AIDS hitting Asian gays at high rates: UN

Gay men in Asian countries are falling prey to AIDS infection. A new study has shown that unproteced sex between men is increasing and reching the proportion of  epidemics in Asia. Thailand and Vietnam and other south east countries are biggest hit with this...

Government relents and scraps fuel duty rise

The UK government has cancelled a planned 2p rise in fuel tax in light of the ever increasing petrol prices. However the timing to the decision, coming as it does shortly before the very important by-election in Glasgow East, has being deemed suspicious. Gordon Brown may be...

Reaching out from death row

Scores of California's most notorious convicts have pen-pal postings and personalized Web pages. Civil libertarians applaud the development as the exercise of free speech; victims' rights advocates say"Prisoners are barred from direct computer access that officials say could...

Greece hands China Olympic torch

"The Olympic torch has been handed over to Chinese officials at a ceremony in Athens, amid scuffles between police and pro-Tibet protesters.A small group of demonstrators tried to stop the torch from reaching the stadium where it was to be transferred.Thousands gathered to...