BERSERKERS. The Old Norse term berserkr was used to identify certain fierce warriors with animal characteristics. According to Old Norse literature, particularly the later sagas, berserkers howled like animals in battle and bit their shields. They felt...

Berserkers (or Berserks) were Norse warriors who wore coats of bear skin (bear-sark) and who were commonly understood to have fought in an uncontrollable rage or trance of fury; the berserkergang. The Úlfhéðnar (singular Úlfhéðinn) mentioned in...

Police imposed a curfew Wednesday in parts of the northern Indian city of Agra that is home to the Taj Mahal and advised tourists and residents to stay indoors after rioting that followed a fatal truck accident, officials said.All schools and colleges in Agra have...

A man went on a shooting rampage in his central Japan home Thursday, killing a policeman, wounding three other people _ including his son and daughter _ and taking his wife hostage, news reports and police said.Hundreds of police surrounded 50-year-old Hisato Obayashi's tree-shrouded house...

A former gangster surrendered Friday night after a shooting rampage at his home that left one policeman dead and three other people _ including his son and daughter _ injured, police said.The surrender ended a tense, daylong standoff as nearly 200 police in body armor...