Being sedentary is now considered a risk factor for stroke and dementia

Up to 95 percent of influenza deaths are due to pneumonia -- new treatment suggested according to study

Seventy-four flagrant violations were assessed in 2008, compared with 15 in 2007

Heavy sentence demonstrates that the government intends to suffocate the spread of democratic ideas, following the publication of the Charter 08

Police are threatening to charge charter supporters of 'plotting to overthrow the regime'

Union members are well served by knowing how their dues are spent

Codependency has not fostered a healthy relationship between Russia and Europe so far, and there's little reason to expect that it will in the future

Russia is escalating the gas crisis in order to prove to the Ukrainian people that President Victor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko are discredited leaders, who caused energy shortages in the middle of a harsh winter

Credit crunch will only shrink the GCC economy back to the size it was in 2007

UAE expects normalization in the first quarter of 2009

A Catholic thinker and former Lutheran minister, Rev. Richard John Neuhaus had a lifetime of passionate social activism and writing. He was mourned by President Bush, as well as Evangelical Christian allies.

Raising taxes, of any sort, should be the last resort. What will Obama do?

Having a sense of meaning or purpose in life or a sense of connectedness to the sacred may help adolescents cope with medical conditions, according to a new study.

The Marxist-leaning government wants to legalize euthanasia and decriminalise attempted suicide. The bill would allow patients to choose between continued treatment or letting themselves die. Catholic Church slams the bill as a "new attack against life."

In Orwellian tones, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission objects to President Bush's proposal for an executive direct protecting healthcare workers for refusing to assist abortion.