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  1. No longer Top Secret: RAF wartime aerial photos Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 9:55 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Aerial photographs of prisoners in high security Colditz and POWs who worked on the infamous bridge over the River Kwai are among images now available to view online for the first time.

  2. US Army soldiers bow their heads in prayer during ceremonies at the Fallen Soldier Memorial on November 10. Countless commanders in the US Army have prepared battalions for war since the terrorist attacks of September 11, but none of them had do it after losing soldiers in a shooting spree on a home base.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
    Fort Hood soldiers prepare for battle with scars from rampage AFP - Mon Nov 23, 9:24 AM ET

    FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - Countless commanders in the US Army have prepared battalions for war since the terrorist attacks of September 11, but none of them had do it after losing soldiers in a shooting spree on a home base.

  3. The shore of Deception Island in Antarctica, in 2008. The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study.(AFP/File/Martin Bureau)
    Antarctic ice loss vaster, faster than thought: study AFP - Sun Nov 22, 1:33 PM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study.

  4. A job seeker picks up a copy of the Washington Job Guide at a job fair in a Washington hotel, August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
    9 Insider Secrets to Getting Hired U.S. News & World Report - Mon Nov 16, 4:06 PM ET

    While searching for work alongside 16 million people who are angling for the same openings, getting a hiring manager to tell you why you didn't get hired is about as easy as actually getting the job. But one of the best things you can do is examine your job search with a critical eye: Is your résumé really a good advertisement for your skills? Does your nail-gnawing habit turn off prospective employers? Do you tend to make your interviewers a little nervous?

  5. File photo shows an iceberg pictured off the New Zealand Coast. More than 100, and possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating towards New Zealand in a rare event which has prompted a shipping warning, officials have said.(AFP/HO/Getty Images/File)
    Over 100 icebergs drifting to N.Zealand: official AFP - Mon Nov 23, 2:09 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - More than 100, and possibly hundreds, of Antarctic icebergs are floating towards New Zealand in a rare event which has prompted a shipping warning, officials said on Monday.

  6. Kaing Guek Eav (Duch) reads a document in the courtroom at the Extraodinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. Duch went from a diligent maths teacher to a staunch revolutionary who oversaw the deaths of more than 15,000 people under the blood-soaked Khmer Rouge regime, before finding Jesus Christ and remorse.(AFP/HO/Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia/AFP)
    KRouge trial prosecutors want Duch jailed AFP - Tue Nov 24, 12:43 AM ET

    PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Prosecutors called Tuesday for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to receive a long jail term for his role in the "Killing Fields" atrocities as they delivered final arguments in his trial.

  7. Myron Rolle's Unlikely Path to Oxford U.S. News & World Report - Mon Nov 23, 1:09 PM ET

    It has been a year since Florida State football star Myron Rolle famously arrived on the field halfway into Florida State's 37-3 victory against the University of Maryland. The standout safety was capping off a whirlwind November day that marked an exciting chapter in Rolle's story, one that picked up steam this summer and will be a hot topic when the NFL draft process starts in the next few months.

  8. Fed asks U.S. banks to submit TARP repayment plans: report Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 12:36 AM ET

    (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve this month asked nine banks that were part of "stress tests" conducted earlier this year to submit plans to repay money injected under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Bloomberg said, citing a person familiar with the situation.

  9. Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after winning a point against Nikolay Davydenko of Russia in a Singles match during the Barclays ATP World Tour Tennis Finals in London. Djokovic handed Davydenko another painful defeat at the ATP World Tour Finals as the Serb secured a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory on Monday.(AFP/Carl de Souza)
    Defending champ Djokovic downs Davydenko again AFP - Mon Nov 23, 6:57 PM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Defending champion Novak Djokovic handed Nikolay Davydenko another painful defeat at the ATP World Tour Finals as the Serb secured a 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory on Monday.

  10. India fears losing US favor even as Obama fetes Manmohan Singh The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Nov 23, 4:00 AM ET

    New Delhi - As India's prime minister Manmohan Singh arrives to a red carpet welcome in Washington Monday – the first state guest of President Barack Obama – commentators in India seemed more preoccupied with the United States' growing friendship with China.

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