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The pitfalls of making comedy work in India

Dozens of firefighters are tackling a blaze at the Athenaeum hotel, in central London.

AP - As the hours of a post office standoff wore on, Warren "Gator" Taylor slowly opened up to the three people he's accused of holding hostage.

Radar-absorbing wind turbine blades could help solve the radar interference issues that preclude some new wind farms.

Israel's top police officers recommended that the prime minister be indicted for alleged fraud and bribery

A growing body of research suggests that men's fertility declines as much as - if not faster than - that of women

Russia took the first steps toward a troop pullback from Georgia on Tuesday but at the same time paraded blindfolded and bound Georgian prisoners on armored vehicles and seized four U.S

Hours before he is sworn in as president, Barack Obama calls on Americans to work together at a time of hardship.

The nation's great migration south and west is slowing, thanks to a housing crisis that is making it hard for many to move.

AP - Barack Obama insists he didn't have any contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich or anyone else who might have been scheming to sell the president-elect's U.S. Senate seat. But he has not yet given his transition staff the same clean bill of health ? perhaps with good reason.

The White House and leading Democrats agree a $15bn bail-out for US car firms, but now it must be approved by Congress.

The latest outlook from U.S. business economists is dire. They see the economy shrinking further in 2008 and next year.

Tampa Bay Rays rallied past the Boston Red Sox 5-4 to snap a four-game skid and extend their lead in the AL East.

Nebraskas new safe-haven law allowing parents to abandon unwanted children at hospitals with no questions asked is unique in a significant way: It goes beyond babies and potentially permits the abandonment of anyone under 19.

A group of nations that export nuclear material meets here Thursday to discuss whether to grant India access to nuclear fuel and technology, a decision crucial to finalizing a landmark U.S.-India deal lifting a ban on such sales