Oprah Winfrey books Bush, other big guests for TV, joins Streep, Bullock for movie comedy; ...

Harpo Productions via APIn this photo taken Oct. 9 in Los Angeles, Katherine Jackson, right, mother of the late music icon Michael Jackson, and Oprah Winfrey pose at the filming of an interview in which Jackson reflects on the life of her son from his childhood superstardom to recounting the day he died. The interview will air on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" sometime in November.

Pakistan border region becomes terror epicenter

It's a land of daunting mountains, crisscrossed with rugged paths. Tucked in the valleys, families live a subsistence existence in mud houses secluded behind 10-foot-high walls, cooking over open fires and sleeping under the sky. Dirt poor, uneducated, their only knowledge of the outside world comes from a crackling radio.

Mount Merapi status raised to alert

Merapi alert status: (Antara//Wahyu Putro )The status of Mount Merapi was raised to alert on Monday following increasing volcanic earthquake activities from the volcano.
The Sleman administration announced the new status at 6 a.m. on Monday.

South Korea sends aid to North as mood improves

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea sent its first shipment of rice aid to rival North Korea in more than two years on Monday and said it would consider holding monthly talks with Pyongyang if it was committed to denuclearisation.

Indonesia to evacuate thousands as volcano simmers

SLEMAN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Authorities will evacuate more than 11,000 villagers living on the slopes of the Mount Merapi volcano near Yogyakarta on Java after the alert status for an eruption was raised to the highest level, officials said.

Kris Aquino reacts to sis love advice

MANILA, Philippines- It seems like actress-host Kris Aquino is not heeding the love advice of her eldest sister, Ballsy Aquino-Cruz.
Ballsy recently gave Kris an advice to focus her attention on her 2 sons, Joshua and baby James, instead of her love life.
“You can’t have everything in this world. Kung suwerte ka sa career, or suwerte ka sa mga anak mo, tanggapin mo na lang. Huwag mo

Wikileaks Iraq War Diaries

At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history. The 391,832 reports ('The Iraq War Logs'), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in the United States Army. Each is a 'SIGACT' or Significant Action in the war. They detail events as seen and heard by the US military troops on the ground in Iraq and are the first real glimpse into the secret history of the war that the United States government has been privy to throughout.

Slovenia elects first black mayor

Peter Bossman receives a kiss from his wife Karmena after the second round of local elections in Lucija. Bossman, a doctor from Ghana, was voted in as mayor of a Slovenian city, becoming the first black mayor in an eastern European country. He became mayor of the picturesque seaside city of Piran in the second round of local elections after beating the centre-right incumbent, according to preliminary results.
Photograph by: SRDJAN ZIVULOVIC
Credit: REUTERS

Slovenia elects its first black mayor

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - Slovenia elected its first black mayor on Sunday, an immigrant from Africa known as the "Obama of Piran," the town where he lives.

Hamas, Fatah may hold 2nd meeting for reconciliation in Damascus

RAMALLAH/GAZA, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- A senior Fatah official said Sunday that the second round of meeting for reaching an inter- Palestinian reconciliation deal with Islamic Hamas movement might be held in Syria's capital of Damascus next week.