New Zealand rescuers refused to give up the hunt for quake survivors, despite hope fading for hundreds feared trapped two days after a disaster that has killed nearly 100.
The International Monetary Fund called for a weaker dollar to help America reduce its deficits with the rest of the world and rebalance the global economy.
Apple on Wednesday sent out emailed invitations to a San Francisco press event hinting at the debut of a new version of its hot-selling iPad tablet computer.
The more, the merrier is certainly true for Ziona Chana, a 66-year-old man in India's remote northeast who has 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren.
The United States called on Libya to immediately end "unacceptable bloodshed" and to urgently make its message clear to Moamer Kadhafi's teetering government.