BERLIN - Scientists in Germany found a group of more than 400 nuns the perfect sample group for an investigation into links between education and senility, the lead researcher said Wednesday. The...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Jean-Louis Santini - Astronauts on Wednesday once again strapped into the Endeavour as NASA prepared for a sixth time to launch the space shuttle after bad weather and technical...

LONDON - A bishop in Britain has advised his diocese to ban holy water from churches in a bid to halt the spread of swine flu. The Bishop of Chelmsford in eastern England has suggested sprucing up...

OTTAWA - Canada's secret service ignored human rights concerns while questioning Canadian detainee Omar Khadr at the US war-on-terror military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba in 2003, a...

MOSCOW, Valerie Leroux - Natalya Estemirova was an award-winning campaigner who tirelessly investigated human rights abuses in Chechnya despite the obvious dangers of probing the murky world of...

COLOMBO- A media rights organisation on Tuesday accused Sri Lankan authorities of blocking access to websites critical of the government and stifling dissent. The Paris-based Reporters without...

LONDON- Cats coax their owners into giving them what they want with a special purr that blends their normal soft, low sound with a high-pitched element that is hard to ignore, British researchers...

LONDON- A renowned British conductor and his wife have died in the assisted suicide clinic Dignitas in Switzerland, their family said Tuesday. Edward Downes, 85, was almost blind and deaf, and his...

BERLIN - Germany's Bayreuth opera festival looked set on Tuesday to be hit by its first-ever strike after marathon pay talks between unions representing stage and technical staff and management...