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Singer Britney Spears arrives at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards held at Gibson Amphitheatre on August 9, 2009 in Universal City, California.

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BANGKOK: Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult a ' including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year a ' over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday.

In an interaction with journalists at the US embassy, Patterson said the delegation - which would include energy sector executives of private firms - would hold meetings with US energy sector tycoons to brief them on the investment opportunities Pakistan had to offer.

Shoppers wait online to pay for their goods at Toys 'R' Us in Times Square November 23, 2007 in New York City.

Visitors to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge could one day take an elevator to the top of its towers, climb on its cables or get a look at its underbelly.

Two ceremonial guards known as Beefeaters at the historic Tower of London have been fired after an internal investigation found that they harassed a female colleague.

Officials in the Israeli prime minister's office say the Security Cabinet has approved a 10-month freeze in new construction in West Bank settlements.

President Barack Obama has revealed he will travel to Copenhagen for the UN climate change conference next month.

The Miles family is changing it up this year in the annual American race to make it to the table for Thanksgiving dinner.

THE United States plans to resume arms sales to Taiwan and warned of a build-up of missiles aimed at the island by China, a top US diplomat said on Tuesday.

Amtrak's Auto Train, the only one like it in the nation, has only two stops: one near Orlando, and the other in Virginia near Washington, D.C. Amtrak via AP IF YOU GO AMTRAK AUTO TRAIN: tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak/autotrain . Daily departures and arrivals in Lorton, Va., and Sanford, Fla., at 4 p.m. with arrival the next day at 9:30 a.m. Coach ...

Shoppers wait online to pay for their goods at Toys 'R' Us in Times Square November 23, 2007 in New York City.

The National Development and Reform Commission said in a notice Tuesday that the long-awaited park would be built, as expected, in Shanghai's eastern Pudong district.

Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot says it's "not likely" he will ever release another album of new material.

Ships in the south Pacific Ocean have been alerted that groups of icebergs believed to have split off Antarctic ice shelves are drifting north toward New Zealand, officials said Tuesday.

The U.S. on Monday agreed to hand out millions of dollars in development aid to provinces in Afghanistan that have eliminated or reduced the production of opium poppies, the raw ingredient in making heroin.

BUENOS AIRES a " Argentina's president says Israel and the United States should do more to push for peace in the Middle East.Cristina Fernandez said while hosting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday that every participant needs to comply with international agreements.But she singled out the U.S. in particular, saying it can do more than ...

The good folks at Orbitz were nice enough to send along a list of the U.S. airports with the heaviest amount of holiday travel.

PARENTS desperate to save NSW's only boarding school for severely disabled children are appealing to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to stop its closure.