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WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday gave his official stamp of approval to the transcontinental, bi-national Indian professional who straddles two countries, despite the Indian governmenta s reluctance to offer dual citizenship to expatriate Indians.

Abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters are regular subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year.

Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of next month's climate summit fall far short of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous global warming.

A prominent critic of Tunisian leader President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has been jailed for six months after a trial criticised by rights groups.

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A British company has designed a machine that they say zaps lobsters with an electric charge and kills them more humanely than boiling them.

The Garda Commissioner has apologised for the force's past failures to protect victims of clerical abuse.

The South Carolina city of Charleston became the second in the state to approve GLBT anti-discrimination protections.

Want to be sexy? Don't eat meat -- that's the message behind a campaign to promote vegetarianism in China, where meat consumption is booming on the back of rapid economic growth.

Fresh off trips to Singapore and India, Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads to Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday to attend the Commonwealth leaders' summit.

Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the immigration reform movement.

Iran brought new espionage charges against an Iranian-American scholar who was already convicted of spying and sentenced to 15 years in prison in the country's crackdown following June's disputed presidential election, a human rights group said Thursday.

For decades now, I have traveled across this nation to listen, learn and absorb the concerns and frustrations of the community.

As Americans count their blessings, it is useful to remember women who count their beatings -- in the once-fair country of Zimbabwe, cursed by Robert Mugabe.

US President Barack Obama has confirmed he will attend a major climate summit next month, providing a shot in the arm for the talks after China said it is unlikely to cut gas emissions.

Puerto Rican authorities have agreed to investigate Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado's murder as a hate crime after they met with local representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Middle Tennessee authorities have rescued 84 neglected horses from a farm in Cannon County.

Amnesty International wants the Government and Fonterra to condemn the executions of two people involved in China's tainted milk scandal.

Next month's climate summit in Copenhagen seeks to transform the way we run the planet, from the generation of energy, to the building of homes and cities, to the shaping of the landscape.

Four NBC affiliates broadcasting the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are banning a commercial promoting veganism sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.