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Creating mutant plants using nuclear radiation could boost crop yields and help tackle food crisis, according a top United Nations expert.

Pope's call to save the environment was met with dismay by critics who have repeatedly pointed out that the Vatican's ban on contraception will effectively negate all attempts at protecting the environment and tacking climate change.

One in three workers in the world toil for long hours but don't earn enough to escape poverty, according to an annual report on labour market trends released by the International Labour Organization published today.

Barack Obama is emerging as the most hawkish candidate in the Democrat camp, while Bill Richardson is firmly establishing his diplomatic dove credentials, according 2008 presidential candidates' responses to seven key nuclear weapons and international peace and security questions posed by Council for a Livable World.

The United States Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns arrived in Israel yesterday to officially award $30 billion in US military aid to Israel, the Israeli Prime Ministers office announced.

If you want to know how a woman thinks, just examine her cosmetics bag, according a group of psychologists from Russia who tried to identify how a women's choice of cosmetic products offer insights into her personality.

US citizens and other residents will require prior approval from Department of Homeland Security to get a job, under new immigration guidelines introduced by the Cabinet and sanctioned by President George W. Bush today.

The International Olympic Committee came under sever criticism this week by human rights groups for calling on China to negate human rights ahead of the 2008 Beijing games.

US House Oversight and Foreign Affairs Committees today asked Bush administration to explain the failure of US-funded "abstinence and be faithful" HIV prevention programs for youth.

Scotland Yard spent £111,000 (US $220,000) to crackdown on lone antiwar protester Brian Haw but still failed to dislodge him from Parliament Square, London's Metropolitan Police admitted today.