Geetha Pillai

Despite the recent peak in gold prices in anticipation of further economic stimulus by the US Fed Reserve, doubts over the precious metal as a safe investment persist.

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are not know for their personal bonding but hit it off quite well at the convention.

Girl hid under mother's corpse for eight hours in back of car with police yet to confirm theory of armed robbery that left four dead, including three Britons.

Mishandling of grenades thought to have caused huge explosion in ammunition depot.

Bill Clinton lauds Obama's record on reviving the economy and job generation.

Police have not confirmed the theory of armed robbery yet and the British cyclist who found the bodies is assisting investigators.

Death toll rises to 52 in India's fireworks hub.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars expects record sales for a second year owing to high demand from Asian billionaires.

Couple got secretly engaged with only close friends being aware of it.

Middle-aged gunman opens fire in hall where Quebec separatist party leader Pauline Marois gives victory speech.

Contract to buy three of five main islands from private owners may only increase tensions.

Project aims to create cheaper life-saving drugs for Middle East and North Africa.

Pakistan interior ministry's secret report warns of plans by Pakistan Taliban to attack twin cities Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

Tooth decay affects 60 to 90 percent of children and the majority of adults in industrialised countries.

Griselda Blanco, also known as The Godmother, was notorious for her ruthlessness.

Michael Clarke Duncan rose to prominence with his Oscar-nominated performance in The Green Mile.

Burning Man is a week-long gathering of people who brave the desert conditions to celebrate self-expression and self-reliance.

Northumberlandia, a £3m privately funded project, is a new public park built around the figure of a reclining naked woman.

Imam 'planted' burnt pages of Koran in a shopping bag carried by Christian girl.

State funeral for Ethiopia's long-time leader Meles Zenawi will be the country's first in eight decades.

In a joint appeal with the UN refugee agency, Jordan seeks $700m in international assistance to deal with influx of Syrian refugees.

Neil Armstrong's fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins attend funeral service along with other friends and family members.

Grunenthal group's CEO Harald Stock says sorry for company's 50 years of silence on thalidomide.

Campaign groups call for company to follow apology with compensation for people affected.

10 of the victims are civilians, and eventual death toll could be far higher.

Nearly 600,000 people across Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas are living without electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac.

Hantavirus infection can lead to Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, a rare lung infection for which there is no known cure.

DNA sequencing of cave girl reveals existence of a new group of ancient humans who were neither a Neanderthal nor a modern human.

The US Defence Department cites breach of non-disclosure agreements as reason to initiate legal action against the author of No Easy Day.