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Ailing Nokia Thursday unveiled two cheap cellphone models inspired by the African markets, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals.

Ailing Nokia unveiled on Thursday two cheap cellphone models, aiming to strengthen its position against low-cost Asian rivals.

Routine bribery shakedowns have driven middle-class Indians to pour into the streets to say enough is enough.

The El Nino climate cycle brings not only high temperatures and dry weather, but also possibly civil wars, a new study claims.Between 1950 and 2004, the risk of civil wars doubled in 90 tropical countries when bit by El Nino every three to seven years, according to a study published in Wednesday's Nature.

On Tuesday, the day the earthquake struck the east coast of the U.S., there were at least 30 seismic actions around the world of at least magnitude-2.5.

The Group of 20 leading and emerging nations has not done enough to correct global imbalances, and this could provoke more financial instability, a top Bank of Canada official said Wednesday.

Gold rebounded more than 1 percent Wednesday after posting its biggest drop in 18 months, as risk appetite retreated after Moody's downgraded Japan's debt rating and strong buying interest in Asia's physical market lent support.

A tax rebate on natural gas imports may accelerate China's purchases of liquefied natural gas, but only marginally given high prices for spot supplies and the nation's policy of using long-term contracts.

The hunt for the elusive Higgs Boson, also known as the God particle which could solve the greatest mystery in physics may have wandered into a labyrinth.

UBS announced cuts of 3,500 employees on Tuesday, mostly in its investment banking division, as the layoff trend continues in the banking industry.

The latest news is not euphoric. The soon-to-be-unveiled results of further research at the LHC, where huge chunks of data were analyzed to establish ranges at which the particle were not found, points that the task of finding the particle is harder now. Scientists say it looks possible now that the elusive particle may not exist at all.

England swept to a series whitewash over India in the fourth test at the Oval on Monday after Sachin Tendulkar had been dismissed nine runs short of a 100th international century.

Physicists’ hunt for science's modern day Holy Grail, Higgs boson, is getting harder as new data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has shown that the 'God particle' doesn't' exist in a wide range of possible masses.

Investors were cautious on Monday on the prospect of rivals challenging Peabody Energy's (BTU.N) bid for Macarthur Coal (MCC.AX), though sources familiar with the matter said potential suitor Anglo American (AAL.L) was studying the books.

In November 1970, the Bhola Cyclone smashed into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Bengal (India) and killed at least 500,000 people

The new Martin Luther King Jr. national memorial in Washington will open to the public on Monday.

Miners helped Britain's bruised FTSE 100 stage a recovery on Monday, with Randgold Resources boosted by bullish gold prices and broker comment, and Anglo American up as it considered a bid for Australia's Macarthur Coal.

The rupee is expected to inch up in early trade on Monday, tracking firm Asian peers, with the performance of local shares seen providing further direction during the day.

Anna Hazare whose hunger strike has galvanised millions to hold the biggest protests in decades appeared on Sunday ready to end a standoff with the government, saying he was open to dialogue.

Leading book publisher, Penguin Books India has launched a mobile application that offers information of all books by the penguin Books India.

Gold buyers in India, the world's largest consumer of the yellow metal, are investing in it on expectations prices may rise, but imports are likely to fall as limited budgets buy less gold, the head of India's biggest importing bank told Reuters on Saturday.