VALLETTA, Malta, Nov 26 (IPS) - The Commonwealth adopted a declaration Friday asking the European Union to follow the U.S. example in taking the stalled Doha development round of trade negotiations forward.

The 16-year-old star of the "Harry Potter" movies said Saturday the latest film in the series should not be toned down to get a rating suitable for young children.

Action star Jackie Chan has a message for Asia's film industry: Unite against American movies or risk losing your culture.

Irv Williams, Photo by Andrea Canter Great guitars, great trumpets, a double dose of Carole Martin, and much more await jazz fans in December at the Artists' Quarter. From the Brazilian vibes of the Andres Prado Quintet on the first

By now everybody must have learnt about ATI's distressfull situation. Chronicle delays behind NVidia - be it for crossfire technology or for the new generations of GPU - have been seriously backfiring on the Canadian graphic card maker. Take the

Here's an opinion article from the Los Angeles Times lamenting the decline of the Big Three automakers. The author calls for national health insurance to relieve the Big Three of the huge healthcare costs imposed by their contracts with the

For the last couple of years, for reasons I am unaware of, I have been on the e-mail list of the National Wild Turkey Federation, located in Edgefield, S.C. (the home town of Strom Thurmond). The NWTF evidently does a

In today's National Review Online the indefatigable Michael Ledeen reminds us that we have not been doing enough to advance democracy and undermine the rule of the mullahs in Iran.

Afghanistan's new parliament has finally been announced, after weeks of delay because of allegations of fraud and ballot stuffing. Now that those accusations have been investigated (and 50 election workers dismissed in the process), the real work is about to

Two key parts of the U.S. economy—the housing market and retail sales—go under the microscope this week. The two are actually interrelated. If reports due out this week show that housing prices are continuing to fall, don't be surprised if

With unemployment low, big companies may have to go the extra mile in coming months by offering aggressive benefits to workers. And that may be a boon to small businesses that run errands, offer personal services, and handle other types

Steve Wozniak's patent number 4,136,359—which became the Apple IIe computer, introduced in 1977 for $1,300-helped launch an entire industry. Wozniak left Apple, the company he cofounded with Steve Jobs, in 1981 and returned to college at the University of California-Berkeley.

The Oval Office felt square to some; born to run--but for public office? From algebra class to the city council; a panda promise tough to keep? Ask the CIA; the public's top-10 list; seven years and a lot of legal

Matt Davies cartoon on Bush, Iraq, and chaos

It has, sadly, become conventional wisdom: We don't make anything in America anymore. We simply order it up from China. And now, with General Motors in a tailspin that could last years, it seems an apt moment to take another

A day in court for a former "combatant"; more bricks and mortar for O'Hare; a gang leader's uncertain fate; the case of the pregnant teacher; dubious distinction in the Garden State

Over four decades in the bus-and-train business, David Gunn supervised the overhaul of troubled transit systems in Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C. So it was no surprise when he came out of retirement in 2002 to run Amtrak, the

The first blast struck at 1:25 p.m., shattering the walls of the Bombay Stock Exchange, leaving a grisly scene of broken bodies, shattered glass, and smoke. Next to be hit was the main office of the national airline, Air India,

He is a calm and quiet man, say those who know him, even when he's threatening your life. The boss of India's top syndicate controls a criminal network that reaches into 14 countries, with a small army of contract killers,

Notre Dame is playing for big money and a trip to the Bowl Championship Series. No offense to the Insight or Gator bowls, but the Fighting Irish hope to have more appealing travel plans for the holidays. And getting by