To mark the 10th anniversary of Gujarat communal riots, a Democrat lawmaker has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives urging the state government to restore religious freedom.

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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has cautioned against the perils of 'financial crisis amnesia' in the wake of complaints from those attempting to weaken or repeal Wall Street reforms.

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A three-year-old boy kept in a ‘cell’ by his cruel parents was so hungry he ripped out and ate his own hair, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday.

Mother Lisa Brooks, 25, and stepfather Tomas Lewis, 2

Leaders of this northeastern town have given the green light to the establishment of a cannabis plantation to boost municipal revenues and create jobs as Spain faces economic crisis.

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The navy and coast guard continued to search for three missing fishermen on Friday, a day after a ship collided with their boat off the Kerala coast, claiming two lives. There is no clue of the erring

The US has said it's strongly supportive of India's investment in civil nuclear power and its support to NGOs is for development and for democracy programmes and not for opposing projects like Koodank

The people's struggle against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu entered its 200th day on Friday with villagers raising Rs.100,000 for the chief minister's relief fund for the vi

A young man whose hands were chopped off after he failed to repay a loan languishes on the floor of a government hospital here, frightened and worried about his life ahead while police are yet to take

An elderly unemployed Greek took two people hostage while injuring three others inside a plastic factory in a northern Greek city Thursday, media reported.

The man wounded the manager, a Bulgarian w

A judge in a US state has apologised after forwarding an email to friends that contained a joke deemed racist and involved President Barack Obama's mother.

According to local media, the Montana state