Britain plans to host a “world-class” sporting event at least once every two weeks from now until the start of the London 2012 Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad.

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas is the largest passenger vessel ever built. This “floating resort” is five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater.

A huge fire erupted in a fuel storage facility in India Thursday night, killing at least 12 people and injuring around 150.

A giant version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has gone on display at a shopping centre in Wrexham, Wales. It measures 17.5 meters across and is 50 times bigger than the original painting.

A powerful car bomb tore through a packed marketplace in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar on Wednesday. The massive explosion occurred a couple of hours after U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad, for three days of talks with Pakistani leaders.

A Japanese warship collided with a container vessel last night, causing fires on both crafts and injuring three crew members.

A Frenchman with multiple convictions for sexual crimes went on trial on Monday charged with kidnapping and raping a five-year-old boy. The case has prompted officials to consider castration for repeat offenders.

A Chihuahua was discovered when a custom officer scanned the hand luggage of a male passenger arriving at Dublin airport yesterday afternoon.

Early casualty figures were unclear, but CNN, citing Iraqi officials, initially reported at least 74 dead and as many as 265 injured. Those numbers are likely to climb.

The bodies of Colombian football players kidnapped two weeks ago have been found in Venezuela, according to local press.

At least 25 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a crash between two passenger trains on the outskirts of the Cairo, the Egyptian capital.