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New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Central Adoption Resources Agency (CARA) to make exception in the German twins adoption case and permit their biological parents to adopt them, so that they can move freely to Germany.
The Central Adoption Resources Agency (CARA) was to submit report in the court today.
The [...]

More than 60 suspected members of the Georgian mafia have been arrested by police in raids across Europe.
Police have arrested suspected mafia members on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering in six European countries.
Spanish radio says most of the arrests were of Russians and Georgians based in the Spanish cities of Valencia and Barcelona.
Other [...]

Tourism Whitsundays in north Queensland says a 1 per cent increase in international visitor numbers in the past year is good news.
Chief executive Peter O’Reilly says the number of visitors from the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Germany, China and Japan has increased.
Mr O’Reilly says it bucks the state-wide 4 per cent decrease in international visitor numbers.
“Across the [...]

In the wake of the latest sex abuse claims in the Catholic Church in Germany, a number of senior clergy have called for a debate on the issue of celibacy in the priesthood.
The Archbishop of Vienna called for a thorough examination of the link between celibacy and child sex abuse by priests and the Archbishop [...]

Four-time champion Pakistan has slumped to an embarrassing 3-2 defeat by Canada to finish last for the first time in the men’s field hockey World Cup in New Delhi.
Scott Tupper scored a golden goal two minutes before the end of extra-time in the play-off for the 11-12 positions to hand Canada its first win in [...]

Centuries-old shipwrecks have been discovered in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.
A dozen shipwrecks have been found in the Baltic Sea, on the seabed east of the Swedish island of Gotland.
Sweden’s national heritage board says they look well-preserved, and the oldest could be up to 800 [...]

A man has been sentenced to two years in jail after trying to extort $US100,000 from Cindy Crawford.
Edis Kayalar, 26, surrendered to German authorities in November after he was charged in Los Angeles with trying to extort money from Crawford and her husband, Rande Gerber, over a photo of their seven-year-old daughter gagged and bound [...]

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) – The euro slipped and European shares extended losses on Wednesday after Germany said it would not offer aid to Greece when Prime Minister George Papandreou visits German Chancellor Angela Merkel later in the week.
The comments from the German government came after Athens announced an extra 4.8 billion euros in [...]

BERLIN, March 3 (Reuters) – Germany will not offer any aid to Greece on Friday when Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in Berlin, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday.
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He also said Germany welcomes Athens government moves on taking further austerity measures, but said Greece must implement them.
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Agra, Sep 19(ANI): People of all religions and communities gathered to celebrate the 405th anniversary of the installation of the Sikh holy scriptures, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, at Gurudwara Maithan in Agra.

This was a significant landmark for the Sikhs, as the 275-year-old handwritten [...]

London, Sept 18 (ANI): Socialite Paris Hilton is trying to set up a date for her beloved dog Tinkerbell with singer Cheryl Cole’s pooch.

While speaking at the Boomerang Pet Personality Awards, the hotel heiress said: “Is Buster single Cheryl? Because Tinks thinks he’s really hot.”

Meanwhile, the [...]

Washington, September 18 (ANI): People’s negative views toward the leadership and policies of other countries may be an indication that a terrorist act may be carried out, say researchers.

Alan Krueger, [...]

London, Sept 17 (ANI): Lord Of The Rings author JRR Tolkien secretly trained as a British Government spy in the run up to the Second World War, it has emerged.

Tolkien, an Oxford University professor who also wrote The Hobbit, was “earmarked” to [...]

Washington, September 14 (ANI): Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm in Germany have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell.

This gives them important new insights in the nanoscale structure of polymer solar cells and its effect on the performance.

The investigations shed [...]

London, Sep. 13 (ANI): The Lockerbie bomber’s brother has said that Abdel Basset al-Megrahi’s health condition has deteriorated rapidly in the last 24 hours, and he is now unable to speak.

“He is at a special ward at Tripoli Medical Centre. His condition has deteriorated rapidly since yesterday. He is unable to speak to anyone. His [...]

London, Sep 12 (ANI): England’s WAGs have blasted coach Fabio Capello after he banned them from the World Cup in South Africa and laid down strict rules for them.

Capello insisted that his stars will not go to the tournament for a holiday, and warned their wives and girlfriends: “If you [...]

Washington, Sep. 11 (ANI): The United States has accepted Iran’s proposal to hold talks, despite the Islamic republic announcing that it would not bring its future nuclear programs on the discussions table.

The decision to engage directly with Iran would put a senior representative of the Obama administration at the bargaining table, along with emissaries from [...]

Washington, Sep. 11 (ANI): The United States has accepted Iran’s proposal to hold talks, despite the Islamic republic announcing that it would not bring its future nuclear programs on the discussions table.

The decision to engage directly with Iran would put a senior representative of the Obama administration at the bargaining table, along with emissaries from [...]

London, Sep 11 (ANI): England coach Fabio Capello has laid down strict laws for WAGs, and is determined that team takes the World Cup in South Africa seriously.

England’s last trip to the World Cup finals turned into a circus when the WAGs took over the picturesque town of Baden Baden [...]

London, Sep.10 (ANI): Britain and France feared the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 would return Nazi-era ambitions to Germany.

East German border guards demolished a section of the wall on November 11, 1989

Secret British government documents to be published on Friday reveal [...]