Israel's deputy defence minister warned today of a disaster in the Gaza Strip after Israel was forced to activate an air raid system to protect a major city from increasingly threatening Palestinian rocket barrages. As Israeli troops, tanks and aircraft
French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrapped up a two-day official visit to South Africa today with multimillion dollar investment deals and an emotional trip to Robben island and its most famous former inmate, Nelson Mandela. But it was the French first
A lawyer at the inquest into the death of Princess Diana suggested today that British secret agents didn't intend to kill her, only to scare her. The remark was made by Michael Mansfield, a lawyer for Mohamed Al Fayed, who
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Online auction house eBay has decided to settle a patent dispute with MercExchange dating back to 2001, buying all three patents for an undisclosed amount.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has offered a first glance at Google Health, the Internet giant's initiative to make health records portable...and in patients' control.
NASA today cleared space shuttle Endeavour for liftoff in less than two weeks on the longest space station visit ever. Endeavour is scheduled to blast off March 11 on a 16-day mission that could end up stretching by another day.
The pro-Syrian Hezbollah today slammed Washington's dispatch of the USS Cole to waters off Lebanon as military interference, as the Western-backed government said it did not ask for the warship to be sent. The condemnation came as pro-government dailies saw
Dell is gradually adding Intel's latest "Penryn" processors to its notebook lines, updating the Precision M2300, M4300, M6300 as well as the Latitude D630 and D830.
Japanese prosecutors today released a US Marine who was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl, police said, after a report that the family dropped the allegations which had triggered outrage in the country. Staff Sergeant Tyrone Luther Hadnott, who was
Self-proclaimed al-Qaida supporters urged the Taliban in internet postings today to hunt down and kill Britain's Prince Harry after hearing that he had been sent to Afghanistan for his army service. The calls came after a US-based Web site leaked
In a regulatory filing, Yahoo has revealed that seven groups of shareholders have filed lawsuits since it rejected Microsoft's unsolicited takeover bid.
You'd think today's mobile generation would be hip to receiving vital news via text message. So why are students slow to take up text messages carrying campus safety alerts?
A new book on the life and times of John Muir has just been published, written by local Muir enthusiast Will Collin. Will is a volunteer worker at the John Muir Birthplace and a Birthplace Trustee. Although there are many
Spanish pop singer Enrique Iglesias has said he plans to leave the spotlight before he turns 50 -- unlike his famous father, Julio, who is still crooning romantic ballads after four decades. "I'm not sure I want to be up
If voter excitement were measured by book sales, then Senator Barack Obama would be the clear front-runner for the US presidency. Sales have exploded in 2008 for the works of Obama, the Illinois Democrat who has steadily climbed in the
Pope Benedict XVI has called for the swift release of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop who was kidnapped in Iraq, saying the "abominable" act was an attack on the Iraqi church as a whole. In a statement yesterday, Benedict appealed for
