
| Seventeen soldiers training for high-altitude warfare were killed when a massive avalanche slammed into an Army training centre based on a high slope near north Kashmir ski resort of Gulmarg on Monday. |
| New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is skeptical that the federal government would cover the cost of trying Sept. 11 suspects in Manhattan, a day after President Barack Obama said he had not ruled out holding the trial in New York. |
| If you downed one too many while watching the Super Bowl, here's at least one reason to hold your head high: Drinking beer can be good for your health. |
| Japanese authorities said Monday they are trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines plane flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York. |
| A student of the National Institute of Design on Monday lunged at molester cop SPS Rathore as he stepped out of a courtroom, repeatedly slashing his neck and face with a knife and leaving the ex-Haryana DGP's face bloodied. |
| Michael Jackson's personal physician entered a plea of not guilty Monday afternoon at a standing-room-only arraignment attended by Jackson's parents and several siblings. |
![]() | A North Carolina judge wants security officers to accompany a former John Edwards aide as he goes to retrieve a sex tape of his former boss. |
| Michael Jackson's doctor was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star's stunning death last summer and setting up the prospect of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama. |
| Claim of separation 'false as well as intrusive', say lawyers, as Pitt and Jolie begin action in London high courtHollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie today began a privacy action against the News of the World over a story that alleged the couple were separating.The News of the World claimed in a story last month that the pair, who met on the set of the film Mr & Mrs Smith in 2004, had visited a divorce lawyer in December and agreed to divide up their £205m fortune and custody of their six children.Keith Schilling of Schillings, the couple's London lawyers, said today: "The News of the World has failed to meet our clients' reasonable demands for a retraction of and apology for these false and intrusive allegations which have now been widely republished by mainstream news outlets. We have advised them to bring proceedings, which they have now done."Pitt and Jolie commenced action through Schillings in the high court in London today against News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that publishes the . . . |
| Doctors and aid workers are wrestling with the burden of proving that they are not illegally transporting children, whose risk of dying is rising while the paperwork awaits. |
| PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A Haitian judge made no decision at a hearing on Monday whether to free or prosecute 10 U.S. missionaries accused of kidnapping children, and their leader said she trusted in God they would be cleared and released. |
![]() | AP - Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels. |