ANKARA, Turkey -- Lawmakers on Wednesday (October 8th) approved a proposal extending the army's authority to launch cross-border operations into nort...

are no standards, criteria or testing required before a dentist can say that he or she is a specialist in cosmetic dentistry. A prospective patient can be fooled into believing that her dentist has, in fact, passed some stringent qualifications

ay of the surgery, "Norma", one of Candace's daughters was waiting in the hospital lounge. The operation hadn't started yet, when the anesthesiologist and the orthopedic surgeon came out, and informed her that her mother was being sent to intensive

d was sent to a surgeon for a varicocelectomy, an operation in which the twisted part of the vein is cut out. When Edward was asked to sign a consent form before the procedure, he signed it without thinking anything

If you are a renter, purchasing a tenant's liability policy can benefit you by protecting your apartment or house with insurance coverage.What is a tenant's policy? It is like having a homeowner's policy for people who don't own the apartment

Recent archaeological findings indicate that the Turkish city of Istanbul is 6,000 years older than what experts previously believed. According to Al-Watan newspaper, excavations have yielded four skeletons, along with wooden and ceramic objects, which date back to 8,500 years

A massive sell-off on Wall Street and escalating fears of a global recession sent Asian stocks plunging Friday, with Japan's benchmark index plunging more than 10 percent.

Nato forces in Afghanistan will target Afghan drug lords and opium laboratories in an attempt to stop the booming drugs trade financing Taliban insurgents, it has been agreed .

Portugal's ruling party and the main opposition shot down Friday the latest proposals to allow same-sex marriages in the Roman Catholic country.

Iraqi police say eight people have been killed after a car bomb struck a market in a Shiite enclave in southwestern Baghdad.

Five people died as 22 hellish car crashes were reported overnight across Bulgaria, according to the data of the country`s Interior Ministry. Other 20 passengers were injured in the hits as one of them is in critical condition. In the

Nearly half a million dollars of emergency loan spent on corporate beachside retreat

Finance ministers agree to raise minimum guarantee for individual bank deposits to £39,000

Public anger grows as second of Iceland's three largest banks is taken on by government

Prime minister seeks ?4bn loan from Russia to try to avert financial meltdown. By David Teather

Japan's most powerful gangsters are mugging up on legal terminology in an attempt to skirt strict new laws that make them liable for crimes committed by their henchmen

Deputy PM resigns after two killed and nearly 400 injured in clashes as fury mounts in Thai capital

Police claim IT worker was tasked with hacking sites and sending emails just before and after bomb attacks

The Pentagon today denied a report that a US plane had been forced to land in Iranian territory yesterday

Chancellor is preparing an announcement before the stockmarket opens tomorrow morning, giving details of a plan to ease the banking crisis following high-level talks at Downing Street this evening