Washington: At least one in seven households in the US faced hunger in 2009, with those getting emergency food almost doubling between 2007 and 2009, at the height of the recession.

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Hyderabad: Brendan McCullum was unbeaten on 171 as New Zealand cruised to 339 for four in the second innings against India at lunch on the fifth day as the second cricket Test headed towards a draw he

Raipur: In a rare case, an underdeveloped foetus was found in a month-old male child in Chhattisgarh and was removed through surgery, a doctor who carried out the operation said here on Tuesday.

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London: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi - freed Nov 13 by the military junta after over seven years in house arrest - is sure democracy would come to the country eventually, although s

Guangzhou: Shuttlers Jwala-Ashwini and paddlers Sharath-Saha advanced into the next round but the women's hockey team went down 0-3 to Japan and India's judo campaign ended on the fourth day of compet

London: Pakistan is in the second spot in the world terrorism risk index (TRI), said a risk-advisory firm report that places Somalia at number one.

Global risks advisory firm Maplecroft prepared the

Beijing: China will need more than 3,750 jumbo jets to meet market demand by 2029, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) said, adding it had struck deals to deliver 100 of its jumbo jet

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday visited a hospital to meet some of the 130 people injured in a building collapse in east Delhi that has claimed at least 65 lives.

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New Delhi: With a day to go for Eid-ul-Azha, the goat bazaar at Jama Masjid in old Delhi is doing brisk business. But the star of the show is a goat - with a price tag of a whopping Rs.4.5 lakh.

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Guangzhou: Swimmer Virdhawal Khade surprised everyone by winning a bronze, while boxer Suranjoy Singh, shuttlers Jwala-Ashwini and paddlers Sharath-Saha advanced into the next rounds on the fourth day