WASHINGTON - Six developing countries will join five western nations, including the United States and Britain, to combat climate change by better managing forestry resources, the World Bank said...

WASHINGTON- Plastic Logic, a US company whose planned electronic reader has attracted a lot of media buzz, said Monday that it will announce the availability and pricing of the device for business...

WASHINGTON - The United States is ready to meet one-on-one with North Korea but only if it leads "rapidly" to full-fledged six-nation denuclearization talks, a senior US official said Monday. Kurt...

CAIRO - A lawmaker of Egypt's ruling party accused of attacking a police station to free his nephew was arrested on Sunday after his parliamentary immunity was lifted, a security official said....

PARIS- A standard treatment for keeping inflammatory bowel disease in check increases the risk of infection-related cancers, but not enough to preclude its use, according to a study published...

FORT COLLINS, Jeanie Stokes- The runaway balloon saga that gripped the United States was a hoax concocted by the family involved in a bid to secure a contract for a reality television show, police...

GABORONE, Refentse Tessa - President Ian Khama's ruling party on Saturday swept Botswana's parliamentary polls to return its tough-talking leader to the helm of the world's biggest diamond producer....

BERLIN, Audrey Kauffmann - Closed for 70 years following heavy bomb damage during World War II, Berlin's "Neues Museum" throws open its doors again on Friday, with 3,400-year-old Egyptian beauty...

WASHINGTON- The northern hemisphere should brace for a tough fight against swine flu, which "overwhelmed" hospitals in the southern hemisphere, a world flu expert said Friday. Data presented at a...