Three US senators have unveiled a bill to clear away hurdles to citizenship for 1,000 Haitian orphans whose adoptions by US parents were rushed because of the January earthquake.
UK based oil company BP says its operation to pump mud into a breached Gulf of Mexico oil well to try to stem the flow caused by a rig explosion is going according to plan.
MANGALORE, India (AP):An Air India Express plane trying to land yesterday at a tricky hilltop airport in southern India overshot the runway, crashed over a cliff and burst into flames with 166 people on board, officials said.
A judge in Malawi has imposed a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison with hard labour, on a gay couple convicted of gross indecency and unnatural acts.
CINCINNATI (AP):The world's largest consumer products maker says its online shopping store is open for business.Procter & Gamble (P&G) Company said yesterday the "eStore" is up and running for the general public after months of testing.
BANGKOK (AP):Downtown Bangkok became a flaming battleground yesterday as an army assault forced anti-government protest leaders to surrender, enraging followers who shot grenades and set fire to landmark buildings...
LONDON (AP): Britain's new deputy prime minister pledged yesterday to curb the country's extensive system of official surveillance and data collection by scrapping an unpopular national identity-card programme...
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP):Pakistan's government ordered Internet service providers to block Facebook on Wednesday amid anger over a page that encourages users to post images of Islam's Prophet Muhammad....
US scientists are reporting that the first oil from the Gulf of Mexico spill has entered an ocean current that could take it to Florida and up the east coast of the US.
HOUSTON (AP) Texas financier R.Allen Stanford's attorneys say jail has reduced their client to a "wreck of a man" who is severely depressed, forgets conversations...
