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GENEVA/AMMAN The United Nations urged Jordan on Tuesday to allow in 12,000 Syrian refugees stranded at the border in deteriorating humanitarian conditions and offered to help reinforce security at registration points.

NEW YORK Oil prices steadied on Tuesday but not before plumbing new lows seen during the 2009 financial crisis as an intensifying supply glut sparked fears the world will run out of storage for crude.

PARIS This was going to be the landslide win that set Nicolas Sarkozy on a fast-track to regaining the French presidency in 2017. Or at least that was his plan. Instead, Sarkozy's conservative party came behind the far-right in the first round of regional elections on Sunday, and the ex-president finds himself under growing criticism from within his own camp

MUMBAI Indian shares fell for a fifth consecutive session on Tuesday after earlier hitting their weakest in more than three months, as oil producers such as Oil and Natural Gas Corp ( ONGC.NS ) extended falls after crude prices tumbled to seven-year lows. The BSE Sensex fell as much as much as 1.1 percent to its weakest since Sept.

WASHINGTON U.S. President Barack Obama called India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing Paris climate change talks, the White House said. Obama and Modi held talks in Paris about the issue last week.

NEW YORK In Buffalo, it hasn't snowed yet this year. A Duluth, Minnesota, newspaper reported that the temperature was 40 degrees above zero, not below

BERLIN German carmaker Audi has found simple technical fixes for luxury diesel vehicles fitted with software found to have enabled engines to evade U.S. emissions limits, its chief executive said as the brand steps up efforts to recover from the scandal. Matthias Mueller, chief executive of Audi's corporate parent Volkswagen ( VOWG_p.DE ), said last month th9at refits of 8.5 million smaller diesel-engined cars in Europe will be "technically and financially manageable", without specifying the costs. Читать дальше...

VATICAN CITY Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics backed up for blocks at the Vatican on Tuesday for the strictest security checks in living memory as Pope Francis began a Holy Year with a call to set aside "fear and dread".

LONDON Gold rose on Tuesday as the dollar receded slightly and European shares fell, though expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week kept the upside in check. A slide in commodity prices -- particularly crude oil's drop to its lowest in almost seven years as OPEC continues to pump near-record oil to defend market share -- also prevented gold from reaching higher levels.

MUMBAI A bullion association in India is planning to launch the country's first physical gold trading exchange, in an attempt to bring transparency to the market for the precious metal in the world's second biggest consumer. The Mumbai-based India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA), a group consisting of gold dealers, traders and jewellers, is talking with industry officials about launching the exchange next year. A dedicated physical gold exchange could lead to standard gold pricing in India... Читать дальше...

Once Anand's queen got stuck on the edge of the board, the Indian could only exchange it but the resulting endgame was simply much worse. The game lasted 42 moves.

The highest stakeholder in ATK further said he tried to broach the topic to Ganguly on the sidelines of an ISL match but the former India captain looked away and chose not to respond.

The income projections for the current fiscal suggest that the body can pay rate of interest which is slightly higher than 8.75 provided in 2013-14 and 2014-15.

A new study has found that a little-known sexually transmitted disease (STD) may actually be much more common than previously thought.

A Catholic priest, wanted for allegedly raping a teenaged girl in 2015, surrendered to the police at Aluva near Kochi on Tuesday.

Five security personnel were injured when Naxals ambushed a team of security forces in the restive jungles of insurgency-hit Sukma district in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, police said.

The court also imposed punitive costs of Rs 5 lakh on the defendant and directed that the amount be deposited with the Delhi High Court Library Fund.

BCCI has decided upon two new franchises, based out of Rajkot and Pune, for the forthcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to replace Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for two seasons.

The odd-even scheme for plying of private vehicles in the city will be in force from 8 am to 8 om from 1 January for an initial period of 15 days and there will be no restrictions on vehicular movement on Sundays, the Delhi government said on Tuesday.

The HC would also give a ruling on the "drunken" state of Salman Khan on the ill-fated day.

Jailed Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will walk out a free man in first week of March from the Yeravada Central Jail, official sources said here on Tuesday.

With dry weather prevailing in the flood-ravaged city and its neighbourhood, officials are now focusing on relief measures and prevention of spread of diseases.

A making video of 'Gerua' posted by the makers of Dilwale, reveals that every picturesque backdrop seen in the video is, in fact, an actual location.

With the prospect of the mother-son duo of India's first political family having to appear in court, the National Herald case is creating a political storm.

In a heartening gesture, Chennai-based chess player Viswanathan Anand and his fanily have welcomes the residents of the neighbouring slums affected by the floods into their home.