Category: North America

Just a week after the Nigerian Senate passed the anti-gay sex bill, US president Barrack Obama issued a presidential memorandum directing ‘all federal agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S....

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (Codewit) — An eastern Kentucky church under a firestorm of criticism since members voted to bar mixed-race couples from joining the congregation overturned that decision Sunday, saying it...

  Now that a criminal jury has found Dr. Conrad Murray's guilty of involuntary manslaughter, his case will head for civil court where Murray could be found liable for medical...

The Occupy Wall Street protest movement originating in New York spread to Finnish cities on Saturday, with people demanding reform to the global financial system. Around 100 protestors gathered by...

DETROIT (AP) — The man accused of trying to destroy an airliner on behalf of al-Qaida has entered a Detroit courtroom for the first day of trial. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab...

Sarah Palin wasn’t ever really going to run for president, was she? That’s Donald Craig Mitchell’s guess. In an Op-Ed that discusses Palin’s decision not to run, Mitchell says she’s...

Helsinki welcomes showcase of green construction technology The Embassy of the United States in Helsinki is planning to set up a new innovation centre on the embassy compound in the...

About 30 per cent of the columns I write for Wired revolve around social networking and largely to the king of that realm, Facebook. It seems Facebook rolls out new...

  A new study examines "orgasmability" to determine whether it serves a purpose or is just an evolutionary accident There may be few questions of human sexuality more rancorous than...

FREIBURG, Germany (AP) — Thousands of faithful, cheering and waving flags, have turned out for the final Mass of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to his native Germany.   Applause erupted...