New York, Aug 5 (IANS) More than two months after the Tamil Tigers were decimated, Sri Lankan Tamils living abroad remain bitter about the support China and India extended to Colo...More

Tehran, Aug 5 (IANS) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran was sworn in Wednesday for a second presidential term. Ahmadinejad took his oath of office before the Ma...More

London, Aug 5 (IANS) The lip lock between actresses Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair in the movie 'Cruel Intentions' was voted the best lesbian kiss of all time in a poll con...More

Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) A firm may not be able to afford the latest software or computers. But that may not impair the productivity of the workers, concludes a new study. ...More

Washington, Aug 5 (DPA) Argentine Juan Del Potro rescued his title defence at the Legg Mason Classic tennis tournament with a post-midnight finish, holding off Yen-Hsun Lu 4-6, 6-...More

London, Aug 5 (DPA) Liverpool agreed Tuesday night to sell Spanish midfield footballer Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid, subject to him passing a medical test. ...More

London, Aug 5 (IANS) American reality TV star Sharon Osbourne, who is married to rocker Ozzy Osbourne, claims that being ugly led her to success since it forced her to 'develop a ...More

Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) A bit of daily yoga and meditation, combined with six weekly group sessions, can lower stress and improve sleep quality for sedentary office-goers, says a...More

Sydney, Aug 5 (IANS) A nine-year-old girl walked in on her stepfather while he was strangling her mother who hailed from India, a court was told here. The man, who had met his wif...More

London, Aug 5 (IANS) British actress Sienna Miller understands why people might consider her not a very nice person but explains that it is all a part of her rebellious character....More

London, Aug 5 (IANS) British director Guy Ritchie, who was earlier married to pop star Madonna, tried to impress a mystery woman the same way he first impressed his former wife. ...More

Geneva, Aug 5 (Xinhua) The influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, better known as swine flu, has caused a total of 1,154 deaths worldwide, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. ...More

Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) Seventy-five percent of paint samples from India, China and Malaysia contained dangerous levels of lead that greatly exceeded safety norms, says a new env...More

Washington, Aug 5 (DPA) A gunman opened fire in a fitness centre outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing at least four people and wounding 10. Police i...More

La Paz, Aug 5 (EFE) An 18-year-old woman who was kept confined and forced to work for nearly 13 years has been rescued by the police in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, th...More