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India is talking with other emerging nations to build support for a common candidate for a developing economy to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund, with Mexico's Central bank chief being a possibility, said two government sources, reported Reuters.

The much awaited Google Science fair list of finalists is announced on Google's official blog.

The Manchester United footballer who had an illicit affair with a former Miss Wales Imogen Thomas was revealed in the Commons yesterday. The footballer in the thick of controversy is none other than Manchester United player Ryan Giggs.

Former president George W. Bush is earning big bucks making speeches, with a fee of between $100,000 and $150,000 per appearance.

Anton Hammerl, the 41-year-old South African photographer who had gone missing in Libya, is believed to be dead, say his family members.They said he was apparently killed in the Libyan desert by Moammar Gadhafi's forces

The Secretary General of Iran’s Supreme Council for Human Rights, Mohammad Javad Larijani, said the Al-Qaeda chieftain deserved to have a fair trial rather than face a “unilateral execution” by American commandos.

Investors around the world, more so the Chinese, are buying up gold assets to cover against rising inflation risk, macroeconomic uncertainties, a possible currency doom and the ever worsening U.S. debt scenario. The gargantuan demand from China can cause the yellow metal's prices to skyrocket, analysts feel. If the Chinese buying trend is ably supplemented with a fall in the value of dollar, this could result in a skyrocketing of prices.

The country’s sports minister Chantal Jouanno, has asked French Football Federation (FFF) to explain reports that clubs have had a secret racial quota on teams in order to limit the number of black and Arab players.

Which is the hardest working member of the OECD? The answer might surprise you.

Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced today that the launch of Intelsat New Dawn has been rescheduled to Friday, April 22 at 5:37 p.m. (EDT). The satellite, loaded on an Ariane 5 rocket, will be launched from the Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Masters 2011 champion Charl Schwartzel has dedicated his dramatic and unprecedented win to his father at Augusta.

A group of African Union (AU) leaders has arrived in Benghazi, Libya to propose terms of a peace plan to rebels groups battling against Moammar Gaddafi.

A delegation of African leaders, headed by South African President Jacob Zuma, are on their way to Libya in an attempt to mediate the crisis in that war-torn country, according to the South African foreign ministry.

The defending champion discusses the upcoming Masters tournament

Kofax Plc said completion of the sale of its non-core hardware business has been delayed by around two months. Jefferies & Co. said the delayed hardware business sale does not impact its investment case.

India has won the Cricket World Cup by beating out Sir Lanka by six wickets. Below are pictures from the championship game that gave India the victory.

India’s cricket team powered past rival and fellow co-host Sri Lanka to win the Cricket World Cup in front of rabid fans at the Wankhede Stadium in the city of Mumbai.

The government of Gujarat has banned a controversial book about its famous native son Mahatma Gandhi.

The Three Lions face the Black Stars in London.

Ghana travels to Wembley to play England

All eyes are now riveted on the upcoming Wednesday’s key semi-final tie between India and Pakistan in the tenth edition of the World Cup Cricket tournament to be played in the north Indian city of Mohali.