Paolo Gabriele, who has been working as the Pope's butler since 2006, charged with illegal possession of secret documents.
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology scientists invent a dolphin speaker which produces sounds that dolphins make.
Auction of vial of former president Ronald Reagan's blood by PFC Auction House cancelled after complaints from family and foundation.
USGS has applied the same method, using the hair of the bear, to estimate the population size of grizzly bear in the Glacier National Park - Bob Marshall Wilderness complex in northern Montana.
UN observers confirmed the massacre of 90 people including 32 children in Houla while shocking internet videos showed bodies of children covered in blood.
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology develop computer program that can detect smiles of joy and smiles of frustration.
The persistent downturn in the US has taken a toll on mortgage debt in some of the major cities with homes continuing to be underwater about six years after home prices peaked, a recent report reveals.
Device jets medicine through the skin without using a needle the pressure of which can be modulated.
Cancer Research UK and McMaster University in Ontario researchers find that anti-psychotic drug thioridazine can possibly cure cancer.
Authorities in Tehran play down the finding saying it may happen for technical reasons beyond the operator's control.
Researchers from Oxford University and Tübingen University discover a flute that dates back 42,000 to 43,000 years.
Syrian forces use helicopter gunships and deadly fire against unarmed civilians.
David Simon, CEO of Simon Property, named highest paid CEO of 2011 in AP analysis.
Vatican Gendarmerie detain whistleblower who leaked internal documents to the media, bringing shame on the Holy See.
A parliamentary debate in Ukraine ended in chaos when the members from opposing parties brawled with each other - the latest bout in a dubious tradition of politcians behaving very, very badly.
United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay urges Western countries to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe and its president, Robert Mugabe.
Head of Vatican Bank Ettore Gotti Tedeschi dismissed after receiving no-confidence vote from board.
A recent report by The Trust for America's Health, a nonprofit disease prevention group, reveals that Americans aged five to 34 are killed more in vehicle crashes than from any other cause.
Unofficial exit results of the Egyptian presidential elections suggest Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi and Mubarak's former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq are set to face each other in a run-off.
One police officer killed in unprecedented suicide bomb attack in central Turkish province of Kayseri, PKK accused.
Adam Smith tells Leveson Inquiry that News Corporation's Fred Michel exaggerated department's support for BSkyB bid.
Vial of former US president's blood, taken at time of failed assassiation attempt, removed from online auction site
The Liberian-flagged Rena split into two causing a huge environmental disaster that killed thousands of birds.
Scientists from the University of York have found that climate change has bought great changes to the lifestyle of the Brown Argus butterfly.
New French President Francois Hollande confirms country's troops early withdrawl on unannounced visit to Afghanistan.
Etan Patz went missing on his first journey to the school bus stop alone.
Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange has donned a Guy Fawkes' Anonymous mask in what he claims to be his "last public appearance" at event in London.
Scientists use forensic-style chemical analysis to study mineral crystal called orthopyroxene from crystals found in Mount St Helens in Washington.
Highlighted piece of American history underscores a crucial aspect of Abraham Lincoln's attitude to Reconstruction.
The 50-year-old woman, suspected of having contracted rabies, was reportedly bitten by puppy in India.
