Washington - The US State Department is extending its Iraq contract with Blackwater security firm, which is still under investigation for killing 17 Iraqi civilians last year.

Washington - Texas officials removed 50 children from the compound of a polygamist sect after a teenage girl reported being raped there, according to a media report late Friday.

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New York  - Key officials from US software giant Microsoft and internet company Yahoo failed to reach agreement in talks over a multi-billion takeover bid, the Wall Street Journal newspaper said on Friday.

According to the paper, officials were unable to solve their differences of opinion during the meeting, which took place this week at Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnydale, California.

Microsoft launched a takeover bid of originally 45 billon dollars more than two months ago, which was rejected by Yahoo for being too low.

Washington, Apr 4 : Feeding birds in your backyards each year, often out of a desire to help the animals, may not always have positive outcomes for the birds, according to a new study.