Floods leave Venice under water
Water in Venice has risen to its highest level in more than 20 years, leaving much of the Italian city under floods and forcing residents and tourists to wade through knee-high water.
In minutes, Mumbai was under siege
Retracing the steps of the Mumbai attackers offers clues as to how a posse of just 10 gunmen brought India's largest city to its knees in a matter of minutes.
It's official: U.S. is in recession
A panel of the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that the U.S. economy fell into a recession last year.
Rice: Probe will test Pakistan's will
The United States has told Pakistan it expects nothing short of complete cooperation in investigations into the terrorist rampage in nuclear rival India.
Oklahoma jumps Texas into No. 2 in BCS
Sooners in driver's seat for national title game despite having lost to 'Horns
NATO convoy struck in Pakistan
Militants in northwestern Pakistan attacked trucks ferrying supplies to NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Monday, killing two people and destroying a dozen vehicles, witnesses and police said.
Answer Desk: Explaining the oil bust
With oil prices at a third of peak levels, OPEC producers are having little luck trying to prop them back up. So was the price spike driven by greedy speculators after all? Answer Desk.
New hope on AIDS in Africa
In a sign of hope on a continent ravaged by AIDS, a South African fertility clinic has started a service allowing couples infected with the virus to have a healthy baby.
Thai protesters reinforce airports
Protesters trying to force the prime minister's resignation brought in thousands of reinforcements to occupy Bangkok's two besieged airports Monday.
NYT: A team for a foreign policy shift
While Obama's hand-picked foreign policy team tend to be more hawkish than the new president, they have all embraced a sweeping shift of priorities in the national security arena.
