Volkswagen (VW) shares rose sharply Tuesday, a day after sports carmaker Porsche announced it had acquired a majority stake in its German...

Abohar, Jan.6 : People of Punjab are known for enjoying their lives to the full. And, the feeling of family and brotherhood being integral to their day-to-day lifestyle can charm anyone, especially those from the western...

Mokuchung (Nagaland), Jan.6 : Sports have always been a strong medium of bringing people closer to each other. And this is what Volleyball is doing to the north-east region of the country....

Lahore, Jan.6 : Pakistan's top middle order batsman, Younis Khan, has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to provide better sporting facilities at the domestic arena to plift the standards of the sport in the...

HOUSTON | A federal judge who was indicted last year for allegedly making unwanted sexual advances toward his court case manager was accused Tuesday of fondling another former court...

ALBANY, N.Y. | Electronic unemployment filing systems have crashed in at least three states in recent days amid an unprecedented crush of thousands of newly jobless Americans seeking benefits, and...

WASHINGTON | The Social Security Administration, envisaging the near-future prospect of 10,000 baby boomers applying for benefits every day, has put together a new online service that will allow...

There is something about turning the corner on winter that brings hope back to the gardener's life. Lengthening days and seed catalogs instead of holiday cards in the mailbox make the subzero weather...

GAZA CITY, Gaza | France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering hundreds of people...

Al Bustan Centre and Residence, the deluxe hotel apartments which offer world-class services and facilities in the heart of Dubai, has announced a special 15% - 20% discount on memberships as well as...

Maybe I'm feeling a bit sentimental because it's now 10:30 and we have finally put our youngest to bed with the promise of a visit from St. Nicholas, just as my father did when I was little. Perhaps...

Police at Lake Taupo Stricter policing of boat speeds and tighter regulations may be considered following the death of nine-year-old Genevieve Lewis, killed while waterskiing on Lake Taupo after...

Icon Aircraft , and he has spent the past five years designing and building the A5. It's a plane like no other—the wings fold at the push of a button, making it easy to store and trailer. The...

Beijing, Jan 07: A Chinese speed skater has been banned from national competition for a year after he gave a "one-fingered salute" to spectators who had jeered him, according to state...

According to sources around Hollywood, things may start looking very hairy for Taylor Lautner. The actor — not to mention legions of Twilight fans — has been desperate to learn whether...

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A Kentucky cardiologist whom President George W. Bush nominated to be surgeon general in 2007 is being appointed to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.Dr. James...

Eagles beat Vikings, 26-14, in NFC playoffs; Ravens score 17 unanswered points and defeat Dolphins, 27-9, in the AFC; Atlanta's Mike Smith wins AP NFL coach of the year award by one vote; Boston...

January 5, 2009—Geologists in Hungary have been exploring a newlfound underground lake beneath the capital, Budapest. The lake system is believed to extend 25 miles (40 kilometers).© 2008...

WASHINGTON | Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal manslaughter and gun charges resulting from a 2007 shooting in a crowded Baghdad square that killed...

KABUL, Afghanistan | Pakistan's president called Tuesday for foreign allies to provide more support - not more troops - to help win the battle against extremist militias along its volatile border...

A baby has died and six others were in isolation last night after an infection broke out in a hospital's neonatal unit. The baby, who was born prematurely at Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham...

Bored with sitting in silence at bath time? This, my attention deficit disordered friend is the device for you. Load it up with MP3 files, pop it into the warm water or your tub and not only will...

More than 1,000 people are dying every year from a poison gas which seeps out of the ground because current building guidelines are not stringent enough, researchers warn. The gas is called...

The Rural Media Company's documentary, Show & Tell, exposes the serious problem of rural poverty. Here contributors talk frankly about the hardships they...

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. - Jolene Solomon is beginning the new year with her life, her mule named Lou and little else. The Southern Standard in McMinnville reported Solomon had just finished eating supper...

A woman who contracted rabies while abroad died in hospital in Belfast last night, her family said. Lisa McMurray, who was in her 30s, had been in a critical condition in the intensive care unit...

BARTOW | Circuit Judge Neil Roddenbery sentenced a 26-year-old Belle Glade man Tuesday to about 11 years in prison for a crash that killed one of his...

Michelle might move to the charity sector working for the Children's Society as a project worker at one of its 70 projects across the UK, focusing on four groups of young people - refugees, runaways,...

Steve Roush resigned from the U.S. Olympic Committee on Tuesday, leaving a post in which he played a key role in organizing logistics for American athletes at the last three games.He was the USOC's...

Ministers have ordered hospitals in England to relax their ban on the use of mobile phones as fears about their interaction with sensitive medical equipment have receded. But NHS managers warned...

The iPhone has inspired a new generation of imitators, from Nokia to BlackBerry. So just how smart are these smartphones – and should Apple be worried? Simon Usborne gets...

CHICAGO | Parkinson's sufferers who had electrodes implanted in their brains improved substantially more than those who took only medicine, according to the biggest test yet of deep brain...

There's been so much guff written recently about the micro-blogging service called Twitter that I almost feel guilty for bringing the subject up. It's been 18 months since a reader first emailed in...

Get snapping with one of these wonderful camera accessories. Click on the image to the right to launch our guide. Scroll down to leave your comments and...

A good 10 years after we started to accept that the world wide web might have some conceivable use, the process of getting a website up and running is still seen by many as some kind of black art. In...

They have battled for the hearts and minds of the British public countless times, but now Gordon Brown and David Cameron have turned their attention to the stomachs of the electorate, providing rival...

As the cold and credit crunch bite, more and more people are turning to open fires to keep themselves warm and cut down on skyrocketing fuel bills. But it isn't only about saving money; there's...

So that's it then. The end of light as we know it. Shops have stopped replenishing their stocks of traditional tungsten light bulbs, and expect to have run out by the end of the week. But to judge...

Given that most of us don't live in houses with huge grand pianos on which to display serried ranks of silver photograph frames, we need to find other ways of showing off our nearest and dearest...

Despite all the people in our area interested in Nordic heritage and food, it's surprisingly rare to find recipes from that region. That's why it was such a pleasure to see a beautifully photographed...

On Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Crist touted an $8.5 million pilot program to help small businesses. But lawmakers were planning to cut far more than that in other economic development plans as well as...

'Chocolat' author Joanne Harris loves the fact that her house is in the country: there's silence to write, and she can make loads of noise without the neighbours...

An Apple employee demos the new iMac, which comes with a remote control that allows users to manage music, videos, movies and photos from the...

January 6, 2009—Gibbons, apes known for their speed and distinctive singing, were wiped out through poaching by the 1980s on Thailand's popular Phuket island. Now they're making a...

ROSEBURGPreseason tennis program offeredThe Umpqua Valley Tennis Club is offering a pre-season training program for all high school age students in Douglas County, from Jan. 14 through Feb. 19. The...

An Essex post office bucked the closure trend and reopened as part of a three-year partnership with the county council. Mark Gould finds out how it happened and whether it could be replicated...

TALLAHASSEE | Seeking a sudden end to a growing controversy, House Speaker Ray Sansom on Monday quit his $110,000 vice president's position with a state-run...

Japan’s video game market shrank for the first time in four years in 2008 in the absence of new console launches, a report said Tuesday. Sales of video games and consoles in Japan dropped 15.3 per...

The economic slump may be hitting your love life soon. A survey by eHarmony found that more than half of Americans are feeling stress in their romantic lives because of their economic situations....

The housing minister Margaret Beckett, called back into top-level government after a year's gap, tells Peter Hetherington why local councils must be given a greater role in housebuilding as the...