A former US military chief in Iraq has condemned the current strategy in the conflict, which he warned was "a nightmare with no end in sight".
David Cameron to target Labour over poverty in return to centrist agenda
"Mom and Dad" as well as "husband and wife" have been banned from California schools under a bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who with his signature also ordered public schools to allow boys to use girls restrooms and locker rooms, and vice versa, if they choose.
On the eve of Al Gore's award of the Nobel Peace Prize, a think tank wrote the president of the Academy Awards asking that the Oscar given to his film "An Inconvenient Truth" be taken back in response to a British High Court ruling that found 11 serious inaccuracies in the documentary.
The University of Maastricht in the Netherlands is awarding a doctorate to a researcher who wrote a paper on marriages between humans and robots.
Jerusalem is emerging as a major stumbling block in new peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
Former US Vice President Al Gore and the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize today for their efforts to build up and disseminate knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for fighting it.
The number of couples getting divorced is at its lowest level for nearly 30 years, official figures revealed yesterday.
Ankara is recalling its ambassador to Washington for consultations amid anger at a vote in Congress labelling the mass killing of Armenians as genocide.
The EU is again allowing meat imports from Scotland, Wales and parts of England in the wake of the bluetongue and foot-and-mouth outbreaks.
The control and protection zones to combat the bluetongue virus have been extended after fresh cases were confirmed in Essex, officials say.
New research shows that red wine can combat potentially-fatal food poisoning bugs.
A National Statistics study shows that in the first full year since civil partnerships were introduced, 16,106 same-sex marriages were registered.
Falling Dollar Pushes Exports to Record Levels and Helps Lower Trade Deficit
U.S. President George W. Bush, risking Chinese anger, will host exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House next Tuesday, a day before he accepts the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor Congress can bestow.