Finally, Bush signs climate change bill President George Bush, after years of holding out against proposals to combat climate change, on Wednesday signed into law an energy bill establishing higher fuel-economy standards for new cars and other conservation measures.
Pak nuke project still on: Scientist Pakistan's nuclear programme has not been capped and the removal of scientist A Q Khan did not mean the government planned a roll back, a top scientist has said.
Indians in Malaysia shave heads A group of ethnic Indians shaved off their hair on Thursday to demand the release of five of their leaders, who were detained under a controversial security act for protesting against alleged maltreatment of Hindus in Malaysia.
A career divorcee lives it up She has married four different millionaires and was described by her last husband as a "career divorcee"...
Firm faces heat over rape charges Pentagon's largest contractor in Iraq, KBR Inc and former parent Halliburton Co are facing rising political heat from a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was gang-raped by fellow employees of a KBR unit in Iraq.
A combination of photographs shows (left) Queen Elizabeth II seen through the window of the royal carriage on June 2, 1953, after being crowned at Westminter Abbey in London. (Right) The Queen travels down the Mall for the State Opening of Parliament in London on November 6, 2007. AFP
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