HELSINKI, February 24, 2009 (AFP) - Finland's government said Tuesday it would propose a new law that would gradually increase the country's retirement age from 63 to 65 starting in 2011. "We will...

A California law that would ban the sale or rental of violent video games to people younger than 18 is unconstitutional because it restricts free speech, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. A...

SARAJEVO, February 24, 2009 (AFP) - The parliament of the Muslim-Croat half of Bosnia decided Tuesday to drastically reduce the number of people eligible for invalid pensions by 130,000. The...

Jazz icon Duke Ellington has become the first African American to appear solo on a US coin intended for everyday use, officials at the US Mint said Tuesday after a celebration to mark the...

An Art Deco armchair by Irish designer Eileen Gray smashed records and topped sales on day two of the sale of the stunning Yves Saint Laurent art collection, becoming the most expensive 20th century...

BRUSSELS, February 22, 2009 (AFP) - Thousands of elephant fans have registered on an on-line site promising live footage of the first birth of an elephant in Belgium. Surfers logging on to...

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday freshly condemned the practice of discriminating through genetic selection as an "attack against all of humanity". "We have a tendency to favour...efficiency,...

ROME, February 18, 2009 (AFP) - Illegal immigrants on Wednesday tried to break out of a holding centre on the Italian island of Lampedusa, sparking a fire and clashes with security forces that left...

WASHINGTON, February 20, 2009 (AFP) - People born in India are vastly more likely to have a university degree and enjoy higher incomes than other foreign-born US residents, US Census Bureau data...