Italy's interior minister says firm measures are needed to meet the country's 'security emergency'.

The mother of Jodi Jones speaks of her relief after teenage killer Luke Mitchell's appeal fails.

Foreign diplomats in Burma say the military junta has promised to take them on a tour of the delta disaster zone.

President Bush is appealing to oil-rich Saudi Arabia to increase production just as oil prices have hit another record high.

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Oil prices hit a record high above $127 a barrel for the first time on fresh worries about global supplies.

Carmen Salva's mission may be ambitious, but her belief is simple: "It's never too early to start caring for the land you live in and grow up in."

A strong aftershock hit already devastated southwestern China today, triggering landslides, blocking roads, knocking out phone lines and burying vehicles, state-run media reported. Survivors still are being pulled from the rubble four days after being buried by the initial 7.9 magnitude quake.

Four teenagers are jailed for life for the murder of a 55-year-old cyclist who was kicked to death.

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden -- in a blunt new message that coincides with Israel's 60th anniversary -- urged his followers to liberate Palestine, a terrorism analyst told CNN today.

Joshua Packwood knows what it's like to be a minority.

Construction of new homes posted the biggest increase in more than two years in April, a rare spot of good news amid the worst downturn in housing in more than two decades.

A man accused of murdering a waiter was a racist who thought black people should be shot, a court hears.

A retired top policewoman is named to head Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers will launch an appeal to win the right to compete at the Olympic this summer.

Zimbabwe sets a date for its presidential poll run-off, as President Mugabe says the first round was a disaster.

More than a dozen rabbis, including two from Israel, were in attendance this week as this conservative Muslim sheikdom opened one of the Gulf's first scholarly centers dedicated to interfaith dialogue.