After 12 days of driving across Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal, racers reached the finish line of the pink Lake Retba at Dakar.
The latest 'Bellwether Report' by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising finds that UK marketing budgets are falling at a record rate, with more gloom ahead.
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledges 754 million dollars to stem rising unemployment caused by the financial crisis.
Mourners attend the funeral of German tycoon Adolf Merckle, who commited suicide in despair over huge losses made during the global financial crisis.
A prototype robot that could help provide care for the elderly has been demonstrated in Japan.
Israeli forces seek to disprove allegations that they have targeted civilians in Gaza.
Russian scientists are reestablishing monitoring stations at volcanoes in the eastern region of Kamchatka after volcano Koryasky starts releasing smoke.
Hundreds of children in Sderot, Israel return to school for the first time in two weeks as rockets fired from Gaza continue to hit the area.
Gaza city residents queue for bread and survey extensive damage to buildings during lull in Israeli air strikes.
Relatives wait for news of more than 200 people still missing after the vessel sank in bad weather on Sunday.
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong arrives in Australia for his comeback to professional cycling, dismissing the idea of a fairytale early victory.
Falling demand from Europe and the United States is hitting Asian exports hard
"Slumdog Millionaire" won four coveted Golden Globe awards on Sunday (11 January), boosting its chances at the Oscars in February.
LG Display signed deal to supply Apple with liquid crystal display panels for five years.
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The Pacific island nation declares a state of emergency after a wave of severe storms and flooding.
A luxury tourist train named 'Royal Rajasthan on Wheels' has been unveiled in the Indian capital, New Delhi.
An orchestra made up of both Israelis and Palestinians rehearses in German capital Berlin.
Indian government appoints three members to the new board of embattled outsourcer Satyam Computer Services as authorities rushed to limit the fallout from the country's biggest corporate scandal.
A deal has been signed for Russian gas passing through Ukraine for European consumption. But supplies to Ukraine remain cut off.
Two Israeli towns are hit by rockets as German Foreign Minister in Israel says he's shocked by the destruction in Gaza but acknowledges Israel's right to self defence.
Tattoo artists from 25 countries around the world gathered in Singapore for the first annual Singapore Tattoo Show, as demand increases from younger Asian generation.
20,000 Indonesian Muslims urge end to Israeli strikes and Palestinians living in Venezuela gather supplies of food and water to send to Gaza residents as offensive continues.
Surfer suffers serious injuries in shark attack off the coast of Australia
Israel threatens to intensify its air and ground assaults against Palestinian militants who continue to fire rockets into the Jewish state as fears for a humanitarian disaster in Gaza grow.
Hundreds of thousands of people across Europe have been staging protests against Israel's 15-day offensive in Gaza.
Three Italian mountain climbers rescued after two die in mountains in Argentina
Gaza residents talk about hardship; UN agency will resume operations only after receiving guarantees from Israeli army.
Egypt has ruled out allowing international troops on its border with Gaza as part of a possible ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Cold elephants in India receive hot oil massages to beat the intense cold wave sweeping the north of the country.
There've been more protests in the Middle East and around the world about the continuing conflict in Gaza.
China starts work on the its first inland Antarctic research station
Two brothers have died after they were buried under car-sized chunks of ice when part of a glacier face in New Zealand collapsed on them.
Gaza wounded rushed to hospital after overnight airstrikes.
An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire in a slum area of Karachi in Pakistan which left at least 38 people dead.
Technology takes center stage the the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas despite a gloomy economy.
The death toll from the 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Costa Rica has risen to 13 as rescue workers pull out bodies buried under debris from landslides triggered by the quake
Ricoh erects an environmentally friendly billboard that will light up New York's Times Square.