LONDON - Only death could silence Henry Allingham.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Emergency crews made slow progress Sunday to contain wildfires that have forced thousands of residents of a western Canadian community to flee their homes.
ADELAIDE, Australia - A British teenager who was found dehydrated and freezing after 12 wintry days lost in Australia's wilderness said he wrote farewell notes to his family and expected to die of starvation.
KABUL - A British fighter jet crashed inside NATO's largest base in southern Afghanistan on Monday in the second major crash there in two days. Fourteen Afghan civilians died in two incidents, including three killed when German troops opened fire on their vehicle, Afghan officials said.
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader told politicians Monday not to disturb the country's security in a strong warning to the opposition to back down after one of its top figures called for a referendum on the government.
MEXICO CITY - Mexican investigators have detained 10 police officers in the torture and killings of 12 federal agents whose bodies were found dumped along a highway in western Michoacan state.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Ousted President Manuel Zelaya held out hope for a negotiated solution to Honduras' deepening political crisis even after talks in Costa Rica fell apart, but vowed to prepare the way for his return to power regardless of their outcome.
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea has put cloned dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs at customs. Six genetic duplicates of a single Labrador retriever have been working at the country's main Incheon international airport and three other customs checkpoints to deter drug smuggling after completing 16 months of training, the Korea Customs Service said in a statement Sunday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Even now, about three years after a near-fatal gay bashing, Sherman gets jittery at dusk. On bad days, his blood quickens, his eyes dart, and he seeks refuge indoors.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The leading scientist of the first AIDS vaccine created in a developing country says South Africa's government has stopped funding vaccine research.
BEIJING - Residents fled a central Chinese county at the weekend over rumors of a radiation leak at a factory but most had returned by Monday after government assurances it was safe.
SEOUL, South Korea - The U.S. and South Korea are hatching a "comprehensive" strategy for persuading North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, breaking from the step-by-step process that has seen Pyongyang backtrack on pledges.
KELOWNA, British Columbia - About 11,000 residents of a subdivision threatened by a forest fire in southern British Columbia have been evacuated, officials said Sunday.
LONDON (AFP) - The 18-year-old son of former F1 world champion John Surtees died Sunday after an accident during a Formula Two race, the hospital treating him said.
MUMBAI, India - The lone surviving gunman in the November Mumbai attacks admitted his role in the shooting rampage in a dramatic confession Monday in an Indian court, reversing months of denials.
LONDON (AFP) - A British man and his Spanish former sweetheart have finally married 16 years after they drifted apart, reunited by a love letter lost behind a fireplace for over a decade, reports said on Monday.
One of the two July 17 blasts in Jakarta appeared to target expatriateexecutives in the Indonesian capital
The country's human-rights commission wants the ICC to take up the investigation into the violence that ensued after the controversial December 2007 election
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Police say gunmen ambushed a police patrol in Pakistan's volatile northwest, killing four officers.