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Mumbai, India residents took time Thursday to remember that area's worst terror attack. 166 people died last year when 10 Pakistan-based gunmen fanned out across Mumbai, attacking hotels and train stations. (Nov. 26)

Mumbai, India residents took time Thursday to remember that area's worst terror attack. 166 people died last year when 10 Pakistan-based gunmen fanned out across Mumbai, attacking hotels and train stations. (Nov. 26)

A Swiss adventurer has gone into the sea Wednesday while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain using a jet-powered wing strapped on his back. Yves Rossy's team says he will try again in the future. (Nov 25)

In Nepal, a Hindu festival calls for a mass animal sacrifice. Some 200,000 buffaloes, goats and chickens will be killed as art of the blood-soaked festival held every five years to honor a Hindu goddess of power. (Nov. 25))

The world's biggest annual religious pilgrimage has begun with 2.5 million Muslims massing at the holy city of Mecca for the hajj. Duration: 00:42

Canadian doctors have been advised not to use a batch of 170,000 swine flu vaccines after six reports of serious allergic reactions among recipients. (Nov. 24)

A Belgian man, thought to be in a vegetative state for 23 years, says he was alert but unable to communicate. The doctor who discovered Rom Houben's normal brain activity said Tuesday that he will scan other purported coma cases. (Nov 24)

The Philippine president has declared an emergency in two provinces after dozens were gunned down in an election-related massacre. Police and soldiers found 22 bodies in a hillside mass grave Tuesday, after 24 were found Monday. (24 November 2009)

The presence of green algae on the coast of Brittany is more than an eyesore -- gasses given off by the algae are harmful, and have already claimed the life of a horse. The problem is thought to be caused by nitrates in the sea, the byproducts of intensive agriculture. It's sparked a fierce debate in France about farming methods, with many farmers now saying they feel victimised. Duration: 01:42

In spite of the South African government’s promises to tackle crime, police in rural areas remain overstretched and under-resourced. In the Eastern Cape, one of the country’s poorest provinces, violence against women is particularly widespread, illustrated recently by a string of rapes, murders and cases of domestic violence. (An adaption of a report originally transmitted in April 2009). Duration: 02:29.

As a mother and her son, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, walked through Somalia's capital last September, she saw a bullet tear through her 8-year-old's cheekbones, nose and mouth. Ahmed is struggling to heal. His is a lost face of Somalia's war. (Nov. 23)

Gypsies, or Rom, have lived in the Middle East for centuries and until the fall of Saddam Hussein, played an important, if marginal, role in the local culture. But since the war in 2003 and the subsequent rise of religious extremism, they have been pushed even further into poverty and exclusion.Duration: 01:59

Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard a crowded Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but 29 people have died and at least 17 others were missing, officials said. (Nov. 22)

In Duzkoy, Turkey, a man watched in despair as a building collapsed in front of him. Local media report at least four people died in the northeastern part of the country on Saturday as a result of heavy flooding. (Nov. 22)

Police and army experts are inspecting about 1,800 bridges in northern England, after floods destroyed several river crossings. A police officer was swept to his death Friday when a major bridge collapsed near Cockermouth, the hardest-hit town. (Nov. 22)

Residents of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca held an unusual beauty pageant celebrating a group of homosexual men who don elaborate makeup, wear traditional dresses and crown a queen, all with the support and excitement of the local community.