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A satellite image of the giant iceberg heading towards WA. A giant iceberg is drifting towards Western Australia, impressing scientists with its capacity to travel so far north while still largely intact.

It was Judy Mayes' first trip to the holy land. 'I took a lot of pictures, probably all together about 2,000 pictures.' She took snapshots of sacred places that she had read about in her Bible.

Honduras' president-elect said Tuesday he wants amnesty for ousted President Manuel Zelaya and for all of those involved in the June 28 coup that deposed him.

The State Department is cutting ties with the security contractor protecting the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan following an investigation of allegations that guards engaged in lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters.

Yahoo! Travel has released its list of the most popular travel destination cities of 2009 , based on consumer searches and activity.

A German visitor was caught trying to leave New Zealand with 23 geckos and 20 skinks hidden in his underwear, a court was told.

Richard Branson unveiled Monday a commercial spaceliner offering tourists a cheaper chance to experience the thrill of weightlessness and view the splendor of the Earth from space.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in 2011.

An Irish bishop is expected to resign later today in front of the pope over the clerical abuse scandal in Ireland.

South Carolina lawmakers debating whether to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford focused Monday on a taxpayer-funded trip where he said his relationship with an Argentine woman turned physical.

Ken Follett made his name writing spy thrillers like "Eye of the Needle." But the book that has won him the most critical, and eventually popular, acclaim is a nearly 1,000-page novel about the construction of an English cathedral in the 12th century.

DUBAI: Construction worker Bilal is in a happy mood as he takes his lunch break sitting next to an artificial lake near Dubai's showpiece Mall of the Emirates.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will join more than 50 prime ministers and presidents at the leaders' summit on climate change in Copenhagen and push for a binding deal to commit the nations to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, Canwest News Service has learned.

A section of Afghan soldiers march towards a firing range to practise with their newly issued Canadian C7 assault rifles.

After studying space physics and learning how to fly, John Criswick's childhood dream of becoming an astronaut was shattered in 1992 when he did not get selected by the Canadian Space Agency.

BURLINGTON, Vt. - In 1968, history buff Clifford Barrett wrote a fan letter to a famous neighbor in New York City.

Sometime in late February 1950, a Canadian photographer pulled a camera out of his parka and into the stabbing Arctic cold, focused as best he could in the flickering lamplight inside an igloo, and pressed the shutter.

Dubai India was the UAE's top trading partner last year with non-oil trade totalling USD 32.11 billion, the data by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has showed.

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland is to meet with the Pope to discuss a damning investigation into clerical child abuse.

Shoppers shook off the doom and gloom of the recession as they hit the high street with a vengeance to grab Christmas bargains.