Military joins social networking site Facebook

The Pentagon is now turning to technology used by millions of people everyday to raise its profile.

Branches of the military are now using facebook and twitter to share information and recruit additional military personnel.

India sex workers rally over law

Sex workers from one of India's biggest red light districts stage a May Day rally to demand the legalization of the world's oldest profession.

Turkish May Day protesters arrested

Riot police backed with water cannons chase groups of protesters holding a May Day march in Istanbul.

Mexico City residents describe hospital experiences

Residents of Mexico city talk about their experiences at local hospitals Thursday during the swine flu scare.

One hospital official notes a decrease in patients.

Controversial wall to separate favellas from forest

Rio's government has decided to build 3-meter-high walls around certain favelas to keep them from expanding into the forest.

The project is considered courageous by some and discriminatory by others who have dubbed it the "wall of shame."

Prince Charles accepts German environmental award

Prince Charles, the British heir to the throne, received the German Sustainability Award for his environmental campaigning from during a two-day trip to Berlin.

100 Year Celebration for Cartier

VIP's from Demi Moore, Kate Hudson, Justin Timberlake to Elton John converged on Cartier's Fifth Avenue Mansion in New York City, to celebrate the jewellery icon's 100th anniversary in the U.S. and its ongoing support of charities.

Treatment on a wing and a prayer at Delhi's bird hospital

A steady stream of patients get to a hospital in Delhi.

Nothing unusual -- except that all of them are of the feathered kind.

Once cured, the patients at the Birds' Hospital just fly away.

Borders on the move

Italy and Switzerland in new border deal as global warming is blamed for their changing Alpine boundary.

Rare blue diamond may set new record

A rare blue 7 carat diamond, to be auctioned in Geneva next month, goes on display at Sotheby's London.

Utah skeleton find solves 75-year-old mystery

A battery of genetic and forensic tests makes it almost certain that remains found in southern Utah are those of Everett Ruess, a vagabond artist who vanished in 1934, his nephew told The Associated Press.