NEW York state has instructed government agencies to recognise same-sex marriages conducted out of state or abroad, renewing debate on an issue that was used to rally conservatives in the last US general election
NASA`S Phoenix Mars lander has flexed its robotic arm in a successful test of the key element in the probe`s mission to investigate the Red Planet`s soil for conditions conducive to life
THE US army said suicides among active duty troops in 2007 had reached the highest level on record, due partly to the stress caused by deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan
THE Texas Supreme Court has upheld a lower court decision which said the state had overstepped its authority when it removed about 460 children from a polygamist ranch
