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An Indian jazz lover and journalist recalls Bombay's golden jazz age of the 1930s, which centred around the Taj Mahal Hotel ballroom.

Indigenous leaders in Australia condemn "disrespect" shown to PM Julia Gillard, who lost a shoe while running from protesters in Canberra on Thursday.

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Twitter says it now has the technology to censor tweets on a country by country basis, as it continues to expand internationally.

It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.

Some cases of throat cancer could be caused by a virus contracted during oral sex, scientists warn.

A £963,000 bonus in shares awarded to Royal Bank of Scotland boss Stephen Hester is strongly criticised by politicians and unions.

Berlin police appeal for information to help them identify a teenager who appeared in the city saying he had been living in the woods for five years.

Lana Del Rey has been praised, sued and vilified - all before her album hits the shelves. But the US star says she's more concerned by the global financial crisis than her critics.

Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is more common among men than women, leading to an increased risk for men of head and neck cancers, a US study suggests.

A bag containing 16kg (35.5lb) of cocaine was seized last week at the United Nations headquarters in New York, say police.

China looms large in the global economy, but will the world be able to overcome its fears over Chinese power?

In Colorado, a proposal to legalize possession of marijuana in small amounts is likely to be on the ballot this fall, backed by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol.

The Republican presidential candidates are battling it out at a televised debate in Florida - the last before the battleground state holds its primary.

BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean's liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules.

Residents living in Donegal in the Irish Republic are woken by a minor earthquake in the early hours of Thursday morning.

French Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande sets out election policies that target the rich to tackle the country's budget deficit.

A social welfare office in Dublin bans interviewees from wearing pyjamas.

Newt Gingrich is outpacing Mitt Romney among GOP voters, but he also is showing evidence of the vulnerabilities that could hurt him in a general election, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

When Yale’s Patrick Witt announced that he had withdrawn his Rhodes scholarship application, the Rhodes Trust had already learned that he had been accused of sexual assault.