Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2008 | 10:12 AM
For the first time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly will today consider a declaration urging the decriminalisation of homosexuality worldwide.
Published:Wednesday | December 10, 2008 | 10:12 AM
The authorities in India have released the names and aliases of the nine suspected militants killed during last month\'s attacks in the city of Mumbai.
Fresh clashes have broken out between police and protesters across Greece for a third day, after the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old by police on Saturday.
Opposition parties in Venezuela have issued a formal rejection of the plan by President Hugo Chavez to seek to stay in office as long as he keeps winning elections.
Thousands of protesters have attacked banks and shops in Athens and Greece\'s northern city of Thessaloniki, angered by the police\'s killing of a teenager.
Former United States football star OJ Simpson has been jailed for 15 years for the kidnap and armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel.
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Zimbabwe\'s President Robert Mugabe must resign or be sent to The Hague for the gross violations he has committed.
The prime minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, said he will use every legal means to block plans by the opposition to overthrow his minority government.
The International Organization for Migration is urging developed countries to keep their doors open to foreign workers, despite the global economic crisis.
