US President Barack Obama uses his BlackBerry or similar device as he walks to the Oval Office in Washington, DC in 2009. Obama fought hard to keep his BlackBerry when he became president, but with only 10 people authorized to email the super-encrypt…... [more »]

Date: 29 July 2010, 12:32 pm

A woman shows the Kohinoor diamond on display in Bangalore in 2002. The real jewel in Britain's actual crown will not be returning to India, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday, as he ruled out any repatriation of the famed Kohinoor diamon…... [more »]

Date: 29 July 2010, 12:02 pm

Australian Sex Party's Zahra Stardust seen in 2009. Australia's flamboyant Sex Party on Thursday said it had rebuffed an approach from arch-conservative Family First to forge an unlikely electoral alliance.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)... [more »]

Date: 29 July 2010, 11:00 am

A handout picture released by the Museo Arte Sacra shows a statuette representing the Virgin Mary wearing a veil bearing the French luxury brand's trademark "LV" logo. Italian artist Francesco De Molfetta, who is behind the creation, sa…... [more »]

Date: 29 July 2010, 11:00 am

A set of dentures made for Britain's war-time prime minister Winston Churchill went under the hammer on Thursday as auctioneers expected to fetch up to £5,000 for "the teeth that saved the world".(Churchill Archives Centre)... [more »]

Date: 29 July 2010, 6:42 am

A Bengal tiger is pictured in 2003. A tiger kept as a pet in South Africa was finally cornered after two days on the run, thanks to a tracker, sniffer dogs, a piece of meat -- and his master's voice.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)... [more »]

Date: 28 July 2010, 3:26 pm

This photo, made available by the police, shows a bus from Latvia which was towed off after been seized by the police in Berlin. The bus was declared not roadworthy due to its condition. It also was reported to have 1.8 million kilometres of the cloc…... [more »]

Date: 28 July 2010, 12:24 pm

An Afghan girl looks on from the entrance to her tent in Kabul. Lithuanian female prisoners have started knitting socks, gloves and scarves to help poor families in Afghanistan's central Ghor province keep warm in winter, a prison official said W…... [more »]

Date: 28 July 2010, 12:19 pm

A customer checks caned foods at a super-market in 2006. A five-year-old Irish boy who was wrongly accused of stealing a bag of crisps has won a 7,500-euro (9,700-dollar) pay-out from a supermarket chain, his lawyer said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Hoang Din…... [more »]

Date: 28 July 2010, 11:40 am

A German Shepherd. An Anglican priest is facing the wrath of some in Canada's Christian community after she offered holy communion to a man... and his dog.(AFP/File/Gabriel Bouys)... [more »]

Date: 28 July 2010, 9:10 am