Australian novelist Christos Tsiolkas reflects on how alongside Australia's prosperity and increased affluence lie a range of simmering social issues.
An overview of the sole French territory in North America
Louisiana fishermen fear fraudulent claims are being made to BP's compensation fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill.
John Hantz is soft spoken, meticulously polite and ferociously ambitious. For his latest plan, he has to be. This multi millionaire, financial tycoon wants to turn destitute Detroit into the world's largest urban farm.
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Key facts and figures from Brazil, showing wealth and population distribution, as well as its GDP growth.
The nomination of Elena Kagan to replace the retiring John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court means, if she is confirmed, all of the justices will have been at either Harvard or Yale law schools. But why should two educational bodies provide all of the
A report into a private jet crash in which five people were killed finds a missing rivet may have led to the shutdown of an engine.
The man accused of attempting to bomb New York's Times Square appears in court for the first time since his arrest.
Some 90% of gay men in the Asia-Pacific region lose access to HIV/Aids help because of discriminatory laws, a UN-backed report says.
New rules to allow planes to fly at higher ash densities for a limited time will be introduced at midday on Tuesday, the CAA says.
Space shuttle Atlantis launches from Florida on what is expected to be its final mission before retirement.
Firms in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster will present conflicting claims at the first US Senate hearing, US media say.
The fantastical story of JM Barrie's first celebrity cricket team
Linda Pressly journeys from Lima to the Peruvian Amazon to ask if a controversial economic theory can improve the lives of slum-dwellers and indigenous Amazonian Indians alike.
Linda Pressly journeys from Lima to the Peruvian Amazon to ask if a controversial economic theory can improve the lives of slum-dwellers and indigenous Amazonian Indians alike.
Hugh Schofield reports on a sex scandal that has been casting a shadow over several of France's top footballers.
A Taipei-Shanghai flight makes an emergency landing after a passenger jokingly claims he has a bomb on board, officials say.
Four Palestinians die in a smuggling tunnel under Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say.
Bangladeshi film industry representatives say they have forced the government to retain a ban on cinemas showing Indian films.
