A Taiwanese forensic expert has spent a full week piecing together hundreds of shredded banknotes - much to the relief of the owner.

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg becomes one of the latest billionaires to pledge to give away the majority of his wealth.

Wesley Snipes arrives at a federal prison in Pennsylvania to begin a three-year sentence for tax evasion.

Attempts to repeal a ban on openly gay men and women serving in the US military receive a serious setback on Thursday as a key Senate vote fails.

Romania's former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife are reburied - nearly five months after their bodies were exhumed to confirm their identity.

Mexican police battle drug traffickers, who have been blockading roads into the western city of Morelia with burning vehicles.

Brazilian President Lula da Silva calls the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange an attack on freedom of expression

North Korean workers may be helping Burma to build secret missile and nuclear sites in remote locations, according to US cables released by Wikileaks.