Prague is seen as a leader in accommodating people with visual impairments. But advocates say more can be done.

A top loyalist of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto waselected as Pakistan's prime minister Monday and immediately ordered therelease from house arrest of judges detained last year by PresidentPervez Musharraf.The action by Yousaf Raza Gillani, a senior official in Bhutto'sPakistan

Google Inc. is a year into its ground-shifting strategy to change the way people communicate and work, butthe initiative to reinvent the way that people use software is runningheadlong into another new phenomenon of the information technology age:the unprecedented powers

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton returned to one of her major campaign themes Monday - the economicimpact of the home mortgage crisis - and called on Congress to provide$30 billion to help states and communities minimize the number offoreclosures.In a speech

Intellpuke: This commentary was written by Wolfgang Kaden and appeared in the Spiegel Online edition for March 20, 2008. The shocking and reckless practices of banks behind the recent plungein global markets illustrates just how far they have veered fromreality.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Biovail Corp., its founder Eugene Melnyk, and three other current and former executives with accounting fraud.The regulator said that the company has settled its case, and will paya $10-million (U.S.) fine, but

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed Honduran growncantaloupes are being voluntarily recalled after a continent-widesalmonella outbreak. The recall followed a warning earlier Saturday from the U.S Foodand Drug Administration about the outbreak, which CFIA said hassickened nine people

THEY were once a common sight on the west Highland estate of Beinn an Tuirc, but as the landscape has changed over the past 40 years, there is now a greater chance of spotti

KENNY MacAskill, the justice secretary, yesterday said Scotland should not be made to pick up a £370,000 bill from the Ministry of Defence for policing two major summits.

BRITONS are set to waste a record £9.3 billion this year by failing to fully take advantage of their tax allowances.

BRIAN Souter, the co-founder of the Stagecoach empire, has called on the government to scrap income tax for people earning less than £40,000.

PLANS to fingerprint passengers at Heathrow's new fifth terminal have been challenged by the UK's data protection watchdog, it emerged yesterday.

NO-ONE has been refused a British passport since face-to-face interviews were introduced, it was revealed yesterday.

Sharply reducing the amount of black carbon commonly known as soot in atmosphere could help slow global warming, according to a study.

Bangladesh and Indian authorities have said they expected Dhaka-Kolkata direct train service to be launched on April 14, coinciding with the Bengali New Year Pahela Baishakh.

China braced for protest by Tibetan activists in Greece, a day after accusing Dalai Lama of stoking unrest to sabotage Olympics.

The people of Bhutan face some subtle choices in their first parliamentary elections, choices that underline changes democracy is bringing to this traditional Himalayan kingdom.

During the day Ratan Hembrom pulls a rickshaw in the coal city but in the evening he teaches illiterate villagers how to read and write.

SL took prized scalp of Chris Gayle to strengthen hold on 1st Test against WI after Jayawardene posted his 22nd century.

Pak Prime Minister-in-waiting has track record to hold together an unwieldy coalition as it moves to neutralize Musharraf.