A year after Japanese manufacturer Toyota took the number 1 spot as world’s largest automaker from General Motors, the crown was wrestled away and took in by a German manufacturer.

German national football team goalkeeper and probable World Cup 2010 starter Robert Enke was found dead. He was struck and killed by a train in Neustadt am Rubenburge close to a level crossing near his home on Tuesday. Initial investigation results show that it was a suicide.

Geisy Arruda, the college student from Brazil who was expelled for wearing a short, pink dress to class in Bandeirante University in Sao Bernardo do Campo is no longer being expelled.

Naval forces of North Korea and South Korea exchanged fire at their west coast in the Yellow Sea. South Korea’s Yonhap agency reported Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 11:28 AM local time (0228 GMT).

Thousands of people are joining world leaders in Germany today to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a symbol that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War.

Heavy rains in El Salvador triggered flooding and mudslides that left more than 100 people dead and dozens missing across the Central American nation.

There were at least 38 people injured when an earthquake with the magnitude of 6.7 struck Indonesia early Monday. The earthquake struck the Sumbawa island at around 3:41am.

Marissa Mayer, Google’s Vice President of Search Product and User Experience has been named as one of Glamour Magazine’s Woman of the Year for 2009.

Violence erupted in Tehran on Wednesday as Iranian security forces clashed with thousands of anti-government demonstrators who were seeking to disrupt a state-sponsored rally marking the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the US Embassy.

Hamid Karzai was handed a second term as President of Afghanistan on Monday when poll officials scrapped the second round of voting following the withdrawal of his challenger.

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah withdrew Sunday from the upcoming runoff election against President Hamid Karzai, saying that the government is not meeting his demands for a fair vote.