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According to the media reports, Canada's Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday Internet users must ascertain those they're chatting with are adults if the conversation turns to sex.

QMI Agency has reported that the ruling came in the case of a man convicted of trying to lure a 13-year-old boy.

The defendant, Michell Rayal Levigne, who was 46 at the time, was found guilty of trying to lure a teenage Edmonton boy, "Jessy G," who actually was a police detective posing as a youth.

In order to augment its presence in the NCR zone, Hindustan Times has announced the launch of an all new paper for Gurgaon. The paper priced at Rs 3 will be available on newsstands from 12th July'10 under the brand name of Gurgaon First.

The distinction of this newspaper will be its special focus on Gurgaon news along with a special supplement for the local readers in the city.

It has been reported that two brothers who firebombed the home of a Swedish cartoonist who drew the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog were sentenced to prison Thursday.

Swedish news agency TT has reported that Mentor Alija, 21, was given a three-year sentence for the arson attack on the home of cartoonist Lars Vilks and Mensur Alija drew a two-year sentence.

He was demoted for blowing the whistle on financial irregularities surrounding the construction of a medical building on campus, says a Texas A & M professor.

The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman reported on Wednesday that Robert Hash is suing the university, saying he lost his position as vice dean of academic affairs after informing superiors a number of A&M employees had a financial interest in the construction of the school's new Family Medicine Practice building.

South Korea and the United States, bowing to pressure from China, have said that they will change the location of a joint naval exercise seen as a warning to North Korea.

Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday that the two countries planned to stage massive naval maneuvers in the Yellow Sea, close to Chinese territory, in a show of military force after North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean warship in March.

Transcripts of lawmakers' meetings during the Vietnam War offer useful lessons for the discussing the Afghanistan war, says U. S. Sen. John Kerry.

The Boston Globe reported on Thursday that Kerry said, "Some of the parallels are almost eerie," "and I think all of us can learn an enormous amount from the way our predecessors dealt with questions very similar to those we face today."