RANMALA, India, Dec 22 (IPS) - The villages of Ranmala, Nandagane, Shirgaon and Mengdewadi, in Pune, Sangli and Satara districts, western India, have one thing in common.

BEIJING, Dec 22 (IPS) - As western nations and the values of liberal capitalism received a battering in the financial storm, China's emergence as a pillar of economic stability and growth has fed a new craze in all things Chinese

NEW DELHI, Dec 22 (IPS) - When a magistrate in the western port city of Mumbai convicted two doctors in November for advertising sex selection services, it showed determination to enforce laws aimed at stopping gender determination tests linked to

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21 (IPS) - The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has invited Chile, a developing nation with a vibrant economy, to join what has long been described as "the rich man's club".

BERKELEY, California, Dec 21 (IPS) - As countries failed to reach a substantive climate change pact at Copenhagen last week, action at the subnational level has emerged as one of the likeliest paths toward significant climate action.

CARACAS, Dec 21 (IPS) - President Hugo Chávez complained that an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft from Colombia recently violated Venezuelan airspace in the northwest of the country and was sighted by soldiers in Fort Mara, near the border.

BUENOS AIRES, Dec 21 (IPS) - A study by more than 30 experts from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay warns of the threat menacing the survival of fish species and 50 riverside settlements in the Río de la Plata basin,

SALDANHA, South Africa, Dec 21 (IPS) - The sound of sewing machines fills the room with a low, continuous hum. A handful of women sit behind the machines, their heads bent in concentration on their work.

The leaders and activists of several opposition Georgian parties held a peaceful protest in Kutaisi on Monday against the demolition of a war memorial in this city on December 19 that resulted in the death of two people. About 2,000

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss with the Uzbekistani leadership on Tuesday issues of bilateral cooperation and interaction in the international arena. The minister’s official visit to Tashkent is held in the context of preparations for a Russian-Uzbekistani summit

Nord Stream Company has received Germany’s permission to build a 50-kilometer stretch of the 1,223-kilometre pipeline in its territorial waters to Lubmin not far from Greifswald. Another permit should be issued in the next few weeks for the construction of

The Moscow City Court opens on Tuesday hearings in a case of former police chief Denis Yevsyukov, who killed two and wounded seven in a south Moscow supermarket in late April.

A court in China has sentenced Kang Wannian to 12 years in prison for shooting to death an Indo-Chinese tiger in southwest China in February

Washington is deeply saddened with the news of lethal attack on family members of late Russian human rights activist Maksharip Aushev

Guus Hiddink's agent Cees Van Nieuwenhuizen said he will discuss with the Dutch trainer terms of his contract with the Russian Football Union (RFU) in January next year.

Vitali Khripun, a Russian border guard who crossed into Georgia and asked for political asylum, told RIA Novosti he served in the army for less than two weeks.

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle got vaccinated from the A/H1N1 virus.

FIFA has named Argentina's Lionel Messi, who plays for Spain's Barcelona, the Player of the Year at the annual FIFA award gala in Switzerland's Zurich.

The German government and parliament are ready to discuss Russia's proposals on European security, a German MP said Monday.

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