A man accused of shooting Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani pleaded not guilty to killing her as his murder trial opened in a South African court on Wednesday.

Some 23,000 cheap Chinese-made cars were on Wednesday recalled in Australia after asbestos was found in their engines, with unions demanding to know how they came to be in the country.

Italy's environment minister warned Sunday in an interview against suspending operations at a giant steel plant, even though it might be a dangerous polluter.

Italy's biggest steel plant may have to halt production after a new court ruling announced Saturday against the operators who must clean up pollution that some blame for high local cancer rates.

India on Friday selected Yuvraj Singh for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, four months after he was treated for a rare form of lung cancer.

Openly gay humorist and actor David Rakoff died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 47. Openly gay humorist and actor David Rakoff died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 47. According to The New York Times, Rakoff, a frequent contributor to public radio's This American Life, lost a prolonged battle with cancer. His illness, first diagnosed at the age of 22, was a theme he often explored in his essays. It recently reappeared as a tumor in his left shoulder, possibly requiring that his arm and shoulder be amputated. He wrote about the experience in his 2010 collection of essays titled Half Empty, for which he received the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Rakoff also contributed to The New York Times, GQ, Details, Salon and Slate. The diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma was first made as Rakoff worked as a translator in Japan. He returned to his native Canada for treatment and the cancer remained at bay for two decades, according to the Times. He is survived by his parents, his stand-up comic brother

Death knows the small town of Prieska all too well.

An Italian court Tuesday ordered the country's biggest steel plant to clean up its act but did not call for closure despite fears that chemicals spewed by the unit were behind the high cancer rates in the region.

Cancer-busting chemotherapy can cause damage to healthy cells which triggers them to secrete a protein that sustains tumour growth and resistance to further treatment, a study said Sunday.

A man sentenced to death over a series of deadly bomb blasts in Myanmar's main city in 2010 was freed Friday after receiving a presidential pardon, a police official and his lawyer told AFP.

Medical experts on Friday accused a major US breast cancer foundation known for its high-profile "pink ribbon" campaign of overselling pre-emptive mammography and understating the risks.

Medical experts on Friday accused a major US breast cancer foundation known for its high-profile "pink ribbon" campaign of overselling pre-emptive mammography and understating the risks.

Medical experts on Friday accused a major US breast cancer foundation known for its high-profile "pink ribbon" campaign of overselling pre-emptive mammography and understating the risks.

Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan Petrov is in remission and winning his fight to overcome acute leukaemia, the English Premier League club announced on Thursday.

The father of a champion Chinese diver has reportedly admitted hiding news that her mother had cancer to keep her focused on the Olympics, triggering criticism of China's ruthless pursuit of victory.

Researchers presented evidence Wednesday for the existence of cancer stem cells, with three different studies seeking to end a decades-old scientific dispute about how tumours grow.

Small but significant breakthrough studies on people who have been able to overcome or control HIV were presented at a major world conference on ways to stem the three-decade-old disease.

Three studies presented Thursday at a major world conference on AIDS show new ways that scientists are striving toward a cure for the three-decade-old disease.

US cancer survivor Matt Emmons Thursday said he hoped long experience would help him avoid the incredible meltdowns which robbed him of shooting gold at the last two Olympics.

Scientists in the United States said Wednesday they had used a cancer drug to flush out the AIDS virus lurking dormant in trial patients' white blood cells -- a tentative step towards a cure.