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EATING white bread and sugary breakfast cereals can increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease and even cancer, new Australian research suggests.

Two suicide bombers in explosives-laden trucks took aim at police stations in the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 100, Iraqi officials said.

Belgium has banned three elected mayors from office for speaking French...

In what has been described as one of the biggest heists in American history, the Empire State Building was reportedly stolen this week by a New York City newspaper in less than 90 minutes.

At least 172 people were killed and hundreds more hurt when 10 militants armed with automatic weapons and grenades attacked sites across the Indian city last week. The footage, which was captured on a mobile phone. . .

By Simon Denyer NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - India will not respond to attacks in Mumbai by sending troops to the border with Pakistan, but will instead mobilise global pressure for its neighbour..

China Investment Corp, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, will no longer risk investing in western financial institutions because of concerns about their viability and a lack of consistency in their governments’ policies, according to its chairman

General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it needs $12 billion in government loans to keep operating, telling Congress in a bluntly worded report that its collapse could have “severe, long-term consequences to the U.S. economy.”

The process of opening up the new .tel net domain - a repository for contact details - begins on 3 December.

A former Defense Department official said Wednesday that American intelligence agencies had determined that former officers from Pakistan’s Army and its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency helped train the Mumbai attackers.