The German news agency DPA reported that the US government bought 38.5 vaccine units for $192.5 million (122.5 million Euros) from the French company Sanofi Pasteur. This vaccine is effective against the H5N1 strain from the...

Through many years I have found, to my dismay, that often the authentic story is the least of anyone's concern. A poignant example of this is the Western media's representation of the Mideast-based Al-Jazeera network...

A Quebec daycare worker accused of shaking a baby boy who suffered brain damage has been acquitted of aggravated assault.

It will cost an average of four per cent more to ride the bus in the Outaouais starting in September.

The Vancouver Canucks added a touch of youth to their roster on Friday by acquiring right-winger Steve Bernier in a trade with the Buffalo Sabres.

Scientists have confirmed that an approximately 500 million-year-old stromatolite was recently discovered at the Boxley Blue Ridge Quarry near Roanoke, Virginia. This is the first-ever intact stromatolite head found in Virginia, and is one of the largest complete "heads" in

Emaar Properties plans to highlight the views of the Burj Dubai by emulating some of the world's most elaborate boulevards.

Construction giants in Dubai are bidding to channel their profits from the regional boom into specific international markets, including Saudi Arabia and Oman.

Projects worth US $ 34.6 billion (SAR 130 billion) are now underway to construct real estate, infrastructure, electricity, IT and educational projects at the King Abdullah Economic City in Rabigh.

Saudi Arabia's drive to establish more vocational training facilities, especially for young women, moved a step closer this week when officials of the Kingdom's Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) announced that 300 technical colleges will be built.

A Florida man was charged with battery after he hit his mother in the head with a 3-pound package of Polish sausage.

Democrat Barack Obama opened the door Thursday to altering his plan to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq in 16 months based on what he hears from military commanders during his upcoming trip there.

A jury in Fulton County, Georgia was convinced by prosecution arguments that 69-year-old Chiman Rai was so angered by his son marrying an African American woman, Sparkle Michelle Rai, that he hired hit-men to kill her.

After the California Supreme Court's infamous ruling that approved gay "marriage" two months ago, pro-family advocates talked endlessly for the need to strengthen the institution of marriage at the national ...

TEHRAN-Iran vowed on Saturday to pursue its uranium enrichment program, a day after delivering its response to an incentives package by world powers trying to curb its nuclear ambitions.No detai...

LONDON-Venus Williams survived a fierce onslaught from Serena Williams to win her fifth Wimbledon singles title on Saturday, finally subduing her younger sister 7-5 6-4.Venus fought back from a ...

LONDON-A film secretly taken by a Zimbabwe prison guard and smuggled out of the country shows the extent of the rigging that took place for the June 27 presidential run-off vote, the Guardian said ...

Dutch European Parliament member Erik Meijer of the socialist party (SP) has demanded that the European commission use its influence to restore New Tang Dynasty Television's (NTDTV) broadcast t...

SAPPORO/PARIS-Thousands rallied in northern Japan calling for the G8 rich industrialised nations to be disbanded on Saturday while in Paris, member France called for the group to grow to include ma...

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia found explosives set to be used in bombs across the capital in reprisal for this week's rescue of leftist rebels' highest-profile hostages, including Ingrid Beta...