NEW YORK (AP):Representative Charles Rangel's supporters in New York's Harlem want members of Congress to stand by him. A group of local leaders says Rangel has worked hard in his decades-long career...
TEHRAN (AP):Iran has set a February 6 trial date for three Americans arrested more than a year ago along the Iraqi border and charged with spying, their lawyer said yesterday.The trial was to have started on...
(AP):The Vatican yesterday cautioned that there is nothing 'revolutionary' in Pope Benedict XVI's startling assertion that condom use in exceptional circumstances can be a responsible act in the fight against the spread...
The United States says a report disclosing that North Korea has built a new nuclear facility is further evidence of Pyongyang's 'belligerent behaviour'
The House of Representative in the US has failed to pass a bill that would have given Americans who are unemployed three more months to file for extended jobless benefits.
LONDON (AP):Women in their 40s with a moderately high family risk of breast cancer should get yearly mam-mograms, a new British study suggests.Though such testing is standard in the United States for that age...
SAO PAULO (AP): Federal police say they have dismantled an international human-trafficking ring that provided fake passports to Brazilians wanting to migrate illegally to the United States.
Harare, Zimbabwe (AP): A lawyer says a Zimbabwean journalist has been arrested over a report that said police were hiring war veterans to increase the force's power in preparation for elections next year.
Johannesburg (AP): AIDS patients in South Africa are being robbed of their life-saving drugs, which are then mixed with marijuana and smoked, authorities and health experts say. ...
CONGO, Kinshasa (AP): Rwandan Hutu rebels attacked a truck in eastern Congo, killing at least three people and wounding several others, the United Nations said yesterday.
GREECE, Athens (AP):More than 20,000 demonstrators marched through central Athens to the United States Embassy yesterday to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against the military dictatorship then ruling...
LONDON (AP): Prince William and Kate Middleton sat down yesterday with advisers and began planning the royal wedding that some Britons have waited years to see, as the media settled in for months of juicy speculation....
Germany is increasing security at airports and railway stations following what officials say are concrete indications of terrorist attacks being planned for the end of November.
Published:Wednesday | November 17, 2010 | 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP):The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to find that caffeine is an unsafe food additive to alcoholic drinks, essentially banning them, and manufacturers...
It has been announced in Britain that Prince William, the second in line to the throne, is to marry his girlfriend of many years, Kate Middleton, next year.
