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Lure of gold draws hundreds to Bulgaria’s rivers

Lure of gold draws hundreds to Bulgaria’s rivers

More than 2,000 years after the ancient Thracians crafted their exquisite jewelry from gold deposits in Bulgaria,...

29 Oct 2015 2:12 AM IST

EU throws out GMO compromise law

EU throws out GMO compromise law

EU legislators on Wednesday rejected, by a huge majority, a hard-won compromise which would have allowed EU member...

29 Oct 2015 2:07 AM IST

‘Afghan refugee numbers too high’

Afghan migrants disembark from their boat in bad weather on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea...

29 Oct 2015 2:06 AM IST

Muslims refuse to deliver beer, win $240,000 case

Muslims refuse to deliver beer, win $240,000 case

Two Muslim truck drivers have been awarded a whopping $240,000 in damages by a US jury in a religious discrimination...

29 Oct 2015 2:03 AM IST

Catholic Church marks end to official anti-Semitism

Catholic Church marks end to official anti-Semitism

The Catholic Church on Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of a landmark declaration by which it ended centuries of...

29 Oct 2015 2:02 AM IST

British Prime Minister David Cameron. (Photo: AFP)

‘Tuberculosis rivals AIDS as leading cause of death’

For the first time, tuberculosis infections rivaled HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death from infectious diseases, the...

29 Oct 2015 1:57 AM IST

UK PM: Won’t copy Norway’s EU relationship

UK PM: Won’t copy Norway’s EU relationship

Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he would guide “very strongly against” Britain seeking to...

29 Oct 2015 1:56 AM IST

Print and be damned Germany debates Hitler’s book

Print and be damned Germany debates Hitler’s book

With only two months to go before the copyright of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf expires, debate is raging over...

29 Oct 2015 1:53 AM IST

Delegates from the West African country of Guinea descend from golf cart for a meeting of officials at the India-Africa summit

Skill, scale and speed to give a fillip to India-Africa links

It’s time for Afro-optimism in India.

29 Oct 2015 1:32 AM IST

Aziza Rahimzada

‘Afghan Malala’ takes up cudgels for refugee kids

At the age of just 14, Afghan rights activist Aziza Rahimzada has already surmounted legal hurdles preventing 25,000...

29 Oct 2015 1:25 AM IST

In hunt for US terror recruits, FBI agents may have set unethical...

In April, John Booker was arrested for allegedly planning to carry out a suicide bombing at a military base in Kansas on...

29 Oct 2015 1:23 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth introduces Chinese President Xi Jinping, 3rd left, to British officials. (Photo: AP)

Rights supporters throng Mall as Xi Jinping starts UK visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping rode in a gilded carriage to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday after a royal salute began a...

20 Oct 2015 11:52 PM IST