Lawyers for Maher Arar, the Canadian who was deported to Syria where he was tortured on false terrorism allegations, will appear in a court in New York Friday to try to revive his lawsuit against senior officials in the U.S. government. more »
Detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is very optimistic about prospects of reconciliation between the military government and her pro-democracy forces, members of her party said Friday. more »
Two astronauts ventured out on a spacewalk at the International Space Station on Friday, picking up where the shuttle Discovery crew left off just days ago. more »
The U.S. government has withheld information about a witness who could help clear Canadian Omar Khadr as an "unlawful enemy combatant," Khadr's military defence lawyer at Guantanamo Bay said Thursday. more »
Areas along the British and Dutch coasts are at risk of severe flooding from a tidal surge in the North Sea, government and environmental agencies warned Thursday. more »
A gas leak killed 32 coal miners Thursday in southwest China, and three others were missing and presumed dead, a government safety official said. more »
Speeding up a natural process through "electrochemical weathering" could be used to absorb carbon in oceans and reduce the impact of climate change, U.S. researchers say. more »
Grieving students from a Finnish town laid candles outside a high school on Thursday in remembrance of the six students and two staff members gunned down a day earlier. more »
A sports memorabilia dealer O.J. Simpson is accused of stealing from told a Las Vegas courtroom Thursday that the former football star burst into a hotel room with a gun and carted off hundreds of items. more »
