OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian charged with killing at least 92 people in a gun and bomb massacre had belonged to an anti-immigration party and wrote blogs attacking multi-culturalism and Islam.

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian charged with going on a killing spree in which at least 91 people died is a former member of a populist anti-immigration party who wrote blogs attacking multiculturalism and Islam.

The Calif. Assembly on Tuesday approved a bill that seeks to include the historical contributions of gay Americans in the state's textbooks. ?The California Assembly on Tuesday approved a bill that seeks to include the historical contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans in the state's textbooks, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Democrat-controlled Assembly voted 49 to 25 in favor of Senator Mark Leno's FAIR Education Act. The Senate approved the measure in April. It now goes to Governor Jerry Brown for his signature. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of San Bernardino, a Republican, argued against the bill on the Assembly floor. He said the measure would promote ?a homosexual agenda.? ?As a Christian, I am deeply offended,? he said. Leno, an openly gay Democrat from San Francisco, told Senate colleagues that his legislation would help curb the bullying of gay teens. ?We are second-class citizens and children are listening,? he said. ?When they see their teachers don

A former policeman fell to his death from a 16th floor hotel window ledge as he tried to evade a raid by Malaysia's Islamic morality police, officials said Wednesday.

Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday argued that immigration and welfare dependency were "two sides of the same coin" and created "disjointed" neighbourhoods.

Prime Minister David Cameron was Thursday to argue that immigration and welfare dependency were "two sides of the same coin" and created "disjointed" neighbourhoods.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his ousted Conservatives are launching a charm offensive in Canada's biggest city, hoping to win over the Asian vote and another shot at power.

LONDON (Reuters) - The producer of a whodunit detective series based in an idyllic English country village has been sacked after causing outrage by saying the program "wouldn't work" if ethnic minorities were written into the script.

Australians playing for Ireland, South Africans turning out for the Netherlands, Indians and Pakistanis in the Canadian team. A birth certificate is no bar at the World Cup.

Australia has told European countries its model of multiculturalism is "the best in the world", weighing in on a fiery debate in Britain, France and Germany where leaders have called the project a failure.

PARIS (Reuters) - An on-air racial quip that landed one of France's best-known political commentators in court has exposed raw differences about what can and cannot be said in public on ethnicity and its role in social problems.

BERLIN (Reuters) - "Almanya," a rare feel-good movie about Turkish immigrants in Germany which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, defies recent political declarations that multiculturalism has failed in Europe.

BERLIN (Reuters) - "Almanya," a rare feel-good movie about Turkish immigrants in Germany which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival Saturday, defies recent political declarations that multiculturalism has failed in Europe.

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has declared multiculturalism a failure, echoing British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and confusing some French who say it was never tried here anyway.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Thursday that multiculturalism had failed, joining a growing number of world leaders or ex-leaders who have condemned it.

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's far-right National Front party, Thursday praised Prime Minister David Cameron for his recent declaration that multiculturalism had failed.

On June 22, 1948, the ship Empire Windrush docked just outside London loaded with hundreds of men from the West Indies, marking a sea change in British culture -- the start of mass immigration.

On June 22, 1948, the ship Empire Windrush docked just outside London loaded with hundreds of men from the West Indies, marking a sea change in British culture -- the start of mass immigration.

On June 22, 1948, the ship Empire Windrush docked just outside London loaded with hundreds of men from the West Indies, marking a sea change in British culture -- the start of mass immigration.

Prime Minister David Cameron condemned his country's long-standing policy of multiculturalism as a failure Saturday, saying it was partly to blame for fostering Islamist extremism.