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Secondhand smoke kills more than 600,000 people worldwide every year, according to a new study. In the first look at the global impact of secondhand smoking, researchers analyzed data from 2004 for 192 countries. They found 40 percent of…

A fairy-tale princess gave young wizard Harry Potter a run for his money at the weekend box office. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" remained the No. 1 movie with $50.3 million over Thanksgiving weekend, closely followed by…

Swiss voters on Sunday approved a plan to automatically deport foreigners who commit serious crimes or benefit fraud, in a significant victory for the nationalist party that pushed the proposal against the will of the government. Some 52.9…

European Union nations agreed to give euro67.5 billion ($89.4 billion) in bailout loans to Ireland on Sunday to help the debt-struck country weather its banking crisis, and sketched out new rules for future emergencies in an effort to…

Japan's parliament has passed a stimulus package worth about $61bn (£39bn), designed to kick-start the country's fragile economic recovery. The stimulus was designed to create jobs, Prime Minister Nato Kan said, through measures to help…

BP said Sunday it has agreed to sell its share of Pan American Energy, an Argentina-based oil and gas company, to Bridas Corporation as part of its plan to divest $30 billion of assets by the end of next year. BP, trying to recover its…

Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks has released extracts from secret messages sent by US embassies which give an insight into current global concerns. They include reports of some Arab leaders - including Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah -…

The EU and the IMF could extend the period in which Greece must repay its bailout loans by five years, to make it easier for it to service its debt, a Greek newspaper said on Saturday, citing an IMF official. "We have the possibility to…

The interest of Turkish businesses in Ghana is growing by the day, as more than 70 Turkish companies would exhibit their products in the country. According to a press release issued in Sunday November 28, 2010, from December 8 to 11, 2010…

The fact that today the burning to death of a 72-year-old woman for allegedly being a witch in the Ghanaian port city of Tema that has sent astonishment across Ghana reveals that gradually the on-going enlightenment campaigns are refining…