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About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago.

The Times Editorial: We are in trouble. The coming days, weeks and months will be difficult for South Africa. If we fail to rise above our differences and find solutions, the number of people without work will double and the effects will be felt by everyone.

WASHINGTON : The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a prominent Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, Tuesday welcomed a new State Department report on international religious freedom, which recognizes that “anti-Muslim rhetoric and actions were clearly on the rise - particularly in Europe and Asia.” According to the report, “Government restrictions,...

Food and Water Watch responds to a news article about the rise in illnesses from imported foods.    

Under the compromise, the number of highly skilled workers admitted to US would rise from 65,000 annually to 110,000, with the possibility of a further rise to 180,000.

BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investor confidence was boosted by a Federal Reserve official's comments that the U.S. central bank should stick with its super-easy monetary policy....

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's opposition parties and trade unions accused the government on Tuesday of threatening state employees with the sack if they took part in planned street protests against a sharp rise in electricity prices.

Gautrain fares will rise by six percent next month, transport MEC Ismail Vadi said on Tuesday.

About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago.

An animal rescue center in San Francisco is appealing for help to find the person responsible for beating a pug so badly that it has gone blind.

The British company, who employ Cara Delevinge as a model, saw sales revenue rise 13 per cent in Asia on the back of strong demand in China and Hong Kong.

This means the average house value has jumped by £229,000 to £235,000 over the last year, the Office for National Statistics figures revealed.

Authorities expect the death toll to rise as emergency crews moved deeper into the hardest-hit areas. More than 200 people had been treated at area hospitals.

Stock of luxury retailer jumps 18 per cent in after hours trading

KABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost...

The Xbox One is not an iteration, Microsoft says. It's a complete media overhaul

Index closes at 6803.87 – just 130 points below peak reached on 30 December 1999 at height of the dotcom boomThe London stock market is within sight of its all-time closing high after another surge in share prices on Tuesday.After drifting for much of the day, the FTSE 100 index of Britain's top companies made a late rally to close 48.24 points higher at 6803.87. This...

Back in middle school, when both reality TV and the concept of popularity was on the rise, we used to play "Survivor." Read More...

According to a recent  US News  article, 'For the past few years, the number of Chinese students studying in the U.S. has continued to rise. In 2012, Chinese student enrollments rose by 23% overall, and by 31% at the undergraduate level in parti...

Israeli soldiers returned fire into Syria on Tuesday in response to shots that reportedly damaged a military vehicle in the third cross-border shooting this week in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights. There were no injuries reported. An Israeli spokesperson said, the shots "most likely were stray bullets, we don't know if it was intentional." However, soon after, the...

About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago.

About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago.

The Times Editorial: We are in trouble. The coming days, weeks and months will be difficult for South Africa. If we fail to rise above our differences and find solutions, the number of people without work will double and the effects will be felt by everyone.

Researchers at the University of Bern, Switzerland, also found that the chances of dying from lung disease are 40 per cent greater for those living on the ground floor than those higher up.

Bank of Ireland has written to 1,200 of the 13,500 homeowners who saw sharp increases on tracker deals, to tell them they will no longer face the hike.

The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for fleeing sexual abuse, domestic, violence and forced marriage has increased dramatically, according to new official figures.    

Official figures show the price of property on the rise, driven by strong demand in London and the South East.    

Bank of Ireland has partially backtracked on a steep rise in mortgage rates for UK customers.    

CAIRO (Reuters) - The number of tourists visiting Egypt rose in the first four months of 2012, the cabinet said on Tuesday, but analysts say the sector is still suffering from the aftermath of the...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal. Luckily for her, her performance may be graded generously.

From Climate Central's Andrew Freedman:An increasing number of New Yorkers are likely to die from heat-related causes as global warming causes more extreme heat events, according to a new study released Sunday.The study found that heat-related mortality may rise 20 percent by the 2020s, and in some worst-case scenarios, it could increase by 90...

The Times Editorial: We are in trouble. The coming days, weeks and months will be difficult for South Africa. If we fail to rise above our differences and find solutions, the number of people without work will double and the effects will be felt by everyone.

Twenty of the 51 confirmed deaths were children; tornado tears through entire tracts of homes, two schools and a hospital.

Shares in the troubled firm rise on the news that the chief executive is to stand down, just months after the army had to be called in to provide security at London 2012.

Royal Mail has reported a 61pc surge in annual pre-tax profits to £324m in a full year results that will boost the company ahead of its planned £3bn flotation.    

India PC Shipments Rise 7.5 Pct In Jan-Mar: IDC

Annual profits rise to £324m as the government prepares to sell the 497-year-old postal serviceRoyal Mail has reported a 60% increase in pre-tax annual profits to £324m, as the government prepares to sell off the 497-year-old postal service in the most ambitious privatisation since British Gas in 1986.The company, which ministers hope to float on the London stock exchange...

Sales in womenswear division and general merchandise disappointProfits at Marks & Spencer have fallen for the second year in a row as its much maligned womenswear division continued to disappoint.UK sales fell 1% overall, dragged down by a poor performance in general merchandise, which dropped 4.1% on a like-for-like basis.The results might have been worse had it not...

US State Department report addresses discrimination against non-Jews; finds anti-Semitism on rise in many nation states.

Death toll expected to rise, medical examiner says; tornado tears through entire tracts of homes, two schools and a hospital.

According to reports yesterday, Britain’s 650 MPs can soon look forward to a £10,000 pay rise, taking their basic pay to a whopping £75,000 a year, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK.

MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to rise....

The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath :...

The Times Editorial: We are in trouble. The coming days, weeks and months will be difficult for South Africa. If we fail to rise above our differences and find solutions, the number of people without work will double and the effects will be felt by everyone.

Since the unstoppable rise of Google, Yahoo! has lost much of its hold on the internet search market, but it is hoping that its latest addition will reach an important demographic.

With pimples emerging well before the teenage years, and a rise in the number of preadolescent patients, doctors have put together guidelines on treatment for children as young as 7.    

Residents of Manhattan will not just sweat harder from rising temperatures in the future, says a new study; many may die. [More]

Oklahoma City suburb of Moore flattened by mile-wide twister, with TV footage showing schools and homes reduced to rubble• Follow the latest developments in our live blogA devastating mile-wide tornado hit Oklahoma on Monday, flattening neigbourhoods and causing widespread fires in what experts said was one of the worst such storms in history.Television footage showed...

UK space businesses set sights on £1bn orders as Major Tim becomes first British astronaut chosen to visit ISSThere is the urge to explore the endless heavens, there are the mysteries of the starry cosmos to solve, but above all there is the faltering economy to revive.Of all the reasons nations give for sending their citizens into space, making money has always mattered....

Central bank action and growing signs of economic revival lift UK shares closer to all time highAs leading shares hit heights not seen for almost 13 years, Royal Bank of Scotland was the day's biggest riser.The bank ended 15.1p higher at 351.9p after analysts at Numis raised their recommendation from hold to buy and their target price from 308p to 410p....

Netcare, an owner of private hospitals in SA and Britain, says first-half earnings have risen 26% as demand for private health care has improved.

The Times Editorial: We are in trouble. The coming days, weeks and months will be difficult for South Africa. If we fail to rise above our differences and find solutions, the number of people without work will double and the effects will be felt by everyone.

The Dublin-based company carried 79.3 million passengers in the year to March 31, an increase of 5 per cent on the previous year as revenues improved 13 per cent to £4.1billion.

Ryanair posts forecast-beating full-year earnings, buoyed by strong growth in fares and a sharp rise in charges for extra items. Ciara Sutton reports.

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Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor’s 500 index are trading down from their record highs, both off more than 0.1% in premarket trading Monday. On the rise are shares of Chesapeake Energy (CHK), up about 1.6% after the natural-gas producer named a successor to scandal-plagued founder Aubrey McClendon, who left [...]

Since it became clear that Yahoo was going to buy Tumblr, Wordpress saw the number of blog imports from Tumblr rise from about 400 an hour to more than 72,000. That's a ridiculous jump—and also a stupid one. Here's why you shouldn't leave Tumblr just because it's under new management.Read more...    

It's Sunday morning in London, where I'm living as of less than a week ago. I've got a hangover and kitchen cleanup duty, and on top of that, I'm out £10. An actual live baby fox entered our house last night. Last night was Eurovision. I've had my first Eurovision party as an embedded foreigner. [...]    

Apparently, Blue Horse Shoe loves Anacot Steel.

The Times Editorial: We are in trouble. The coming days, weeks and months will be difficult for South Africa. If we fail to rise above our differences and find solutions, the number of people without work will double and the effects will be felt by everyone.

There has been a 2.1 per cent month-on-month rise which pushed average asking prices to £249,841 in May, Rightmove has revealed, with new record prices set in London, the South East, and East Anglia.

Ukip's journey, from 2001 to 2013.    

It is good news for jobseekers as the hiring activity is likely to see an uptrend in the coming months and salaries are expected to rise 12 per cent across industries and functions this year, says staffing services major TeamLease.

Prime Minister David Cameron explains how the UK should take the lead on tax information exchange and beneficial ownership.

YouTube has just turned eight, and the company is marking the occasion by sharing a couple of cool stats about the service Users of the world's most popular video sharing service upload 100 hours of video to the site every minute. That's 6,000 hours of video every hour and a whopping 144,000 hours of video every day. YouTube also repeated a recently revealed number...

Property prices continued to rise last month in China, defying policymakers who have sought to cool the housing market while preserving robust economic growth.

The Times Editorial: We are in trouble. The coming days, weeks and months will be difficult for South Africa. If we fail to rise above our differences and find solutions, the number of people without work will double and the effects will be felt by everyone.

    

THEIR taxpayer-funded salaries will rocket from £65,738 to more than £75,000 under new Commons plans

SELLERS are now asking £249,841, up £20,852 on last year — but Yorks, Humberside & E Midlands see no rise

The city witnessed a sharp 44% rise in abortions last year. 2012's data is absolutely accurate in terms of reporting.

As per findings of Monster Employment Index India, which is a broad and comprehensive monthly analysis of online job demand in India, job opportunities across pan

Electronic devices such as Smartphones, Phablets and tablets have seen a huge rise in popularity with innumerable features and availability. Employees, board members and clients now prefer their own devices in workplaces to carry out their jobs.