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The Netherlands, the world's top flower exporter, sold 3.6 billion flower bulbs abroad in 2010 -- a two percent rise on the year before, the Central Statistics Bureau said on Monday.

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear crisis threatens to derail a political push by Australia's government to overturn a ban on selling uranium to India, as well as a drive to use nuclear power domestically to counter climate change.

Former Australia legend David Campese tipped the All Blacks to turn home advantage into victory at this year's Rugby World Cup, but said the Wallabies could upset the odds.

Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years behind bars after being convicted on charges of rape and other sexual assault offences, Israeli media said.

Gwyneth Paltrow has joked that if she ever decided to make music with husband Chris Martin their group would be called “the Hell Freezes Over Band”.

Jake Gyllenhaal has teased that ladies can enjoy a “little piece of [him]” if they go and see Source Code.

Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton will be taken to Buckingham Palace in a lavish horse-drawn open-top carriage after they wed on April 29.

Charlie Sheen’s estranged wife Brooke Mueller will not ask for a temporary restraining order against him to be reinstated when it lapses today.

George Michael has thanked fans for their loyal support despite being blasted by critics for his new single True Faith.

Namrata, a Delhi University student, turned an iPad tablet computer round in her hands at an electronics store in the city. It is Apple's latest must-have item -- yet it is already out of date.

China has called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya where U.S. and European nations have launched punishing airstrikes Libya to enforce a U.N. no-fly zone.

The Shangri-La Hotel in Tokyo said Monday it would not accept any new bookings "until further notice", citing the city's uncertain power supply following Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami.

South Korea on Tuesday agreed to Pyongyang's offer to hold joint research into volcanic activity in the peninsula's highest mountain, suggesting officials meet next week in a rare sign of cooperation.