Bill SB 591 and HB 1236, that seek to provide with in-state tuition breaks have aroused ire of US taxpayers on the ground that it seeks to reward illegal immigrants using taxpayers’ money.

Kamal Nath, Indian trade minister, has expressed concerns over Britain’s new points-based immigration system, apprehending risks that would make it harder for India and other developing countries to export information technology systems to the UK.

December 19th 2007: Behind the high metal fence gate and barriers there after, at a prison better known as a "detainees centre" in Tilburg, Asylum seeker Ernest Ayodele Mason is keenly awaiting the outcome of his plea for asylum.

Preliminary tests show that a strain of H5 bird flu has been found in a commercial farm duck in British Columbia's Fraser Valley. B.C. government officials say they are not sure which strain of the H5 avian bird flu was found in the duck, but stress there is no risk to human health Under strict protocols put in place after an avian outbreak in the area in 2004, the Canadian Food Inspection agency has put the farm where the duck was found under quarantine.

TORONTO - In the opening salvo of the national election campaign, Prime Minister Paul Martin's wobbly Liberal government on Monday proposed more than $25 billion dollars in corporate and personal tax cuts over the next five years. Coming two weeks after a federal inquiry found evidence of money laundering and campaign finance irregularities by the Liberal Party in recent years, the tax proposals seemed intended to refocus debate in time for a general election that will probably take place in January.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa left Monday for China on a six-day visit coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Sino-Lanka diplomatic relations.

Thoubal (Manipur) -- Moderate to heavy polling was recorded Thursday in 19 constituencies in the first of the three-phase assembly elections in Manipur, with no major incidents of violence, officials said.

Ranchi -- Jharkhand Health Minister Hemendra Pratap Sahi resigned from his post Thursday to facilitate his legislator son Bhanu Pratap Sahi's entry into the cabinet.

New Delhi -- Congress president Sonia Gandhi's advice to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to be careful in opening up the retail sector to foreign direct investment (FDI) has made not only the government's communist partners happy, but also some in the Congress.

Chandigarh -- As the Congress and the Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine prepare to fight it out for 117 assembly seats, both sides are running a no-holds barred advertising campaign against each other.