Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour rushed into a remote Arkansas valley, killing at least 20 people, many of them campers who became trapped by a devastating wall of water.

Burma’s military junta denied it is developing a nuclear weapons programme, decrying such allegations as groundless and politically motivated.

Mexico’s Rafael Marquez (top second from right), scores the equaliser past South African goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune (left) during their World Cup Group A match at Soccer City, Johannesburg, on Friday.

A roadside bomb blast hit a minivan in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing nine civilians and wounding eight others, officials said.

A 16-year-old sailor on a round-the-world journey was adrift in the frigid southern Indian Ocean on Friday as rescue boats headed toward her yacht, damaged by 30-foot waves that knocked out her commun

A suicide bomb ripped through a wedding party for a family with several members in the police force in the Taliban’s heartland in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens more, officials said on Thursday.

New British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that 2010 is “the vital year” for Nato to show progress in Afghanistan, and he doesn’t want British forces to stay in the country a moment longer than necessary.

Football great Pele has singled out Brazil and Spain as the strongest teams at the World Cup, but wants to see an African side take on his country in the final.
“At the moment, we have Spain in Europe and Brazil in South America. They are the two best teams — no doubt,” he said in an interview on Thursday on the eve of the opener. “I am very proud to see the World Cup in Africa — Fifa worked hard for it, and many people like me worked hard for it,” he said.

From Dunga to the downright eccentric Diego Maradona, the leading coaches at the World Cup are plotting different ways to win the title.
Brazil coach Dunga has upset millions of his countrymen by leaving out big stars such as Ronaldinho, Alexandre Pato and Adriano out of a squad he believes needs stability to win a sixth World Cup.

Two Malaysian princes reached an out-of-court settlement on Wednesday to end a spat over who had the right to use a Bentley luxury car owned by their father, a lawyer said.