A space probe hit its comet target lately.It remarked the first time a spacecraft had touched the surface of a comet, and ignited a dazzling fireworks display in space.

The World Bank said in a report, almost 11 million children in developing countries die before the age of five, most of them from causes that are preventable in wealthier countries.

The world's first treaty on reducing tobacco consumption which is said to be causing five million deaths a year becomes binding international law recently. The World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control aims to curb what has become the second biggest killer of our times.

Think twice before you buy fake Rolex watch or other brand name goods.The money you pay could be end up funding terrorists.

China will boost its budget for cleaning up its ravaged environment, and will focus its efforts on treating hazardous waste, urban sewage and trash, and on installing desulphurization equipment in coal-burning power plants that provide much of the country's energy.

Cardinals on April 19 elected conservative German prelate Joseph Ratzinger as the new leader of the world 1.1 billion Roman Catholics, succeeding Pope John Paul II.
Pope Benedict XVI asked the world to pray for him and his papacy in his first appearance on the balcony of St. Peter Basilica following his election.

Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, was found not guilty lately of child molestation, conspiracy and other counts. Jurors said the accusations of a young boy and his family were not credible.

Benedict, the eldest man to be elected Pope for three enturies, in his first sermon as the 265th leader of the Church, delivered entirely in Italian, he focused on what he called a world of alienation, sufferings and death that he had said had become a spiritual wasteland.

The United States remains the world' biggest market for illicit drugs but cocaine abuse has also increased rapidly in Central America and the Caribbean.

Pope John Paul II was an avid sportsman, and possibly the most athletic pontiff in history. "He has been a terrific sportsman,” said George Weigel, author of an extensive biography on John Paul.