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Rangers manager Walter Smith is hoping to have Kirk Broadfoot at his disposal for the Champions League Group C clash with Valencia at Ibrox on Wednesday.The defender was missing at the weekend with a foot injury, but midfielder Lee McCulloch will no

After nearly a decade in Iraq and Afghanistan, over 2 million Americans have served, a trillion dollars have been spent and yet only 3 percent of Americans have war on their radar this election.And where's Congress? Spinning on the campaign trail, s

If the pollsters are correct, on November 2 we are likely to elect people to both the U.S Senate and the U.S House of Representatives who want to privatize Social Security, end unemployment compensation, repeal civil rights legislation and health

PARIS – France braced for another day of public sector strikes and protests on Wednesday against unpopular pension reforms which are expected to be put before the Senate for a final vote later this week.Trade unions riding a wave of voter sup

BELLEVILLE, Ontario – The commander of Canada's largest air force base stalked, repeatedly raped and killed two women as they pleaded for their lives, prosecutors said Tuesday at the colonel's sentencing hearing.Col.Russell Williams, who once

MANILA The global economy must be radically altered to put a value on forests, reefs and other elements of nature but the financial benefits of doing so will be enormous, a UN-backed report said Wednesday.The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversi

SYDNEY The world's biggest miner BHP Billiton Wednesday reported a boost in iron ore output and production records in petroleum and natural gas in a strong quarter.BHP said it increased output of 11 commodities in the three months to September a

PARIS How did the leopard get his spots? In Rudyard Kipling's children's tale, the leopard was initially a greyish-yellowish catty-shaped kind of beast. He was hopeless at hunting until a kindly Ethiopian gave him spots with which to conceal hims

CAUAYAN, Philippines A typhoon that killed at least 10 people in the Philippines was regaining its strength from the warm waters of the South China Sea on Wednesday and heading for the China coast east of Hong Kong.A full assessment of damage in t