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President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai has appointed a team of experts to investigate allegations...
Brazil’s powerful agribusiness sector called for the country to step away from an alliance with India and China in World Trade Organization...
Controversy reigned after the England and Wales Cricket Board called off the English Twenty20 Cup quarter-final match between Durham...
A Hindu family in multicultural Malaysia on Monday vowed to fight Islamic authorities over the rights to the body of their relative whom...
A 33-year-old man turned himself in to police on Monday in connection with the brutal murders of two French students in London, one of whom was stabbe
Hundreds of activists from around the world gathered in the dusty town of Katibougou, Mali for the opening...
New Zealand beat Ireland by an embarassing 190 runs in the opening match of a triangular also involving Scotland.
A Japanese firm on Tuesday began accepting reservations for couples who really want to make the big leap by blasting into space...
Zimbabwe Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has left the Dutch embassy in Harare, where he sought refuge...
Portugal midfielder Deco has signed for Chelsea, the English Premiership club said, for eight million pounds.
Tens of thousands of ecstatic fans cheered Spain’s Euro 2008 players as they were feted in a parade through Madrid in an...
A huge flag-waving crowd gave Germany’s not quite all-conquering football team a heroes’ welcome in central Berlin...
World number one Roger Federer told the Williams sisters to stop moaning over the Wimbledon schedule.
Michael Phelps broke his own 400m individual medley world record in scintillating style here, clocking 4 min 05.25 sec...
Half-centuries from Shaun Marsh and Brad Haddin set the stage for Australia to complete an 84-run victory in the first one-day international against W
Researchers in the United States have discovered a new group of stem cells that can give rise to heart muscle cells...
President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled major cutbacks in the French armed forces to divert resources against...
Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement have agreed to begin a Gaza truce in two days, Egyptian mediators said on Tuesday...
Smoking apparently presents an increased risk of memory loss in people at mid-life, a new study says.
England’s Test players are all set to have their win bonuses increased to £2 million a year as cricket chiefs react...
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled new software for its popular iPhone that lets business users send and receive...
Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan hit 128 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul an unbeaten 77 to pilot West Indies to a draw against Australia...
Barack Obama’s camp on Tuesday admitted the Democratic hopeful made a mistake, after a campaign flap...
Marat Safin has assured his younger sister Dinara that he has no plans to retire anytime soon.
A 52-run, fifth-wicket stand between Brad Hodge and Andrew Symonds stabilised Australia before lunch, but their batting continued...
