Hotmail
Messenger
My MSN
MSN Directory
PhotoBlog
View and discuss images and issues that caught our eyes, like this scene of the snow-covered vineyards in Germany.
Top stories 
On the frontlines in Afghanistan
Video: NBC’s Richard Engel reveals the difficult task being faced by GIs with ‘Viper Company’.
advertisement | your ad here
Top headlines
Pirates release seized oil tanker, 19 crew
Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned tanker that was hijacked in September, a Greek government spokesman said Saturday.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Mexico: Ex-drug czar took cartel money
Mexico's former drug czar took $450,000 to leak information to a powerful cartel, officials said Friday.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Indonesia official: No tsunami risk from quake
A powerful earthquake struck waters off western Indonesia on Saturday, but local officials said there was no risk of a tsunami.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Russia tries to flex naval might
The arrival of Russia's nuclear-powered vessel, Peter the Great, in Venezuela next week may mark the end of an era of rising ambitions for the Russian navy, not its beginning.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Report predicts U.S. decline, Russia rise
Global warming could be a boon to Russia while the U.S. could further decline in importance during the next two decades, says a U.S. intelligence report with predictions for the world in 2025.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Man hanged in Iran for allegedly spying for Israel
Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, a judiciary spokesman said Saturday.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Reports: Strike kills suspect in jet bomb plot
A British citizen linked to a plot to blow up jetliners flying across the Atlantic was believed killed Saturday by an apparent U.S. missile attack on an al-Qaida redoubt near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.
Multimedia
Top headlines
Bush effigy burned at Iraq protest
Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of President Bush in Baghdad as they protested a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact on Friday.
Multimedia
