Experts Seek King Tut's Cause of Death
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A team of researchers briefly removed King Tut's mummy from its tomb Wednesday and laid bare his bones for a CT scan that could solve an enduring mystery: Was it murder or natural causes that killed Egypt's boy pharaoh 3,000 years ago?
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One of Thailand's new military rulers pleads for international understanding of the reasons behind the coup.
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Cambodia&#39;s King Norodom Sihanouk has urged his citizens to choose a new king and avoid any chaos in the country. His statement came hours after Prime Minister Hun Sen, said a new monarch should be chosen soon if King Sihanouk is determined to retire.
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Thailand&#39;s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he will set up an inquiry into the deaths of 84 people who suffocated after being taken to an army camp in the majority-Muslim southern province of Narathiwat.
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(CBS/AP) Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia ordered an inquiry Wednesday to determine the cause of death of former leader Yasser Arafat.
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Two members of a Thai family fell ill with avian influenza, and a third probably died of it, the Thai health ministry announced late Tuesday morning, saying that human
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PHUKET, Thailand: The final death toll from Thailand&#39;s tidal wave disaster could approach 6,800, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra suggested Thursday as European nations joined Thais in trying to trace thousands of missing people.
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Amnesty International has urged the Thai government to impartially investigate the deaths of at least 84 protesters in the south of the country.
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Forensic experts warn it could be months before all victims in Thailand are identified, as the death toll reaches 4,500.
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Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu will lead a UN inquiry to a Gaza town where 19 Palestinians died in Israeli shelling.
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A human rights group called for an investigation into the death Thursday of a mentally disabled Palestinian man who had been wounded by the Israelis during a West Bank arrest operation.
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LONDON -- Nearly a week after his death, speculation still swirls around what killed Yasser Arafat. Cirrhosis of the liver, AIDS, a blood disorder, or poisoning are frequently mentioned in unconfirmed reports -- as little is publicly known about the medical condition that landed the Palestinian leader in a French hospital.
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Egypt plans to X-ray the mummy of  Tutankhamun to find out what killed the king who ruled Egypt  more than 3,000 years ago and died while only a teen-ager.
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JANDI MERIAH, Indonesia -- Dowes Ginting, the most wanted man on Sumatra island, lay dying. He had abandoned the hospital where he had seen his relatives succumb one after another, and he had fled deep into the mountains, trying to outrun the black magic he feared had marked him next. For... When...
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By testing the DNA of the mummy of Tutankhamun, Egypt will attempt to learn what killed the teenaged pharoah who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago. Talk about a cold case.
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Facing new violence and harsh criticism, the prime minister said Friday he would set up an independent commission to investigate the deaths of 85 Muslim youths in southern Thailand, including 78 who suffocated or were crushed to death in military custody.
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PHUKET, Thailand - Officials from Israel and Iran put aside political animosity yesterday to work together in using Israeli forensics expertise to identify their dead from the crash of a jetliner on this Thai resort island.