Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has begun the process of recapturing his old post following his group’s narrow victory over Nouri al-Maliki’s ruling coalition in the recently concluded Iraq parliamentary elections.

Cities and landmarks took turns in switching off lights for 1 hour as the planet celebrated Earth Hour 2010.

Reports said around 40 people are still missing even as 58 others were pulled out safe from the stricken “Cheonan,” which was patrolling near the South Korean island of Baekryeong when it began to sink.

The 44-year-old math genius has turned down a $1million prize from the Clay Mathematics Institute, because according to him, he is not interested in money or fame.

Mexican authorities said Jose Antonio Medina, dubbed “King of Heroin” for running a drug network that smuggled some 440 pounds of heroin each month, was arrested in an operation in the state of Michoacan.

In a 74-second audio recording obtained by Al Jazeera, bin Laden threatens to kill every American captured by al-Qaeda if 9/11 suspect Khalid Sheik Mohammed is executed.

An overheating problem caused the servers of Wikipedia to shut themselves down to avoid damage causing access blockage for almost two hours.

Military officials said tear-gas like grenades made from “bhut jolokia” or “ghost chili,” which is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the hottest variety of the spice in the planet, have passed initial tests.

A New York-based dealer of historical documents is selling an original copy of the so-called Schindler’s List, which saved more than 1000 Jews from being sent to Nazi death camps in 1945.

A volcano in Iceland that was covered by an icecap of a glacier started erupting last Saturday, March 20, and scientists are flying to the area to check if it is already safe for evacuated local residents.