With the closing year, we are witnessing the weakening of President Barack Obama and the embarrassing differences revealed between him and his Secretary of State, John Kerry

Space-starved Hong Kong has long been plagued by high rents and steep hotel rates, vexing university students and tourists alike. But help may be at hand, thanks to one Hong Kong firm: tiny pods stacked up in tiers to create capsule lodgings at low cost.

"The information these men have uncovered will rock the world when it comes to light in a documentary they are producing of the day of Mohammed's death". The first meeting was with Avishai Kfir and Tsafrir Ronen of the Israel History Channel. They have been working with a scientist, Nahum Shahaf, on the story that gripped the world over a year ago of the death of the young Palestinian boy, Mohammed al-Dura, who was crouched behind his father and killed in the so-called "crossfire" of a "shootout" between the IDF and Palestinian forces.

Herman Van Rompuy - Haiku Herman, as he's called in Europe, is known for composing the little poems when political meetings drag on too long and occasionally publishing them on his website

Model: Daniela Freitas

The state Department of Transportation has released this video simulation of what a collapse of the Alaskan Way Viaduct might look like.

Torrential rain disrupted the second practice session for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix as championship leader Jenson Button opted to remain in the safety of the Brawn GP garage.

The Sino-Thai megatemple outside Pattaya offers visitors a radical glimpse of earthen icons.