O’Bama Come Home: An Irish Village Welcomes its Prodigal Son

As the residents of Moneygall ready themselves to play host to Barack Obama on May 23, many hope the visit will bring the Irish village exactly what the President’s great-great-great-grandfather sought when he left there 150 years ago: prosperity. It takes less than a minute to drive through Obama’s ancestral hometown, a sleepy and typical rural village whose main attractions are a single pub, a corner shop, a post office and a football field.

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Berlusconi: My work is a burden free of gaffes

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has told CNN he has never committed a gaffe and that he doesn’t like his job much these days. In an exclusive interview, Berlusconi laid the blame on newspapers. “I have never made any gaffes, not even one, every gaffe is invented by the newspapers,” he said from his office in Palazzo Grazioli, his official Rome residence

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Key suspect in Mumbai attacks heads to trial

The main suspect captured alive from last year’s deadly terror attacks in India’s financial capital goes on trial Wednesday, nearly five months after the siege killed more than 160 people in Mumbai. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, 21, is accused of being the only one of 10 gunmen to survive the late-November, three-day siege, which targeted victims at hotels, hospitals and railway stations in Mumbai — formerly known as Bombay.

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Button wins again in curtailed Malaysian GP

Briton Jenson Button recorded his second consecutive Formula One victory for Brawn GP at the weather-affected Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. Button, who had qualified in pole position, was leading on the 33rd of 56 scheduled laps when the race was stopped after a thunderstorm broke at the Sepang International Circuit. With the torrential rain refusing to relent and darkness descending on the track due to the late starting time, organizers eventually decided not to restart the race, awarding half-points to the top eight finishers

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