US soldiers offered prostitutes in exchange for information from an Australian Muslim held at Guantanamo Bay since being arrested in Afghanistan four years ago, a former US army chaplain said on Monday. David Hicks, a

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The US death toll in Iraq neared 2,000 on Monday, two-and-a-half years after the war to oust Saddam Hussein, leaving President George W. Bush's administration scrambling to shore up support for its mission in the

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Sterling briefly set a one-month high against the euro on Monday before slipping into the red in later trade as a report showing a decline in UK house prices dampened investor sentiment. A survey from

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The yen rose from last week's two-year low against the dollar and gained versus European currencies on Monday after a Chinese central bank adviser said further changes in Beijing's yuan policy were inevitable. Yu Yongding,

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Debt of General Motors Acceptance Corp, the financing arm of US auto giant General Motors, rallied on Monday as the unit prepared a fresh bond issue, while caterer Compass was hit by fears of a

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Debt of General Motors Acceptance Corp, the financing arm of US auto giant General Motors, rallied on Monday as the unit prepared a fresh bond issue, while caterer Compass was hit by fears of a

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US stocks climbed on Monday as investors' focus shifted from positive earnings to a report that President Bush has picked his top economic adviser Ben Bernanke to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. Falling crude

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Here is how major stock markets outside the United States ended on Monday. EUROPE STOCKS EXCHANGE: European shares gained one percent after three weeks of falls as relief that Hurricane Wilma had missed already storm-battered

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Leading British shares closed higher on Monday, grabbing back part of last week's steep losses as oil majors BP and Royal Dutch Shell bounced in anticipation of results this week, while caterer Compass Group gained

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EU farm ministers again revealed their long-standing rift over genetically modified (GMO) foods on Monday, failing to agree on approving new GMO imports or on an order for Greece to lift its national GMO ban.

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