World - Time

The future looks bleak for many of the twenty-somethings caught between the old China and the new

The Prime Minister's police and military forces try to secure the oil-rich region as they push out the Sadrists - with quiet help from the Americans

Nobody's saying so, but many will quietly point the finger at Pakistan over a deadly attack on India's Kabul embassy

A controversial relic suggests that the story of a messiah who died and rose after three days was extant three decades before the birth of Christ

After accusing the country's Deputy PM of having an affair with a woman who was later murdered, a private investigator and his family suddenly disappear

Manmohan Singh is in Japan to have a few informal - but crucial - discussions about a controversial deal between the U.S. and India to share civilian nuclear technology

One year after the bloody siege of the Red Mosque, a terrorist blast rocks the capital of Islamabad

China wants clean technology; Japan has it to sell. As G-8 begins, two traditional rivals have reasons to heal old wounds

Americans may be rude, but a new survey of attitudes toward foreign tourists shows that they're no match for the French

Models who are missing limbs and have other disabilities compete on the catwalk in a new British reality show. Is it exploitation or stereotype busting?

The swift dismissals of two local officials and extensive coverage of protests in the remote town of Weng'an may signal a more open attitude as the Olympics Games draw near

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Britain's Universities: Funding Excellence

Colombia's rebel movement may have suffered several blows, but don't tell that to Comandante Alberto and his bitter-enders

Mugabe and his opponents consider talks, but neither accepts the other's terms for power sharing

Security concerns have prompted China to tighten visa requirements, choking off the flow of visitors to the capital

The operation that freed Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans is a major victory for Colombia's President

Bowing to the German government, the company supplying the embattled regime with its hyper-inflating bank notes has stopped deliveries

Authorities are trying to determine whether the killer was a lone madman or part of a new terror campaign

Two former generals are being questioned about their alleged involvement with a group suspected of plotting to overthrow the government

Despite hardline rhetoric and rumors of war, key figures in the Tehran regime suggest a compromise may be afoot

A visit to the once hostile, radical slum shows new life - but also frustration at what they see as government neglect

The Portuguese attorney general denies any decision has been taken on closing the investigation

A massive algae bloom off Qingdao threatens to spoil the Beijing Games' water sports

France has officially taken over the six-month presidency of the European Union from Slovenia, and the French president has already promised an action-packed program

Distracted by its political turmoil, the nation is losing control of its militant hinterlands, where al-Qaeda is reviving among the folks who brought us 9/11

The online behemoth must pay $63 million in damages, after agreeing that the site had facilitated the sale of counterfeit versions of its high-end products

A conservative resolution in Jerusalem and a court decision in Virginia suggest that that the U.S. May be a key battlefield