The Senate rejected on Tuesday an attempt to tighten restrictions on abortion coverage in a healthcare overhaul, threatening a crucial Democrat's support for passage of the final bill. | Democratic Senator Ben Nelson's amend
LANZAROTE, Spain - A court in Spain's Canary Islands ruled Monday that a Western Sahara activist on a three-week-old hunger strike at an airport on the archipelago did not require being forcibly hospitalized. Judge Jeronimo Alonso of the Superior C
Catalans Dragons captain Greg Bird has rejected a new two-year contract and left France to return to Australia.Bird, who was a free agent, has signed a one-year deal to play for the Gold Coast Titans in the 2010 National Rugby League season. Last we
World leaders heading to UN climate talks next week must not be distracted by flat-earth sceptics who deny humans are to blame for global warming, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Saturday. With only days to go before Copenhagen, we mustn't be
DUBLIN - The Irish government on Friday rejected an offer by unions of an unpaid leave deal as part of a plan to slash the public sector pay bill. The government plans a four-billion-euro austerity package of spending cuts and tax rises in Wednesd
Fifa has decided against introducing extra linesmen at the 2010 World Cup.World football's governing body had been tipped to fast-track a decision on goal-line officials in the wake of the furore over Thierry Henry's handball. Henry handled twice be
India Tuesday rejected a Danish draft proposal on climate change which seeks to cap emissions, widening the gulf between rich and poor nations ahead of next week's Copenhagen talks. Media reports say the Danish offer sets 2025 as a deadline for all
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has rejected a push by the resort island of Bali for rare turtles to be legally slain in Hindu ceremonies, siding with conservationists of the protected reptiles against religious advocates, an official said Friday. Ba
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