Mumbai, Sept 7 : Next month's Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in Pune is not just about sports. It's going to be India's biggest attempt to connect sports with environment...

Peter Power (Letters, September 4) reveals a number of fundamental misunderstandings by the European commission. Neither George Monbiot nor ActionAid claims that access to Senegalese waters by EU...

headlines that sex can be purchased in London for as little as £15 and highlighted the fact that sex without condoms is available. However, closer inspection of the data reveals that only 2% of...

FRESNO, Calif. - Authorities say they've arrested a man who broke into the home of two California farmworkers, stole money, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before...

An education charity has been found to have breached charity laws by donating £7,500 of its funds to the Labour party.Catz Club, also called Schoolfriendetc, runs after-school, breakfast and holiday...

The following table accompanies the King's Fund briefing Update to Local variations in NHS spending priorities1, published on September 8 2008. This data has been produced by the King's Fund, based...

She's bringing her unmatchable magic to the Kentucky Center Tuesday. In the first act, Minnelli will sing such favorites as "Maybe This Time" and "The Man I Love." The second act, choreographed by...

Before Gov. Sarah Palin even began her acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, a song helped introduce the GOP vice presidential candidate to America. Palin took the...

The new TV season's official start date (Sept. 21) is weeks away, but one of the most anticipated shows, "90210," has already arrived. Now comes the other: Fox's weird-science thriller "Fringe,"...

The cost of repairing the damage from this weekend's flood damage is likely to run into tens of millions of pounds, insurers warned today, as forecasters predicted more rain later this week.Storms...

Cancer patients in the metropolitan borough of Knowsley, near Liverpool, can count themselves fortunate in one respect. Unlucky though they are to have the disease, they live in the area with the...

The tune signaled the arrival of "American Idol" judges Simon Cowell (wearing his signature tight white T-shirt), Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and newcomer Kara DioGuardi, along with host Ryan...

Stonehenge The UN is threatening to put the Tower of London on its list of world heritage sites in danger after its experts accused the UK of damaging globally significant sites such as Stonehenge,...

Five deaths, about 1,000 wrecked homes and swamped flood defences marked the latest wave of torrential storms to sweep across the country at the weekend, followed by warnings of another band of heavy...

Protesters in their Sunday best suits campaign outside the Oval As a football league match was played on a Sunday in Northern Ireland for the first time, BBC Ireland correspondent Mark Simpson went...

© UNESCO/Michel Ravassard US Ambassador Mrs. Louise Oliver (left) with the Director-General , Ko�chiro Matsuura (right) both holding the instrument of ratification of the...

But ancient settlements in the Amazon, now almost entirely obscured by tropical forest, were once large and complex enough to be considered "urban" as the term is commonly applied to both medieval...

LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Nearly a year after O.J. Simpson walked into a casino hotel room intent on reclaiming some sports memorobilia, lawyers in his robbery-kidnapping trial are finally set to begin...

We both hate airplanes, and Alex has a particular fear of flesh-eating viruses. Throw a shark and a crocodile on the airplane too and you'll really have...

as a daily but this wasn’t possible. “There were hassles with artistes’ dates and other problems,” he says. Rupali Ganguly who plays one of the leads says budgetary constraints may have come...

MIAMI - Hurricane Ike barreled west across the already beleaguered islands of the Caribbean on Sunday, raising the death toll and destruction across the waterlogged...

TALLAHASSEE | Tax reform is likely to return to the legislative arena following last week's decision by the Florida Supreme Court to remove a sweeping "tax swap" amendment from the November general...

Spears nabbed all three VMAs she was nominated for, including video of the year, and made triumphant appearance in an atttempt to erase the career-low of last year's ceremony.Spears didn't perform....

London, Sept 7 : The 'fantasy world' lifestyle that top footballers live has come to light after a blackmail case was exposed in detail in a...

Our photo contests have become so popular that we thought we'd take a minute to look back at our favorite winners so far, from Holga, to Summer, to Transportation. The winners were selected by...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw&NR=1 The Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse film was such a favorite to my AP Physics class 21 years ago that we asked to watch it in our very last class in...

Are you one of those people who suspects that so much of the hype surrounding wine is entirely fraudulent? If so, then the events of the last few months will provide enough fodder for your...

New Delhi, Sept 08: In a drive to motivate commuters to exercise as well as use its lifts and escalators less frequently, The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has put up posters with the tagline...

Belfast, Sept 08: Several wives and girlfriends got dumped on their heads and a few more were thoroughly drenched Saturday during the first UK and Ireland Wife-Carrying Championships. Northern...

WASHINGTON | The Bush administration seized control Sunday of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aiming to stabilize the housing market turmoil that is threatening financial markets...

Kansas Sports Hall of Fame ’s scared-straight moment. However, he did admit it served a vital purpose. “It created the need to accelerate what we knew was coming forward,” says...

Fan Media Network isn’t even trying to emulate the most popular companies within its niche – fan-based sports Web sites and blogs like Bleacher Report, Deadspin, Fandome and SB Nation. ...

With Hells’ Kitchen TV-celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay as a client, Sacramento lawyer Scott Bartel knows kitchen entertainment is hot. So does his firm — and it’s going after more of...

London, Sept 08: Are you a plumber looking for a temporary job change? There's one ready for you, but only if you can put up with penguins and icy climes. The job criteria are what have catapulted...

Sports and romance. Men are convinced that the two can coexist. But there are plenty of women who have their doubts, and their patience will be tested as...

President Bush said he didn't care how terrorism architect Osama bin Laden was brought to justice."We'll smoke him out of his cave and we'll get him eventually," Bush said confidently.That was back...

Shillong, Sept 08: Picturesque Shillong, which once served as the summer getaway for the British colonialists along with Darjeeling hills, has witnessed a phenomenal jump in the arrival of tourists. ...

P ORTLAND, Maine - The manslaughter trial of a Massachusetts man charged in a fatal boating crash last summer on Long Lake in Harrison starts today. Prosecutors claim Robert LaPointe, 39, of Medway...

KABUL, Afghanistan | The U.S. military said Sunday it has "new information" about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians, and it is sending a senior military officer to the...

WASHINGTON - A two-year-old Bush administration effort to improve the nation's backlogged immigration courts has not adequately increased oversight of immigration judges, tightened the appeals...

, filed June 30 for Chapter 11 protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Central District of California. B&B holds an 80 percent stake in seven Fox Sports Grill locations nationwide and...

TRUE BLOOD(2008) What if vampires lived among us, out in the open? That's the underpinning to HBO's newest original series, from Six Feet Under's Alan Ball — who apparently can't get enough of...

Photo Credit: Xinhua Mr. Obama had a lot to prove. Despite his popularity, going into the Democratic National Convention he was still seen by many as all brand and little product, a name...

Webby Award for best personal website, partly on the strength of a series of pranks he pulled off in his hometown of Sacramento, California. In the past several months, Cockerham has expanded the...

A weekly treatment for type 2 diabetes has proved safe and effective for patients in a trial involving 259 volunteers.The formulation is a version of a previously available treatment called...

They look like a mode of transport from another planet and seem to defy the laws of gravity. With two wheels side by side, commuters can zip along on the electric devices, upright, at 12mph. ...

Luxury in a tiny package: Park models are a different type of vacation getaway home. They look like small cottages – and contain upscale amenities such as quartz countertops in the kitchen – but...

Around one million key workers - from teachers to immigration officers - are to be asked to take part in a series of strikes from November, reviving the spectre of the "winter of discontent" that...

Britain's oldest and most powerful medical college today calls on the Government to set a target to eliminate smoking by 2025. The Royal College of Physicians says radical measures are needed...

A row of clothes, including a delicate pink silk blouse and a black cocktail dress, hang artfully from a length of rope in the Whistles showroom, like the prettiest of washing lines. It might not be...