoming hurricane season.

Shell has become more volatile than in the past, while overall demand for energy is forecast to double by 2050, Chairman Jorma Ollila warned.

Taliban claimed their first major attack to avenge Osama bin Laden's death as 80 people were killed in a double suicide bombing.

The spread price hikes have directly hit their meals of Vietnamese athletes of sports teams.

A shareholder of TNK-BP had filed papers for a suit seeking USD10 billion in damages from BP over its proposed tie-up with Rosneft.