The United States economy grew by an unexpected 0.9 per cent in the first three months of 2008, according to revised government figures issued Thursday that further eased fears of a recession, dpa reported. The quarterly gross domestic product numbers

The UN biodiversity conference meeting in Bonn has achieved a breakthrough on access and benefit sharing ahead, with the aim of ending "biopiracy" within two years, German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Thursday, dpa reported. "For the first time we

The Russian army lost near a battalion, 341 servicemen, last year to suicide, the chief military prosecutor said Thursday, dpa reported. "Almost a battalion of servicemen was lost last year," chief military prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky was quoted by Interfax as

The Azerbaijani government does not accept the criticism of the State Department of the United States on deterioration of the situation of the human rights in Azerbaijan. "I can not accept the criticism on the human rights in Azerbaijan as

Stocks rose more than 2 per cent Thursday in Tokyo on mainly export-oriented issues as the US dollar advanced against the yen and stocks rose overnight on Wall Street, the dpa reported. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average surged 383.28 points,