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Ajmal Kasab, the only militant to have survived the Nov. 26, 2008, Mumbai terror attack, was hanged Wednesday morning.

The United Nations failed to protect the civilians in the last months of the civil war in Sri Lanka which ended in May in 2009, says a leaked draft report of an internal review which looked into how the global body handled the situation.

The BBC has begun disciplinary measures against those who were involved in the broadcast of a Nov. 2 "Newsnight" report on care homes in north Wales that incorrectly implicated former Tory treasurer Lord McAlpine in a child abuse scandal.

Gurcharan Das, the acclaimed author of “India Grows at Night,” believes India may have reached the limits of growth under poor governance and weak institutions.

A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying U.S. astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin landed on the Kazakh steppe at 8:53 local time (0253 GMT) Monday.

Chicago's teachers union said Sunday night more than 29,000 teachers and support staff would go on strike Monday for the first time in 25 years after contract talks with the school board failed.

Thousands of visitors to the Angeles National Forest in California were evacuated when a wildfire broke out in the East Fork San Gabriel Canyon off State Route 39 Sunday.

Friends, relatives and fellow astronauts attended a private memorial service for Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, at the Camargo Club in Cincinnati Friday.

A series of over 100 moderate earthquakes rocked southeastern California Sunday, causing minor damage to houses in Imperial County and neighboring counties. No loss of life or injury was reported.

An explosion caused by a gas leak at Venezuela's biggest oil refinery in Amuay Saturday morning killed at least seven people and injured 48 others.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams along with Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko and Japan's Akihito Hoshide departed for the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Sunday morning.

This week, leaders from India and the United States will gather in Washington to discuss our expanding cooperation on everything from trade to technology to terrorism. There also will be issues on which we don't see eye to eye, and some of those may dominate the media coverage.

MetaQuotes Software Corp, a developer of software applications for financial markets, Monday announced the integration of its MetaTrader 5 Forex Trading Platform with Integral Development Corp's FX Grid.

Cellular therapies will change the landscape of treatment options for heart disease patients, making them economical for all classes of society, says eminent Indian American Heart Surgeon Dr Mukesh Hariawala.

Police Saturday night arrested dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters who assembled in New York's Zuccotti Park to mark the six-month anniversary of the movement.

Police arrested dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters Saturday night during a protest marking the movement's six-month anniversary at its birthplace in New York's Zuccotti Park.

Rick Santorum is winning the hearts of Republican conservatives but the cold realities of time and math are working against his presidential election effort.

Mitt Romney can take a big step toward finishing off chief rival Rick Santorum and seizing command of the Republican presidential race Tuesday as 10 states hold contests with Ohio at ground zero.

Cardiac cellular therapies are undergoing global clinical trials with encouraging early results and these economical options will soon be available in India which could bring relief to patients who cannot afford the currently available expensive surgical treatments, says Indian American cardiac surgeon Dr Mukesh Hariawala.

Iran has reacted sharply to allegations by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the country was responsible for planting bombs in cars belonging to Israel's embassies in India and Georgia.

Four persons were injured in New Delhi as Israeli missions were targeted by assailants in the Indian capital and the Georgian capital of Tbilisi Monday.

Smartphone concepts and apps are increasingly influencing the way vehicle manufacturers drive their business forward. These concepts and apps are opening up new revenue opportunities for the vehicle manufacturers.

Love is already in the air and, as it appears, this year’s Valentine’s Day is going to be different. Our live coverage here brings you all special events, news and oddities which make this Valentine’s Day unique.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have taken the upper hand in escalating battles on the outskirts of the capital Damascus while top Western and Arab diplomats are seeking a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for him to go.

China Thursday criticized the European Union for banning oil imports from Iran, Beijing's third biggest crude supplier and a major trading partner.

There has been great media speculation in the last few days whether scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have discovered the elusive God Particle. Indeed, as CERN says, there are some positive signals. In an exclusive interview, CERN's spokesman and head of communication James Gillies says there are hints that something might be there. However, it will take one more year for them to resolve the mystery.

An airman, who barricaded himself with a handgun in a building at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, surrendered to the authorities Monday night.

Encouraged by the recent developments in Libya, three U.S. senators have called attention to the remains of 13 American soldiers buried in Tripoli more than 200 years ago. A proposal has been passed to the Defense Department to bring home the sailors.

As the floodwater from high tides inundate areas north of Thailand's capital city of Bangkok, residents there face another serious issue: Hundreds of crocodiles have reportedly escaped from crocodile farms nearby.