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It is also unknown why it took Ankara more than three years to file the charges.

The Bank of England stopped short of announcing further stimulus for Britain's fragile economy on Thursday, but is widely expected to do so in February as the economy may have shrunk at the end of last year.

Authorities in India on Thursday, ordered the arrest a tour operator for running what is described as a human safari after a video surfaced showing Jarawa tribal women on the Andaman island dancing in exchange for food.

A federal appeals court's ruling against a proposed constitutional amendment to ban Oklahoma courts from using Islamic Sharia law represents more than a setback to the measure's proponents. Experts say that the decision also reveals how such laws fall somewhere between impractical and unconstitutional.

Jones, 27, celebrates her quirky condition, and is so at peace with her body that she visits local fetish clubs with her husband. She thinks her two vaginas, caused by a one in a million condition called uterus didelphys, are amazing, and calls it an ice breaker at parties. Watch the full interview here, and find out how Hazel Jones came to embrace her unique condition.

Societies and nations are very much like people in how stubborn and resistant to change they are. Few forces are actually capable of suddenly changing the base nature of people, on either a large or small scale, and it takes a great deal of sustained effort over a long period of time for them to change their own nature.

Several big airlines are taking advantage of European carbon law by snapping up emission allowances at bargain prices, tuning out an outcry against the scheme by many non-EU airlines and shoring up demand in a market that saw prices cut in half last year.

The Burmese government signed a ceasefire agreement with the Karen National Union, an ethnic rebel group, on Thursday.

Nobody, not the EU, the IMF nor the markets had any concerns about the Irish fiscal position prior to 2008.

South African miner Gold Fields has signed an agreement with Kyrgyz villagers that will enable it to resume drilling at a prospective copper deposit three months after an arson attack by horsemen on its geologist camp.

Gold prices, which already this week broke above a key resistance level, barreled on Thursday toward a one-month high.

India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has rejected suggestions of in-fighting in his team on the tour of Australia, saying the claims were possibly the result of a beer-induced fantasy.

Shares in Thomas Cook India rose more than 2 percent on Thursday after a report said its UK parent has decided to sell the Indian arm to raise money to help the travel firm's troubled global operations.

Chevron Corp warned that fourth-quarter profit would be significantly below the previous quarter, with production still falling short of prior expectations and its refining operations about breaking even.

Microsoft Corp has put its talks with media companies about an online subscription service for TV shows and movies on hold, according to people familiar with the discussions.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised Italy's new government on Wednesday for the speed with which it has launched reforms, prompting Prime Minister Mario Monti to say it was important for markets also to recognize Italian economic policy progress soon.

Azam is suspected of having committed war crimes during Bangladesh’s war of independence forty years ago.

Luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd said its U.S. sales could overtake China this year, revving up the British company for record global revenue in 2012.

Khat is increasingly popular in Europe, with the Netherlands as a key transport hub.

A collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified proof of retroviruses and herpes viruses in illegal wildlife imports at several international airports in the U.S.

Gay tourism destinations - those which showcase liberal attitudes toward same gender couples and boast extensive gay infrastructure offering socializing opportunities - have been recognized as a lucrative niche tourism segment.