Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
PARIS (AP): The French Senate debated yesterday whether to ban the burqa-style veil, a move that affects only a tiny minority of the country's Muslim women but has significant symbolic repercussions.w...
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) United States Government health officials say weight loss with a new diet drug from Arena Pharmaceuticals was minimal, and safety questions remain about its effects on the heart.
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Romania (AP) A union leader says more than 30,000 public sector workers in Romania will go on strike over wage cuts.Sebastian Oprescu, chairman of the National Union of Public Workers...
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
LONDON (AP) A British judge has sentenced George Michael to eight weeks in jail for driving while under the influence of drugs after the singer crashed his car into a London photo shop.The singer pleaded guilty last month to driving under the influence...
Published:Wednesday | September 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
Venezuela (AP): A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed into a navy research boat yesterday and plunged into the sea, leaving two missing and five injured, an official said....
British Labour Member of parliament Dianne Abbott says cuts being made by the Coalition administration of Prime Minister David Cameron could set back race relations by a generation.
Gunmen killed 25 people in a series of drug-gang attacks in Ciudad Juarez, marking the deadliest day in more than two years for the Mexican border city, authorities said Friday.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Afghanistan despite the decision of a small Florida church to suspend plans to burn copies of the Koran.
ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania (AP):A federal appeals court has largely upheld a ruling that Hazleton, Pennsylvania, may not enforce its crackdown on illegal immigrants.The decision yesterday by an appeals court deals a blow to regulations that inspired...
LONDON (AP):British legislators authorised a sweeping inquiry yesterday into illicit snooping on politicians and celebrities by tabloids, as one lawmaker called for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to testify over allegations one of his newspapers illegally...
NEW YORK (AP): The imam behind a proposed Islamic community centre and mosque near ground zero cautioned Wednesday that moving the facility could cause a violent backlash from Muslim extremists and endanger national security.....
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP): South Africa's murder rate, one of the highest in the world, has dropped by 8.6 per cent to its lowest level in nearly two decades, according to statistics released yesterday....
GAINESVILLE, Florida (AP): AS FLORIDA officials worried about public safety surrounding a small church's plan to burn the Quran, President Barack Obama added his voice to the chorus of opposition to the church's intention to burn copies of Islam's holiest text to mark...
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP):A suicide car bomber hit the central market of a major city in Russia's North Caucasus yesterday, killing at least 17 and wounding more than 130 people in one of the worst attacks...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP): North Korean children are already singing the praises of the young man in line to become the reclusive nation's next leader, analysts say, but the rest of the world doesn't even know the age...
