Reuters - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who faces growing calls to quit over an extramarital affair, did not misuse public funds in trips he made to see his mistress, the state's top police official said on Thursday.

The UN secretary general visits Burma to seek the release of political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi.

Reuters - A public memorial for pop star Michael Jackson took shape Thursday when a concert backer and family spokesman said the event would take place next week, even as doubt lingered over the guardianship of the singer's children.

Reuters - As California marked its second day of a new fiscal year without a budget agreement, the state government moved ahead on Thursday to issue billions of dollars in "IOUs" in order to avoid a cash crisis.

Supporters of Iran's regime are taking a cue from the opposition's strategy: They're mounting an online offensive.

The governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency voted to choose Japan's Yukiya Amano to head the sensitive United Nations watchdog

An Indian court struck down parts of a British Raj-era law criminalizing homosexuality, a move expected to have widespread ramifications for gay issues in the South Asian country.

UN chief Ban Ki Moon is going to Burma to seek the release of political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The UN's top health official tells a swine flu forum in Mexico that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.

A London council withdraws its action against a mother it accused of lying to gain a school place.

Fans wishing to attend singer Michael Jackson's memorial service next week will have to register for the 11,000 free tickets, organizers said Thursday. The 20,000-seat Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, will host the memorial service on Tuesday.

A federal judge tentatively overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman accused of using MySpace to deceive a teenage girl who eventually committed suicide, a U.S. attorney's spokesman told CNN.

A U.S. soldier has been captured by militants in Afghanistan, the U.S. military and the Taliban said Thursday.

A Welsh Guard, Lt Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, has become the most senior Army officer to die in action since the Falklands War.

An RAF Tornado has crashed during a training flight near Arrochar in Argyll, killing two people.