Homeowners in Britain will not be imprisoned for using "reasonable force" to fight off intruders even if they kill, under guidelines published on Tuesday by the state prosecution service. Britain's opposition Conservative Party has been

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The deadly bird flu virus remains endemic in parts of Asia, where it will not be eradicated soon and poultry movements following the tsunami disaster may worsen the crisis, world animal agencies said on Tuesday.

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Croatia, moving to rescue its European Union membership bid, ordered police and intelligence services on Tuesday to step up the hunt for a top fugitive wanted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal. President Stjepan

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Spain will offer to revise the Basque region's degree of autonomy, offering an olive branch to the Basque premier whose plan for virtual independence is set to be thrown out by parliament on Tuesday, newspapers

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AIDS kills about 10 people every hour in Malawi and the government of the impoverished southern African nation is increasingly unable to cope with the crisis, Health Minister Heatherwick Ntaba said. "This is a disaster

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US-backed efforts to eradicate Afghan opium poppy fields could backfire, by stirring up instability and enriching powerful drug lords, some 30 non-governmental organisations said in an open letter on Tuesday. Afghan opium output has surged

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The Bangladeshi taka eased on Tuesday on demand for US dollars for import payments, dealers said. The taka was quoted at 61.00/63.47 per dollar, little changed from 61.00/63.43 on Monday. Call rates rose slightly and

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The yuan ended one notch softer at 8.2765 per US dollar on Tuesday, near the stronger end of its managed trading range. The one-year non-deliverable dollar forward discount versus the yuan was at 3,750 points,

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The rupee edged up on Tuesday, helped by a pick-up in foreign fund inflows into local stocks, but dealers remained circumspect as the market awaits the dollar's reaction to a US Federal Reserve meeting. The

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The dollar stuck to tight ranges on Tuesday ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate decision and a gathering of Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers late in the week. The market has

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