Officials News

Salt Lake City - Wildlife officials are baffled at a series of photos that appear to show a person dressed up in a goat suit costume among a herd of goats and crawling on all fours near Ben Lomond Peak in Weber County, Utah.

Lebrija - Spanish social workers have closely monitored the home and living conditions of a 10-year-old Romanian girl, who gave birth last week, to see whether her baby is being properly cared for, according to officials.

The United Arab Emirates closed its airspace to a plane carrying Canadian government and military officials on Monday, expressing their unhappiness with the country’s stand on commercial landing rights.

Grand Isle - Did BP hire beach cleanup workers in preparation for President Barack Obama's visit to Louisiana? Jefferson Parish Councilman say so in what he called a dog and pony show staged for the press and the visiting President.

Durban - Three South African soccer officials, including national team director Sipho Nkumane, have been suspended ahead of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup which is scheduled to start next month.

Throughout the 1990s, right-wing militia groups were growing at a rapid rate and now, again, they are growing in mass amounts, according to a new U.S. report.

The United States released five Iranian officials yesterday. The men were greeted in Iran with flowers and a cheering crowd.

An anti-corruption watchdog based in Iraq have said 1,000 warrants have been issued for officials who are accused of being corrupt.

In what is being called a sharply divided decision, the US Supreme Court has ruled that former Bush officials can't be sued for abuse of terror suspects.

Officials are on alert for possible copycat killings in the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy. In Canada, police closed down an Ontario school after bomb threats, while two teenagers were arrested for a suspected prank in Montreal.