Federal authorities seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's Palm Beach mansion, his vintage yacht and a smaller boat on Wednesday, part of an effort to recoup assets to pay back investors he swindled. Visit this link to read more: US marshals seize Madoff's property

The Malaysian King accepted Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's resignation, senior officials said, paving the way for his deputy Najib Razak to take over. Visit this link to read more: Malaysia PM Abdullah resigns: Official

Wednesday, Nissan Motors (NSNY: 8.00, +0.75, +10.3%) said that U.S. March sales dropped. Last years sales were 106,921 vehicles a 37.7% to 66,634 dropped. Visit this link to read more: Nissan March sales decline 37.7%

Leaders of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Wednesday they had reached agreement on key elements of a bill to revise U.S. patent law. Visit this link to read more: Senators agree on patent changes

U.S. auto sales fell 37 percent in March, a smaller-than-expected drop that encouraged hope that the world's largest car market is nearing a bottom after a freefall that has pulled the industry into a deepening crisis. Visit this link to read more: U.S. auto sales plunge but bottom seen near

France and China have healed a rift sparked when Nicolas Sarkozy defied Beijing last year by meeting the Dalai Lama. Visit this link to read more: G20 summit: France and China heal rift over Tibet

The final episode of the hit medical drama ER will be broadcast in America on Thursday night ending a 15year run. Visit this link to read more: Final episode of ER ends 15year run

The social bookmarking website Reddit has rebranded itself as "Reddigg" for April Fool's Day in a sly jibe at its morepopular rival Digg. Visit this link to read more: Reddit rebranded as Reddigg for April Fool's Day

CIUDAD JUAREZ: Ten people died in drug-related violence in northern Mexico amid a massive army crackdown, and six others were killed in bloody attacks Visit this link to read more: 16 dead in latest Mexico violence

MUMBAI: Anjali Waghmare, who was appointed the lawyer for the lone survivor of 26/11 terrorist attacks Ajmal Kasab, has agreed to continue as the lawy Visit this link to read more: Anjali seeks Z security to follow Kasab’s case

LONDON: Russia and the United States will pursue a new deal to cut nuclear warheads, presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama said on Wednesday, ma Visit this link to read more: US, Russia to reset ties with arms pact

Japan, South Korea and the US garner support for UN sanctions if North Korea launches a missile, as reports suggest it is ready to do. Visit this link to read more: UN sanctions sought on N Korea

Malaysia's King accepts the resignation of PM Abdullah Badawi, paving the way for his deputy to take over. Visit this link to read more: Malaysian prime minister resigns

China is encouraging people to pay respects to the martyrs of the Communist revolution on a new website set up ahead of a traditional holiday to remember the dead, state media said on Thursday. Visit this link to read more: China to honor revolutionary martyrs online

The headteacher of one of the primary schools jointly topranked in England criticised the practice of "cramming" for exams. Visit this link to read more: Top school condemns Sats 'cramming'

The number of higher rate tax payers is set to fall for the first time in nearly 20 years new figures have suggested. Visit this link to read more: 300000 fewer higher rate tax payers as recession bites accountants say

A botched £3bn reconstruction of colleges in England was "predictable and probably avoidable" according to official inquiry. Visit this link to read more: College building blunders were 'predictable and avoidable' finds inquiry

A man who fatally stabbed his partner after an argument about her heavy use of a Playstation was sentenced on Saturday to at least 14 years in prison. Visit this link to read more: Man sentenced for killing game-obsessed partner

Police said on Saturday they were investigating the discovery of a severed human head in a field in Leicestershire. Visit this link to read more: Police find severed head in field

The mother of the teenager who murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones was jailed for three years on Wednesday for lying to police during their investigation. Visit this link to read more: Mother of Rhys killer jailed for three years

MUMBAI: The lawyer appointed to defend the lone militant suspect captured in the Mumbai attacks said Wednesday she would still take on the case, desp Visit this link to read more: Ajmal Qasab’s lawyer stands firm despite protests

LONDON: US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that al-Qaeda was planning to attack the US mainland from Pakistani soil and added that the US would Visit this link to read more: Al-Qaeda planning attacks on US from Pakistan: Obama

PESHAWAR: Unknown person shot dead a man in Gulberg area here on Wednesday.

According to reports, unknown persons tried to kidnap a man named N Visit this link to read more: Man shot dead in Peshawar

The EU holds crunch talks on the Working Time Directive, with many MEPs at odds with the UK government. Visit this link to read more: EU in tough talks on working week

Arnold Meri, a Soviet war hero who was tried in his native Estonia over Stalin-era deportations, is buried in Tallinn. Visit this link to read more: Estonian war figure laid to rest

At least 10 people are feared killed and over 200 have been injured after a tornado ripped through more than 60 villages along India's eastern coast. Visit this link to read more: Deadly tornado kills 10 in south India

Who's to blame for the global crisis? Obama acknowledged US mistakes but also defended America's leadership and its economic model. Visit this link to read more: Taking the global stage: Obama seems everywhere

World leaders will pledge to regulate major hedge funds for the first time and set up a new oversight board to monitor the global financial system, according to a draft of the G20 communique. Visit this link to read more: G20 to regulate big hedge funds: draft communique

North Korea has begun fuelling a long-range rocket and could launch it by the weekend, CNN said, with the United States and others promising punishment for a move they say violates U.N. resolutions. Visit this link to read more: North Korea starts fuelling rocket

World leaders are set to declare an end to unfettered capitalism at a G20 summit on Thursday after France and Germany demanded they act fast on promises to prevent a repeat of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Visit this link to read more: G20 leaders craft crisis response