Argentina's last dictator Reynaldo Bignone and five of his generals will begin trial for their human rights crimes on Tuesday more than 25 years ago.

Three British soldiers have been shot and seriously wounded in an incident in the Falkland Islands the Ministry of Defence has announced

A German court is to decide within the next week whether to fine a Catholic Bishop who filmed an interview in Germany broadcast on Swedish TV, in which he denied the Holocaust.

A 57-year-old Argentinian man with Dutch citizenship has been arrested by authorities in Spain in connection with allegations that he was a pilot on "death flights", during which opponents of Argentina's former military junta were thrown in to the sea.

United States filmmaker Oliver Stone states in a new film that the US government and media demonize Hugo Chavez and other South American leaders.

As the World Health Organization announces that more than 700 people have died from the H1N1 swine flu virus, scientists are eager to see if the virus is changing.

The break-up of the former state of Yugoslavia was not a peaceful one. In the early 1990s the world watched in disbelief as former friends and neighbors turned on each other in the name of religion or ethnic origin. Often it was on account of both.

Researchers from the Museum of Natural Sciences in Buenos Aires, Argentina discovered a 30-million year old fossilized dung ball that was food to a number of insects including dung beetles.

According to researchers in a report on Monday, the H1N1 swine flu virus has disturbing similarities to that of the 1918 pandemic that killed millions worldwide. The new flu also causes pneumonia more than regular flu viruses.

No sound came from the big screen TV dominating the far end of the dining area, but the CNN graphics told the distasteful story that made the over-cooked fish sticks on my plate look appetizing.