Fearing a surge in tunnel and bunker construction by Lebanon's Hezbollah and Palestinian militants, Israel is training its troops to hunt below ground with robot probes and sniffer dogs.

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Scientists said they have got even closer to proving the existence of the elusive Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle” that supplies mass to matter and would complete Albert Einstein’s theory of the universe.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday Venezuela's Hugo Chavez will return home next week from Cuba where he is recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor.

The two presiden

Ford Motor Co will focus on small, low-cost cars in India to make the country a manufacturing hub for Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, the head of its Indian operations said, as it races to catch u

French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed during a TV debate on Tuesday to halve the number of immigrants and impose a minimum tax on profits of big listed companies as he sought to bolster support for h

State-owned National Buildings Construction Co's initial public offering may be launched on March 22, Sidhartha Pradhan, additional secretary in the government's Department of Disinvestment, told tele

Shares in oil marketing companies -- HPCL, BPCL, IOC -- fell on fears the much anticipated fuel price hike would get delayed, two dealers said.

Soaring oil prices will also lead to higher under recov

More than half of Americans support President Barack Obama's apology for U.S. troops burning copies of the Quran, an incident that triggered a spate of bloody protests and attacks on U.S. soldiers in

Searching through piles of bodies after Japan's March 11 tsunami, Kenji Sato was struck by the thought -- he could easily have been one of them, had it not been for his son born earlier that day.

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Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile Co are seeking regulatory approval for a 17.5 billion yuan car venture in eastern China, two people with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters on Monday.

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