World Updates

Mountain View, CL, November 18 -- Google has taken the experience of image search on the Internet to a whole new level with Swirl.

Geneva -- More than 70 non-governmental organizations from around the world are urging the World Health Organization to phase out the use of mercury in dental fillings.

New York, November 15 -- Filipino star Manny Pacquiao rewrote history Saturday by winning the seventh world title in welterweight class against Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas.

Sao Pualo, November 11 -- A glitch in the world’s largest hydroelectric dam, Itaipu, plunged Brazil’s two big cities, Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, into darkness Tuesday night.

New York, November 10 -- The movie ‘2012’ is all set to hit theaters this Friday. It is touted to be the biggest disaster movie ever, highlighting that the world will end in the year 2012.

Fort Hood, TX, November 7 -- Hundreds of mourners gathered for a candlelight service at Fort Hood, after an Army psychiatrist massacred 13 people at the military base Friday.

New York, November 6 -- An Army psychiatrist opened fire in Fort Hood Army in Central Texas, killing 12 people and leaving 31 others wounded Thursday.

New York, November 3 -- Mount Kilimanjaro's snow may soon be history as scientists predict its disappearance in the next 25 years.

London -- A union leader in Britain said flight crews at British Airways may have no choice but to vote for a strike just before the holidays.

Los Angeles, October 24 -- It's been four months since an era came to an end with Michael Jackson's death, but the late singer seems to be just as successful after his death.