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New York Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Lawrence Brooks, an air surveillance technician at EADS, mans the monitor tracking Santa’s descent from the North Pole.

At this final general audience before Christmas, "with trepidation and wonder we approach the 'place' where everything began for us and for our salvation, where everything was fulfilled, where the expectations of the world and of the human heart came together", said the Pope in his catechesis during today's general audience, held in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.

At midday today, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Benedict XVI appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with thousands of pilgrims gathered below in St. Peter's Square.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has published a book celebrating the rich biodiversity of the Southern Caucasus and calling for its preservation.

This holiday season the FBI reminds shoppers that cyber criminals aggressively create new ways to steal money and personal information. Scammers use many techniques to fool potential victims, including conducting fraudulent auction sales, reshipping merchandise purchased with stolen credit cards, and selling fraudulent or stolen gift cards through auction sites at discounted prices.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen “Tarzan and His Mate” (1934) and “Tarzan Finds a Son!” (1939), and explore the secrets behind the making of these two jungle classics on Saturday, October 16, and Sunday, October 24, respectively, at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. Presented by the Academy’s Science and Technology Council, “Me Tarzan, You Technology: The Magic of Tarzan in the Movies” will be hosted by Oscar®-winning visual effects supervisor and Academy governor Craig Barron, with special guest Oscar-winning sound designer Ben Burtt.

Beirut has become the most expensive city in the Middle East this year.

Have you taken a pill or supplement to lose weight? Would you?

With several drugmakers working on new medicines to help overweight people shed pounds, we wondered how Americans view the idea these days.

The Japanese have long endured crowded cities and scarce living space, with homes so humble a scornful European official once branded them rabbit hutches.

Six private security guards were poisoned and then beheaded in northern Afghanistan during a bank robbery, a police spokesman said Tuesday.