The tomb of the ancient and legendary Chinese leader Cao Cao was discovered in central Henan province, not far from Yellow River and near the city of Anyang where he ruled the Kingdom of Wei.

A British immigrant, reportedly mentally unstable, was executed Tuesday, December 29, after being convicted for drug smuggling.

As expected, travelers going in to the United States from international flights, as well as from domestic flights are facing tighter and stricter security measures after an incident of a Nigerian man tried to bomb a Northwest flight last Friday, December 26.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the national government to recognize the hijra community as a distinct third gender. The hijra community consists of transgendered people, transvestites and eunuchs.

Queen Elizabeth II greeted and saluted the British troops currently deployed in Afghanistan in her traditional Christmas Day message to the Commonwealth. The men and women in uniform were given an extra hour to call home and greet their loved ones for the yuletide season.

Irish Bishops Eamonn Walsh and Raymond Field were the latest additions to the growing list of resigned Catholic Church priests after the contents of the Murphy Report was made public last November 26.

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI was knocked down by a woman while entering St. Peter’s Basilica to celebrate the traditional Christmas Eve mass. Security immediately detained the woman, who is mentally unstable, while the pontiff stood up and continued with the procession as if nothing had happened.

Second in line to the British throne Prince William of Wales spent the night in the streets last week after accepting a challenge from Centrepoint, a charity for the homeless. He accepted to help gain focus for the plight of the homeless.

Serbia has joined the list of countries applying for membership with political and economic powerhouse – the European Union.

Mexico City legislators on Monday made the Mexican capital the first city in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage.