Councils in England are being urged to set aside homes for people with a connection to their local area.Authorities already have the power to do this - but not all use it. Housing Minister John Healey says he wants them to be more flexible in the wa
BELGRADE - Serbian state security agents raided three homes of suspected helpers of fugitive top war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, seeking leads to the former Bosnian Serb military commander, an official said on Thursday. The raid was conducted on W
LONDON - A British police probe into Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme is shifting focus to the European firms that fed money to the New York-based fund, a person familiar with the investigation said on Tuesday. The change in emphasis comes as Britain'
GUATEMALA - They're called calaqueros — skullmongers — and they make a living off Guatemala City's infamously high murder rate. They chase ambulances, wait outside morgues or speed to crime scenes, trying to be the first to reach famil
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Better home insulation and ventilation and using electricity instead of fossil fuels could reduce indoor pollution and save thousands of lives, especially in low-income countries like India, a study has found. Using mathematic
SYDNEY - Hundreds of homes in eastern Australia were under threat from massive wildfires on Sunday as soaring temperatures and windy conditions fanned the out-of-control flames, officials said. A bushfire emergency warning, the highest level of ale
Rising sea levels caused by global warming could inundate up to 250,000 homes in Australia, according to a new study that warned airports, hospitals and power stations were at risk. The government's Climate Change Risks to Australia's Coasts repor
AMSTERDAM - A plant that converts cow dung into energy for homes opened in the Netherlands on Friday. Manure from cows at a nearby dairy farm will be fermented along with grass and food industry residues, and the biogas released during the process
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