Rio de Janeiro, Aug 26 (EFE) A Catholic priest who was arrested three weeks ago for trying to sexually abuse a 14-year-old boy is suffering from AIDS, according to medical exams w...More

Havana, Aug 26 (EFE) The Cuban government is creating centres for training thousands of oxen as the island's farm sector struggles with a shortage of tractors, fuel and the money ...More

Lima, Aug 26 (EFE) Peruvian authorities handed out 2,656 laptop computers to children in 73 villages without taking into account that 50 of them lack electricity, El Comercio news...More

Buenos Aires, Aug 26 (EFE) Criminal penalties for possession of drugs for personal use are unconstitutional, Argentina's Supreme Court has ruled, overturning the convictions of fi...More

Washington, Aug 26 (DPA) US Senator Edward Kennedy, who become the Kennedy family's political standard bearer after his brothers president John F. Kennedy and senator Robert Kenne...More

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 26 (EFE) Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Brazil totalled $1.29 billion last month, down 60.3 percent from July 2008, the central bank has said. ...More

Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) Adolescents who engage in dangerous behaviour may be a sign of more mature brains, says a new study. The brain goes through a c...More

Kathmandu, Aug 26 (IANS) Trapped in a legal labyrinth in Nepal after the Himalayan republic became the first country to find him guilty of murder, yesteryear's formidable crime m...More

Sydney, Aug 26 (IANS) The world's last remaining 'pristine' forests -- a huge swathe across Russia, Canada and other northern countries -- are under increasing threat from fire an...More

Hong Kong, Aug 26 (DPA) A couple beat their daughter so severely she needed skin grafts on her bottom and was left scarred, a court report said Wednesday. ...More

Tokyo, Aug 26 (DPA) Japan's trade surplus more than tripled in July compared to a year earlier, to 380.23 billion yen ($4.04 billion), the finance minister said Wednesday. ...More

Washington, Aug 26 (DPA) President Barack Obama made the safe choice in re-appointing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term, preferring not to roil financial mark...More

Hong Kong, Aug 26 (DPA) Hong Kong women were Wednesday being urged not to use a face cream after it was found to contain more than 43,000 times the acceptable level of mercury. ...More

Dhaka, Aug 26 (IANS) Bangladeshi teenagers Roudro Sakib Karim and Proma Roy were members of the jury at an international film festival in Iran, where Indian films were also screen...More

Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) What makes the obese turn to Weight Watchers (WW), the world's largest support group for those fighting the battle of the bulge, with a membership of 1.5...More