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Maxwell Zachs wants to become Britain's first transgender rabbi and is set to feature in a new television show.

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been convicted of selling heavy weaponry to terrorists by a U.S. jury in New York on Wednesday. Bout, a former Soviet officer who inspired 2005 movie "Lord of War" starring Nicholas Cage, was found guilty of trading arms to people he believed were Colombian rebels on the verge of attacking American soldiers.

Thailand Floods: A Third of the Country Under Water; $30 Bn Loss to Economy (PHOTOS)

Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes in Bangkok ahead of an anticipated high tide of flooding this weekend.

Toyota Motor Corp has announced it will suspend production in North America on Saturday following a shortage of parts, the latest signs that the floods in Thailand have started to affect the giant automaker's global operations.

Floods in Thailand will cause PC and hard drive shortages in the run-up to Christmas, with industry-leader Western Digital (WD) warning that stock levels will not return to normal until 2012.

The flood crisis continues to engulf Thailand's capital, Bangkok, as residents stockpile food.

Thailand has approved a five-day holiday for its residents and urged them to protect their homes, assess and look after their property and evacuate to safer places Tuesday.

New MacBook Pros could be released next week, following reports last week of limited stock of the current models, and new part numbers leaked.

Burma's tightly controlled state media has announced that the government is set to release more than 6,000 prisoners, showing the authorities hope the international sanctions that have isolated the country could in return soon be alleviated.

Simon McClure, 38, has been sentenced to spend two years and six months in prison, for deliberately infecting his ex-lover with the HIV virus.

As a UN list proves, children are still being recruited and used in warfare while schools are repeatedly being attacked and closed with a UN official saying this was "another tragic year" for the world's youngsters.

he Thai House of Representatives on Friday morning elected Yingluck Shinawatra, the sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as the new prime minister of Thailand.

The UK is at the greatest risk of terrorism of any Western economy, according to research.

The Foreign Office has warned non-Muslims holidaying in Dubai this summer that eating, drinking or smoking in public places during the Holy month of Ramadan that starts on Monday August 1 could see them trespassing the law and end up in jail.

According to experts, day after day, Bangkok sinks, with the most pessimistic saying part of Thailand's capital could be submerged by 2030, Le Monde has reported.Specialists have also warned that special preventive policies should be implemented as in the case the natural disaster does take place, thousands of lives could be at stake.

Thailand's outgoing defence minister has said the army will not intervene after supporters of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra swept to another resounding general election victory.Thaksin's younger sister Yingluck, who fronts the Puea Thai party, announced she had agreed a coalition deal with four minor parties that would give the new government 299 seats.

Just two days after the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, U.K officials reportedly contacted energy companies warning that they could not allow the disaster to dent public support for nuclear power.

Following a ceasefire agreement, the last American ground troops left Vietnam in 1973 and in 1975, Saigon (officially now named Ho Chi Minh City) fell to the North Vietnamese Army.

Shares in Tesco were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the supermarket giant reported a "subdued" set of results for the first quarter ended 28 May.

Sony has confirmed that it will be restarting the PlayStation Network in its home nation Japan as well as all other Asian territories this Saturday.