?The Anglo Files? is Sarah Lyall?s frequently amusing account of living in England as a reporter for The New York Times.

Desperate villagers stormed rescue boats as they tried to escape the flooding that tore through a riverbank and spilled over northern India?s vast plains.

A 6.1-magnitude quake in Sichuan province killed at least 27 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party said on Sunday the latest talks on power-sharing with the ruling ZANU-PF that resumed on Friday in South Africa did not reach agreement.

An earthquake hit Sichuan Province in southwestern China on Saturday, killing 15 people and injuring nearly 100 as houses in rural villages collapsed.

Militants in Nigeria?s oil heartland said Saturday they had used missiles, grenades and speedboats in a deadly offensive against army positions.

Italy agreed to pay Libya $5 billion in compensation for its 32-year occupation of the country ending in 1943, the Libyan foreign minister said on Saturday.

President Bush chose a bold plan for Iraq that was at odds with what many of his advisers initially recommended.

A dispute over a cluster of nearly uninhabitable islets and outcroppings administered by South Korea but claimed by Japan has intensified in recent years.

Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said that he would not resign in the face of continuing protests and a disruption of rail and air service.