A puppy recently born in New Orleans, Louisiana is really standing out among his siblings, all because of the fact that this is a green puppy. By this we mean the color of this puppy is really green.

The recent outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) will not affect the Beijing Olympic Games, health ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said in Beijing Wednesday.

An earthquake of magnitude of 6.7 hit the Tokyo area of Japan cutting off power to more than 2,000 homes and causing light injuries, Japan's news agencies and AFP report.

Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's third president on Wednesday in a glittering and solemn ceremony in front of some 2,500 guests at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow as Vladimir Putin stepped down after eight years as head of state.

At the end of Boris Johnson's mayoral acceptance speech (the new mayor of London) he said the following words about starting his new job: "Let's get cracking tomorrow and let's have a drink tonight". Not exactly wise words for someone whose first London Underground promise is to call for alcohol on the Tube to be banned. No more cracking good drinks on the Tube then.

Japan and China have agreed to hold annual leaders' meetings in another sign of improving relations between the Asian neighbors.

The international community is offering aid to military-ruled Burma as the death toll from Saturday's cyclone has risen to nearly 22,500.

President Hu Jintao on Tuesday started the first visit by a Chinese leader to Japan in 10 years as the Asian powers eased decades of tension, but hundreds took to the streets to protest over Tibet.

The world food crisis is beginning to accelerate sending millions of people to the brink of starvation. As the world faces food prices so high that people are facing hunger mega agribusinesses are making a killing.

The foreign minister of Azerbaijan has asked the West to convince Armenia with Nagorno Karabakh settlement while Azerbaijan is the side that constantly refuses the proposals of OSCE and and tries to get rid of the Minsk group mediators while attempting to bring the issue to UN.

While the media outlets around the world already are reporting that the death toll of the Myanmar cyclone has reach 4000, AP just now has a developing breaking news that "AP: Diplomats say Myanmar's foreign minister acknowledges in a briefing that cyclone death toll could rise to 10,000."

Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin held his last Cabinet meeting as head of state on Monday, as his eight-year rule entered its final week.

Due to be completed in June 2009, the Burj Dubai overtook the highest building record last year on July 24th, 2007. Burj Dubai will become the world's tallest building, along with the world's tallest man-made structure when it is completed.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni indicated Sunday Israel may uproot some of its West Bank settlements as part of a peace accord with the Palestinians. Livni spoke at the start of a meeting Sunday with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. VOA's David Gollust reports from Jerusalem.

351 people have been reported dead after a cyclone hit Burma, which is also known as Myanmar. As a result it has been declared by the Burmese government that five states are currently disaster areas.