A new wave of pension protests hits France, sparking fuel shortages, but with police and unions giving sharply differing figures of those taking part.
A total of 81 balloons take part in the first mass ascent of the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta.
Tens of thousands of anti-government protestors have descended on Bangkok for six days of protests designed to force the government to resign and call elections
Mass graves are serving as the final resting place of scores of earthquake victims. At least 100 bodies were discovered by a CNN crew in one open pit of several outside the capital city.
AP - A woman jumped the barriers in St. Peter's Basilica and knocked down Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass on Thursday.
A pharmacy college graduate and friends failed to get into terrorist training camps and then plotted to kill two U.S. politicians and randomly shoot people at shopping malls, authorities said.
AP - The Massachusetts House of Representatives has given initial approval to a bill allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim appointment to the Senate seat left vacant when Edward Kennedy died last month.
