Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced that an Iranian civil nuclear power plant, being built with the help of Russian experts, would be completed by this summer.

Two erotic photographs of France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy are going under the hammer at the auction house Philips de Pury's. The sale of snaps are part of an auction titled "Sex".

In his new book "The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State", author Shane Harris lays out the U.S. government's real-life efforts to see and hear more in the face of growing terrorist threats. He pays particular attention to Total Inf...

A Dutch webshop that calls itself "the first Islamic online webshop for sex articles and care products" will open for business starting on Sunday.

Wal-Mart says it may have been a customer who misused a New Jersey store's public address system last Sunday announcing "Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now."

A former American NATO commander and senior marine officer, Gen John Sheehan blamed "open homosexuality" in the Dutch army for the failure to prevent the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Gen Sheehan made the comments at a U.S. Senate hearing where he ...

British military chiefs and MPs slammed Google's Street View service for including detailed pictures of the headquarters of the SAS. The Special Air Service or SAS is a special forces regiment of the British Army.

An article in The New York Times offers tips on what to do and where to go while going on a short weekend trip to Phuket island.

A Bangkok Post article writes about the difficulties, cultural differences expat bosses experience when they deal with Thai staff.

Monks and other Buddhist groups have expressed displeasure that Thailand's movie theaters are showing the 2007 film "Nak Prok" (The Shadow of the Naga).

Bernard Madoff, who is currently serving a 150-year jail sentence in North Carolina for running a fraudulent investment operation, known as Ponzi scheme, which cost investors billions of dollars, was beaten up by another inmate in December, three ...

Wachovia Bank reached a $160 million settlement with the Justice Department over allegations that a failure in bank controls enabled drug traffickers to launder money by transferring money from Mexican currency-exchange houses to the bank.

A Thai farm worker was killed in Israel on Thursday by a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory of Gaza, according to the Israeli military.

Listed property developer Raimon Land, in its Condominium Focus Bangkok Update, reports that local Thai buyers are responsible for more than 90% of all condominium sales in Central Bangkok.

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Japanese macaque monkeys were caught on camera having a snowball fight by amateur photographer Masashi Mochida. Masashi took the photos at the Jigokudani Monkey Park, which is located in Yamanouchi Town, in Japan's mountainous Nagano Prefecture.

China has detained 53 villagers, who were suffering from lead poisoning, after the bus taking them for health checks was stopped by police.

Britain's first dedicated technology addiction clinic offers help to youngsters who are hooked on computer games, the internet and mobile phones.

Christie's auction house said Wednesday that it would put the Pablo Picasso portrait "Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto," also known as "The Absinthe Drinker" up for sale.

A British expat living in Australia has become the first person to be officially recognized as genderless.

Game show contestants turn torturers in a new psychological experiment for French television, which aims to find out whether television could push people to outrageous lengths.

An unflattering close-up photo this week has revealed how the once radiant former model Carla Bruni's face is looking tight and stretched, while her skin appears dull and lifeless. Beauty experts gave their opinions on what the 42-year-old First L...

As Michelin-starred chef David Thompson is preparing to open a branch of his famed Nahm restaurant in Bangkok, Canberra-born chef Dylan Jones rebuts the myth that only Thais can do Thai food.

I am addressing you so I can ask you to influence the Israeli media to be as objective and balanced as possible. One must not forget that the media has great influence on what occurs in a nation and the mood of its people. It is a fact that public...

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According to a new study, people who are more true to themselves, have more positive and healthy dating relationships.

Michael Jackson's estate has signed a contract, worth up to $250 million, with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, a knowledgeable person said. The deal is the biggest recording deal in history.

A new legislation drafted by Thailand's Livestock Development Department will patent the silver-blue, short-haired Korat cat.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will send a delegation to Phuket and Khon Kaen in April in the hope of expanding the Vision Thailand programme of raising the standard of football to these two provinces.

Los Angeles based Ilan Dei Studio have created the Urban Logs collection.

The British government announced on Thursday that it was planning to build a $45 billion high speed rail corridor between the cities of London and Birmingham, and eventually to link to the northern cities of Manchester and Leeds. The train's 250 m...

Air forces of Thailand, Singapore and the United States concluded their annual trilateral air exercise, codenamed Exercise Cope Tiger, on Friday at the Korat Air Base in Thailand.

The complaints leveled against Israel by European countries and Australia , regarding the alleged misuse of passports by the Mossad in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, ring hollow and smack of blatant hypocrisy. Whoever did kill Mahmoud al...

The first Mekong River summit will take be held between April 2 to 5 in Hua Hin, Thailand, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) has announced.

Three firemen have been overcome by smoke while fighting a major blaze at a factory in Cheung Sha Wan.

About 5,200 naked people have lined up to embraced each other on the steps of Sydney's Opera House for a photo shoot by American nudist photographer Spencer Tunick.

During a pep rally at a Winnipeg high school, a student recorded two of the school's teachers performing a sexually suggestive dance on the gym's floor, which has been since called "Two Teachers, One Chair".

When everyone around expect them to feel the happiest in the world, some moms shed tears when learning the baby they have been waiting for so long, turns out to have the opposite sex of what they had dreamt of.

Thailand aims to seek a three-year membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council starting this year after it failed to become one of the 13 Asian inaugural members four years ago. The UN General Assembly voted in March 2006 to replace the ...

Since its establishment in 1976, Apple has gained a unique reputation in the consumer electronics industry. Besides consumer electronics, the American company manufactures computer software, and commercial servers too. Here are some of the best of...