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Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, popularly known as Carlos the Jackal is preparing to stand trial before a special French criminal court for masterminding a series of terrorist bombing attacks and kidnapping during the early 1980s in France.

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, took a big early lead in Sunday's presidential election after heavy social spending won him strong support among the country's poor.

Roger Federer won the Swiss Indoors title for the fifth time in six years when he defeated unseeded Kei Nishikori in the final on his home town tournament on Sunday

Miss World 2011: Contestants in Vibrant National Costumes Enthrall With their Traditional Dance [PHOTOS]

A human resources graduate from Venezuela, whose ambition is to work with children, was crowned Miss World 2011 at a glittering beauty pageant in London on Sunday.

Ivian Lunasol Sarcos Colmenares is the winner of Miss World 2011, despite training five years to be a nun before donning her pageant bikini. As Miss World celebrates its 61st year, facing both accolades and some protests, look at back at past winners and see how Miss Venezuela compares.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Terrell Owens because of his failure to show up for a court date regarding child support payments, ESPN reported.

World number one Novak Djokovic was surprisingly beaten by unseeded Kei Nishikori of Japan in the semi-finals of the Basel Open on Saturday, suffering a new injury setback in the process.

A Pakistani court indicted five Islamist militants and two police officers in the high-profile assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Miss World 2011 has returned to its birthplace of London, where beauty and talent will be crowned on Sunday on the 60th anniversary of the competition.

An email sent out to the Crystal Cathedral's congregation requested meals for founder Robert Schuller's wife, Arvella, who is sick with pneumonia. Crystal Cathderal Ministries, a glass-walled Orange County church known for its Hour of Power broadcasts, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 18. The Schullers, church administrators, have come under fire after court documents revealed they may have taken nearly $10 million from the church's endowment funds.

Bhutto was killed in a gun and bomb attack in the city of Rawalpindi while campaigning.

The jury in the trial of the doctor accused of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of pop star Michael Jackson ended its first day of deliberation on Friday with no verdict being announced.

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber is finding out the price of fame.

The most beautiful women on the planet will be vying for the Miss World 2011 crown at the Earls Court exhibition center in London on Sunday. And the competition is so intense that 36 contestants qualified in the beach beauty segment, instead of the usual 20.

The Miss World beauty pageant is a powerhouse of enormous talent that has recognized and crowned 60 of the world’s most beautiful women over the years.

The Miss World beauty competition celebrates its 60th birthday this year in the same British city where it began, way back in 1951. Check out the pictures of the Miss World 2011 talent contestants.

The allegations of sexual harassment against Herman Cain, the Republican presidential frontrunner, have taken a 'racist' turn all of a sudden. It doesn't seem to matter that conservatives have always denied any forms of institutional racism to have any influence today.

The 20-year-old California woman, who recently claimed that the 17-year-old teen sensation impregnated her during a Staples Center tryst, may put her into hot water with the law.

A man accused of murdering his ex-wife and seven others in an October shooting rampage at a California hair salon was sued on Friday by his former spouse's parents.

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber is finding out the price of fame.