Music greats and Hollywood icons joined family members of Whitney Houston at a church in her hometown to pay tribute to her a week after her death.

Visits to the mobile version of Wikipedia's website rose by more than 1-million on Wednesday after the blackout in protest of US anti-piracy bills.

Piers Morgan' testimony before a British panel looking into media ethics was big news in the UK, but made little splash in the US.

Barack Obama has stepped up a counter attack against Republican opponents charging that he has short-changed Israel's security.

The United States on Thursday condemned a "concerted campaign" of intimidation against international journalists covering the unrest in Egypt.

After setting up Twitter's most popular account to monitor breaking news, a London web developer has now sold ownership back to CNN.

Hundreds of firefighters were battling a large blaze that broke out on Sunday on a back lot at Universal Studios, site of movie and television production, a spokesperson for a neighbouring fire department said. Burbank firefighter David Ortiz said that about 200 firefighters and two helicopters had been deployed to assist the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Three South Africans have been arrested in southern Zimbabwe after police found them with broadcasting equipment belonging to Britain's Sky News. Provincial police spokesperson Ronald Muderedzwa said the three and another suspect had been broadcasting illegally from a factory in the second city of Bulawayo.

As the Democratic primary contest heads to its climax, the Republicans are firing the opening shots of an election barrage to come against their probable White House opponent, Barack Obama. Republican John McCain and his colleagues already see Hillary Clinton's campaign as mortally wounded.

The United Nations food agency suspended aid flights to cyclone-struck Burma on Friday after the military government seized two deliveries at Rangoon airport, apparently determined to distribute supplies on its own. Governments around the world have been pressing Burma's ruling generals to open the country's borders to desperately needed assistance.