Osama bin Laden was born into one of Saudi Arabia's most prosperous families, but he left home in search of revolution, found a path of fanaticism, inspired a murderous organization that terrorized the West, an

TRIPOLI, May 2 (Reuters): Moammar Gadhafi pressed an offensive against rebel forces, and his supporters burned Western embassies after the Libyan leader survived a NATO airstrike that officials said killed his

James Nicholas surveys the damage in Hackleburg, Ala., on Friday, April 29 following a tornado touchdown on Wednesday afternoon that destroyed much of the small community and caused 27 deaths. (AP Photo) T

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi speaks during a live speech in this still image taken from video on Saturday, April 30. (Reuters Photo) BRUSSELS, April 30 (Reuters): NATO dismissed an offer from Muammar Gadd

A Syrian protester beats a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad with a shoe, as he attends protest against the on going violence in Syria, in front of the Syrian embassy in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday, April 26,

(LEFT): Pakistani paramilitary soldiers gather around a damaged bus at the site of a bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, April 26. Twin bomb attacks against Pakistani navy buses that were talking employ

An Afghan solider, center, stands guard  outside of the main prison in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, April 25. (AP Photo) KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, April 25 (AFP): Almost 500 Taliban p

In this photo made on a government organized trip, guards inspect damage at Moammar Gadhafi’s compound following an airstrike, in Tripoli, Libya, early on Monday, April 25. (AP Photo) TRIPOLI, April

Investigators go through the remains of a  fire in Daxing district of Beijing, China on Monday, April 25. (AP Photo) BEIJING, April 25 (AFP): Seventeen poor migrants died when a fire swept through an

This video image taken from amateur video released by Sham News Network, a Syrian Freedom group, shows a man, left, preparing to throw an object at a tank as others look on in Daraa, Syria on Sunday April 24. (

In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, taken on Monday April 18, Syrians pray in Clock Square in the center of the city of Homs, Syria. Syrian security forces fired tear

“The last supper of Tongerlo” by Leonardo da Vinci is pictured during the exhibition “The European Genius”, in 2007 in the National Basilica of Koekelberg, Brussels. Christians have long

Libyan pro and anti-Gadhafi protesters fight at the street in front of the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday, April 14. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chaired a meeting Thursday of intern

KHARTOUM, April 14 (Reuters): Sudanese militia have killed 17 people in the oil-producing South Kordofan region just two weeks before long-delayed elections, a candidate for state governor said on Thursday. Gub

ABIDJAN, April 14 (AFP): President Alassane Ouattara stamped his new authority on Ivory Coast on Thursday, as troops formerly loyal to his ousted rival Laurent Gbagbo flocked to his banner despite ongoing viole

Anti-government protestors shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen on Thursday, April 14. Gunmen loyal to the government attacked t

Japanese Emperor Akihito, left, and Empress Michiko, kneel down and smile at people at an evacuation shelter in Asahi City in Chiba Prefecture, about 86 kilometers (54 miles) east of Tokyo on Thursday, April 14

KATHMANDU, April 14 (Agencies): Mehboob Asif, visa assistant at the Pakistani embassy in Kathmandu, miraculously survived a gun attack on Thursday, triggering speculation about the growth of the underworld in N

Libyan men carry a banner with a pre Gadhafi flag and reads in Arabic "February 17th revolution, we don't surrender its victory or death" as they take part in an anti Gadhafi rally and supporting Fran

TOKYO, April 13 (AP): Angry residents forced from their homes near Japan's tsunami-stricken nuclear power plant gathered in protest at the Tokyo headquarters of the plant's operator Wednesday, demanding compens