The author received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007. At 87, she was the oldest writer to receive the honor.

Also nabbing top honors out of Rome were Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who won Best Director for Sebunsu kodo (Seventh Code).

The festival officials billed big-budget The White Storm as the first "global"-style detective film made in China.

Mount Merapi killed more than 300 people and caused the evacuation of 20,000 villagers when it burst back to life in late 2010.

Musharraf would be the first military ruler tried for treason in a country that has experienced 3 military coups in its 66-year history.

The order comes after some Misrata gunmen opened fire on protesters trying to evict them from their headquarters.

Syrian war polarized Middle East between Sunni Muslim powers who support Sunni rebels, and Shi'ite Iran and Hezbollah.

According to preliminary data, all those on board died, including Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov’s son Irek.