Despite of promises of Nikolai Sarkosi and hopes of French nation, disorders in France continue. Today 3 young citizens of Karpantra set city mosque on fire, they threw bottles with inflammatory liquid at temple building. President of France Jacques Chirac and premier-minister Dominic de Vilpen denounced act of vandalism calling him as "absolutely unacceptable".
Council of Pakistani premier-minister on financial questions Salman Shah announced that these estimates were made by experts of World-wide and Asian development banks.
The UN children`s agency has started a massive campaign to immunise 800,000 children affected by last month`s quake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Unicef hopes to vaccinate the children against various potentially fatal diseases, such as polio and diphtheria, in two weeks.
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on a surprise visit.
Industry experts have believed that the introduction of the starter/alternator (S/A) concept in traditional gasoline-engine vehicles would coincide with the launch of 36V/42V electrical systems. Well, maybe not. European parts manufacturer Valeo has announced it will provide a 12V/14V-based S/A system for a new car from Peugeot-Citroen.
More trouble swirled around the disgraced Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff yesterday, after reports that he sought $9m from the leader of the west African country of Gabon to organise a White House meeting with President George Bush.
Hoping to turn the tide on spam zombies, Microsoft has filed suit against entities it said used compromised PCs to send millions of junk e-mail messages.
Singularity is a research project focused on the construction of dependable systems through innovation in the areas of systems, languages, and tools. We are building a research operating system prototype (called Singularity), extending programming languages, and developing new techniques and tools for specifying and verifying program behavior.
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein`s deputy, Izzat Ibrahim, has died, Al Arabiya satellite television quoted a Baath party statement as saying on Friday.
Stung by continuing criticism, the world`s second-largest music label, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, promised Friday to temporarily suspend making music CDs with antipiracy technology that can leave computers vulnerable to hackers.
UN head Kofi Annan was wrong to sack the only UN employee disciplined over the oil-for-food scandal, an internal investigation has found.
Several men have been injured in Istanbul’s suburb in the evening of Friday. Associated Press informs about the lower-power explosion referring to local police.
The Dutch government is testing a mobile phone danger alert system that sends text messages to people who could be affected by natural disasters or terrorist attacks.
Winds of up to 80mph have been sweeping across the country.
A one-year-old boy has been diagnosed with the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu in Bangkok, Thailand`s director general of disease control has said.
Norway has said it might close down companies that fail to meet proposed boardroom quotas for women.
A British woman beat odds of more than five million to one when she gave birth to twins from her two wombs.
Scientists have discovered a hormone that suppresses appetite, raising hopes of new treatments in the fight against obesity, according to a study published today.
American singer Madonna has admitted she fell in love with her husband Guy Ritchie at first sight,
Bird flu pandemic can hit oil industry strongly.
Going bananas over mobile phones for so many years is turning Japanese into monkeys, according to Sapio.
The Russian Embassy in Kabul said it did not have conclusive information on the presence of Russians on board a cargo plane that crashed about 30 kilometers north of the Afghan capital Friday killing all crewmembers.
"USA intends to spend $11bln to fly to the Moon, however, Russia plans - $2bln", - the chief of the Russian Space Association Nikolay Sevastyanov informed.
Irreparable situation can happen at the famous child resort in Yevpatoriya. The wideness of the dene diminished by 40 metres during the last decade in the child health resort.
Taking sedatives to aid sleep may do the elderly more harm than good, researchers have concluded. Up to a third of elderly people are prescribed sleeping pills because they are affected by insomnia.