CULTURE AND SPORT

The smell of oil hangs heavy in the sea air. Children with plastic shovels scoop up clumps of goo in the waves.

The Group of 20 leading economies should seek to support growth in the developing world to help ensure a sustainable long-term global recovery, WB said.

Rescuers called off the search for survivors Friday as the death toll from one of Bangladesh's worst fires rose to 108.

Japan's Finance Minister Naoto Kan was widely tipped to become prime minister of the world's second-largest economy Friday.

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill approached the sandy white beaches of Pensacola Thursday, threatening Florida's tourist industry just ahead of its prime summer season.

Six men from will be voluntarily locked away in a module for almost one and a half years to simulate the psychological effects of a mission to Mars.

A bank robbery suspect who jumped bail and fled after his arrest in 2008 has been captured in Vietnam.

A gunman killed at least 12 people in a deadly rampage through a popular tourist region in northwest England Wednesday.

The South African national anthem includes verses in five of the country's 11 official languages.

Cancer could claim 13.3 million lives a year by 2030, the World Health Organisation's cancer research agency said Tuesday.

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama tearfully resigned, his brief reign derailed by a row over an unpopular US airbase.

The UN Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate Tuesday on Israel's military interception of an aid flotilla heading for the Gaza Strip.

Al-Qaeda has announced the death of Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man.

German President Horst Koehler quit on Monday, creating fresh problems for Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Tens of thousands gathered to protest in Turkey's biggest city Istanbul Monday following a deadly Israeli raid on a flotilla of aid-carrying ships bound for Gaza.

Air New Zealand is planning to let some passengers send text messages and emails mid-flight by the end of the year.

Finance chiefs of the world's leading economies are likely to deliver a strong endorsement of Europe's efforts to resolve its debt crisis.

The growing number of aircraft near-misses in US skies is making civilian aviation authorities increasingly concerned.

Despite the computer glitches, World Cup organizers are likely to sell almost all the tickets for the tournament.