Rebels appeal for Gaddafi capture
Libyan rebels have announced an amnesty for anyone within Col Muammar Gaddafi's "inner circle" who captures or kills him, and a US$1.7m reward.
90 to 100 Kurdish rebels killed in Iraq
Ninety to 100 Kurdish rebel fighters have been killed during Turkey's incursion on northern Iraq, the Turkish military said on August 23.
Russia's Medvedev begins talks with DPRK top leader
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on August 24 met with Kim Jong Il, the top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), near Russia's eastern Siberian city of Ulan Ude, according to the Itar-Tass news agency.
Virginia earthquake rattles East Coast
A strong earthquake in Virginia shut down a nearby nuclear power plant Tuesday afternoon and sent out seismic waves felt by millions from Georgia to northern New England. Three aftershocks were reported by Tuesday evening.
Rebels overrun Gaddafi HQ, say he's "finished"
Libyan rebels sacked Muammar Gaddafi's Tripoli bastion, seizing weapons and smashing symbols of a 42-year dictatorship whose demise will transform Libya and send a warning to other Arab autocrats facing popular uprisings.
Strauss-Kahn New York sexual assault case dismissed
A New York judge has dismissed the sexual assault case against former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Japan PM on way out, leadership race wide open
Unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan will likely resign on August 30, his economics minister said on August 23, but who will succeed him as Japan confronts a nuclear crisis and a long list of economic difficulties remained up in the air.
Standard & Poor's president Deven Sharma steps down
Standard & Poor's (S&P) president Deven Sharma has stepped down just weeks after the agency downgraded the US credit rating.
Syrian death toll tops 2,200, UN says
More than 2,200 people have been killed since the start of mass protests in Syria in mid-March, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on August 22.
New York prosecutors ask for dismissal of Strauss-Kahn case
New York prosecutors have asked for the dismissal of sexual assault charges against IMF (International Monetary Fund) former chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, according to the official document filed on August 22.