Guru gets 14 years for sexual molestation in US

A United States jury on Wednesday sentenced an elderly Hindu religious leader to 14 years in prison and fined a $ 10,000 on each of 20 counts of molesting two girls who grew up on the ashram he......

Taliban gains ground in Afghanistan

For months now they have been predicting this could happen -- now it has, say reporters Yochi Dreazen and Peter Spiegel of The Wall Street Journal. The Taliban has gained the upper hand in......

US allows priest to leave on $10 mn guarantee

A Hindu priest, arrested three weeks ago on charges of groping two children, has been permitted to visit India after a follower agreed to put up a whopping US$ 10-million guarantee that he would......

When dollar is no longer supreme

You thinkyou've seen and heard it all before. But then something comes along to stop your heart. "In the current, weak-Dollar situation," says German economist Peter Bofinger in an interview with......

2006 WC row: Former German footballer Beckenbauer rejects bribery claims

Franz Beckenbauer, who headed the organising committee for the 2006 soccer World Cup rejected claims that a slush fund had been set up to buy votes and bring the tournament to Germany back in 2000.......