Police search home of Bettencourt's daughter French police are searching the home of the daughter of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, a sp... At least 12 dead in blast at China factory At least 12 people died and 15 were seriously injured on Wednesday after an explosion at an aband...	Bangladesh raises garment workers' pay 80 percent Bangladesh has raised minimum monthly wages for its millions of garment workers by about 80 perce...	Incoming BP CEO thinks, but 'can't guarantee,' oil flow has ended One hundred days after an oil well operated by BP ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, and 13 days aft... Voters fault Obama on jobs A majority of Americans believes President Barack Obama has neglected job creation and economic f...
Plane crashes in Saudi Arabia; 2 injured A Lufthansa cargo plane crashed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, and two pilots aboard were i... Incoming BP chief executive 'sure there will be changes' The American set to take over BP said Tuesday that in the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil dis...	Ahmadinejad: Conditions still apply for nuclear talks Iran will resume nuclear negotiations only on certain conditions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ...	Turks, Kurds clash after deadly attack on police Police fired tear gas to break up clashes between Turkish and Kurdish protesters in southern Turk... Seven die in Israeli military helicopter crash All seven soldiers aboard an Israeli military transport helicopter which crashed in central Roman...
Cameron calls Gaza 'prison camp' British Prime Minister David Cameron called Gaza a "prison camp" on Tuesday, a blunt description ...	Two bombs kill 20 near Iraqi Shi'ite city of Kerbala Two bombs exploded near the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala in southern Iraq on Monday, killing 20 p...	Leaked U.S. Afghan papers show "war crimes": website Thousands of leaked U.S. military papers from Afghanistan contain evidence of possible war crimes...
Israeli air force targets sites in northern and southern Gaza The Israeli air force launched overnight airstrikes against a weapons manufacturing site in north...	BP says no decisions have been made on changing management No final decision had been made regarding whether embattled CEO Tony Hayward will leave BP, the c...	NATO rocket killed 45 Afghan civilians: government At least 45 civilians, many women and children, were killed in a rocket attack by the NATO-led fo...
Suicide blast near Pakistan politician kills 8 A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least eight people and wounded 20 in a blast near the hous...	France's Sarkozy says will punish Al Qaeda killers President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday to punish al Qaeda's north African wing after confirmin...	Summer wildfires hit France and Portugal A wildfire has destroyed nine square kilometres of vegetation in the south of France, threatening...
Concorde victims remembered, ten years on Ten years to the day after Concorde plunged from the skies near Charles de Gaulle airport in Pari...	Prayers at Khmer Rouge jail before court verdict A special Buddhist ceremony has been held at a notorious former Khmer Rouge prison in Phnom Penh,...	German soul-searching over Love Parade tragedy Why? That is the question the whole of Germany is asking the day after the Love Parade went so ho...
Drone strike in Pakistan kills 16 A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed 16 alleged militants Saturday mo...	Brazil poll shows Rousseff and Serra tied in election Brazil's ruling party candidate, Dilma Rousseff, remained in a technical tie in October's preside...	Protests planned worldwide against execution of Iranian woman Hundreds of protesters will gather worldwide Saturday to rally against the imprisonment and possi...
Mosque blast kills Afghan election candidate A candidate for Afghanistan's September parliamentary elections was killed and 20 others wounded ...	Earthquakes strike waters south of Philippines A series of four strong earthquakes spanning just over an hour struck the Philippines' Moro Gulf ...	India unveils $35 computer for students India has unveiled a $35 computer prototype as part of its program to provide connectivity to its...