Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Israel is dying and that its 60th anniversary celebrations are an attempt to prevent its "annihilation."
A helicopter plunged to the ground and burst into flames in a residential neighborhood in western Canada on Tuesday, killing the three people aboard and one person on the ground, officials said.
Bodies buried under mounds of rubble, bloodied survivors pulled from debris, weeping family members begging for information _ the stark images have blanketed Chinese newspapers and television broadcasts for days.
Australia´s new government won praise from the United Nations and human rights groups Wednesday for offering refugees permanent sanctuary rather than temporary visas.
Victims of Colombia´s far-right militias fear the surprise extradition of 14 paramilitary warlords may keep them from learning their loved ones´ fates and getting reparations.
