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Three Google executives were convicted of violating Italian privacy laws on Wednesday

Hanoi Sound Stuff is a three-day celebration of electronic music and environmental awareness taking place next month.

Toyota's top U.S. executive told lawmakers on Tuesday that he is not certain the company has fixed its runaway car problems even though it has recalled millions of vehicles around the world.

The Afghan immigrant at the center of what the authorities described as one of the most serious threats to the United States since 9/11 pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism charges.

As Vietnam ushered in the Year of the Tiger, artist Le Tri Dung unveiled an exhibition dedicated to this mighty animal.

The U.S. men's hockey team held off the powerful host Canadians to earn a bye to Wednesday's quarterfinals.

Fearing potential staff cuts, Lufthansa's high-paid German pilots took to the picket lines on Monday, plunging the airline into its longest ever strike and forcing the carrier to cancel hundreds of flights.

Rescue workers dug through heaps of mud, boulders and debris on Sunday on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

Iraqi war film "The Hurt Locker" and corporate downsizing drama "Up In the Air" won honors from screenwriters in the final, major Hollywood awards show leading up to the Oscars.

NASA's space shuttle Endeavour cast off from the International Space Station late Friday, capping more than a week of orbital construction to add a phenomenal new lookout dome and room to the orbiting lab.

As the first Congressional hearings on Toyota get underway Tuesday, one key question will be whether the automaker has fully diagnosed the causes of its runaway cars.

DTiNews shares photos from readers celebrating Tet all over the world.

A kiss is just a kiss, but at Rio's Carnival, collecting as many pecking partners as possible at one of the 650 massive street parties that hit high gear on Saturday is truly a competitive sport.

U.S. President Barack Obama has issued a message of greetings to those celebrating the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 14.

Southwest Chamber Music's exchange program will introduce Asians to contemporary classical works.

Thousands of Haitians prayed, wept and danced among tent shelters in the capital's main square on Friday.

Doctors inserted two stents into a clogged coronary artery after he complained of chest pains.

A trove of aerial photographs of the collapsing World Trade Center was widely released this week.

A famed body paint artist created a stunning image of a South China Tiger in aid of a project to save the animal.