CULTURE AND SPORT

Moamer Kadhafi accused the West of wanting to seize Libya's oil and warned that a no-fly zone would backfire as his forces pounded rebel lines.

The oldest and most traveled US space shuttle, Discovery, landed back on Earth after its final space flight.

Libyan oil output is down by over two-thirds from 1.6 million barrels per day to just 500,000 amid the uprising against Moamer Kadhafi's regime.

Tiger poo is an effective new weapon in warding off animal pests after years of experimenting with big cats' faeces collected from Australian zoos.

The International Boat Racing Festival 2011 is scheduled to take place in Mui Ne in the southern province of Binh Thuan from March 17-23.

China will invest around USD200 billion this year in affordable housing to address mounting public concern over runaway property prices.

A Lionel Messi brace helped Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over 10-man Arsenal to put them into the quarter-finals of Champions League.

YouTube announced that it bought Internet television company Next New Networks to improve content for the Google-owned video-sharing website.

A bomb planted by suspected Islamic militants exploded at a filling station in Pakistan's Punjab province, killing at least 20 people and wounding 127 others.

Critics have tipped one of the many historical films nominated to win this year's national Golden Kite awards.

President Barack Obama has lifted a ban on new military trials for Guantanamo Bay terror suspects.

An exhibition that opened in Hanoi on March 7 will bring the lives of single mothers, living in an outlying district, into focus.

Charlie Sheen has been sacked from the hit TV series "Two and a Half Men" after slamming its producers in outbursts.

Moamer Kadhafi's regime accused the United States, Britain and France of "a conspiracy to divide Libya" Monday.

US astronauts awoke to actor William Shatner's voice and theme music to the movie Star Trek on their final day at the International Space Station.

Jacques Chirac became the first former French president to go on trial as a court heard charges he embezzled public funds while he was mayor of Paris.

World oil prices shot higher Monday, striking 2.5 year highs on the turmoil in Libya and the Middle East, analysts said.

For tourists the Philippine island of Palawan seems like paradise, but for environment activists it feels more akin to a battlefield.

China aims to "basically eradicate poverty" by 2020 while greatly raise its poverty line, in order to help more people in need, Premier Wen Jiabao said.