Meet the girl whose ‘rear view’ captivated Obama at G-8

October 7th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian teenager reportedly landed her father in trouble by accusing him of raping her, only to run away with her boyfriend. The police have said that the 16-year-old packed her bags last week, and tried to run away from home, but when her father found out, he started questioning and scolding her, reported the Harian Metro.

September 22nd, 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO - A three-year-old girl has survived after falling from the fourth floor of a building in Brazil's Sao Paulo city, authorities said. The child suffered multiple fractures but was conscious, doctors said.

September 18th, 2009 Obama to meet Japan's new prime minister at UNWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will meet Japan's new leader for the first time at the United Nations next week. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said that Obama will meet Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Wednesday.

September 12th, 2009 LONDON - US First Lady Michelle Obama loves to hug everyone she meets as it makes others feel relaxed. Obama admits that she gets just as much out of being affectionate as those being hugged.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Police in Kaixian county, Chongqing municipality, have detained an 18-year-old girl after she lied that she had been robbed and kidnapped. The girl said her only motive was to test the efficiency of the cops, reports the China Daily.

August 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The percentage of Americans who hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party has slipped below 50 percent for the first time since President Barack Obama took office, according to a new Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday. Only 49 percent of Americans now hold a favorable view of the Democratic Party, down from 62 percent in the same poll shortly after Obama assumed office.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Just hours after she was released by her kidnappers, a 10-year-old Chinese girl helped the police arrest them on Wednesday. Cops in Xuchang, Henan province, revealed that the little girl was kidnapped on her way to school in the morning.

July 29th, 2009 LUEBBENOW - A 13-year old girl, believed to have been imprisoned for up to nine years, was rescued from her parents' house in the eastern German town of Luebbenow, authorities said Wednesday. The girl, who never attended school, suffered from mental disability and was physically harmed, chief prosecutor Juergen Schiermeyer told DPA.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 16-year-old Chinese girl, who had a five-year love affair with her stepfather, accused him of rape after he brought home another woman. The girl called up the cops crying her stepfather had raped her, reports the China Daily.

July 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A reporter behind the controversial G-8 photo, which depicts U.S. President Barack Obama seemingly checking out a woman's rear, has now lent some clarity to it.

July 7th, 2009 CANBERRA - The spokesperson of the Australian Navy has admitted that the HMAS Success scandal could harm future recruitment efforts of the country's navel forces. Rear Admiral Steven Gilmore - head of Navy People and Reputation - says the navy was already struggling to meet its recruitment targets and the latest scandal won't help.

June 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Barack Obama wrote an unusual get-out-of-class-free note for a girl whose father had taken her to the U.S. President's town hall.

May 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama appeared a normal dad after he was spotted cheering for his daughter Sasha at a soccer field. The popular leader was said to have hopped into jeans and a White Sox jacket after introducing Jon Huntsman as the ambassador to China.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A teenaged Chinese girl "miraculously" escaped death when she fell out of her 6th floor window, thanks to her large stuffed bear. The girl in Wuchang, Hubei province, landed on the toy after falling from the building.

May 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 22-month-old Chinese baby girl from Shijiazhuang, Hebei province has memorized over 2,000 Chinese characters, with the help of her mother's encouragement. The mother, surnamed Dou, gave the gifted girl some cards with characters when she was just 5 months old, and to her incredulity, the tot begun recognizing the characters, reports the China Daily.