Hanover (Germany), Dec 6 (DPA) All of the competitors in the current generation of electronic reading devices are equally good when it comes to presenting digitalised books. They offer long battery lives and their displays are easier on the eyes than the displays found on smartphones or laptops.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:50:02 -0500

Paris, Dec 6 (DPA) The young bride wrote the French word 'oui' (yes) on the palm of her hand just in case she forgot the answer to the most important question of her wedding ceremony. Right before she made her vow she glanced one more time at her palm. Gerard Uferas was standing behind her shoulder and immortalised the moment with a shot from his camera.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:50:01 -0500

Ankara, Dec 6 (IANS) One person was killed and another injured by an explosion in the Turkish capital city, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:50:02 -0500

Athens, Dec 6 (DPA) More than 100 youth were detained after clashes with riot police and five Italians and four Greeks were arrested, reports said Saturday.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:40:02 -0500

New Delhi, Dec.5 : During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day official visit to Moscow which begins on Sunday, India and Russia are likely to sign a host of agreements of significance, which will be a reflection of the breadth of their relationship and particularly, the depth of their cooperation in the defence sector, said Foreign Secretary Nirupama Roa in the capital on...
ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:20:02 -0500

Dehradun, Dec 5 : With the onset of winter, exotic migratory birds from the Pacific region and European countries are making their way to the Assan Barrage Bird Sanctuary in Uttarakhand for their annual sojourn.
ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:30:05 -0500

Washington, December 5 : A new study has said that an ancient settlement site in a village in Germany is providing hints of mass cannibalism prevalent at the area 7,000 years ago.
ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:20:07 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) Troubled actress Mischa Barton, who has been linked with a string of famous men, insists that she has never been dumped in any of her relationships.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:00:02 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) American rapper 50 Cent has revealed that he struggles to find a girlfriend because he's convinced most women are only after his multi-million dollar fortune.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:40:01 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) Scottish actor Gerard Butler is still on the look out for the perfect woman.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:30:05 -0500

London, Dec 5 (DPA) Slovenia plan to target England striker Wayne Rooney when the sides meet in the World Cup, according to reports in British daily The Guardian.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:30:02 -0500

Athens, Dec 5 (DPA) Greece captain Giorgos Karagounisk got his wish to be drawn with Argentina in Group B for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:10:02 -0500

Washington, Dec. 5 : Bangladesh Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has asked both Europe and the US to assume responsibility for millions of people who will be displaced by climate change.
ANI Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:00:03 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio is set to associate himself with an animation film for the first time. He is signed on to voice a character based on Jack Frost, a character that personifies winter weather in English folklore.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:04 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) Oscar winner Halle Berry recently revealed that her father was an alcoholic and his violent acts left an indelible mark on her life.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:03 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) Hollywood actress Julia Roberts has been named the new face of cosmetics firm Lancome.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:02 -0500

London, Dec 5 (IANS) Hollywood actor John Travolta turned down the chance to go to space on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space ship because he feels that he can't take the necessary time off to train to be an astronaut.
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:10:01 -0500

Barcelona, Dec 5 (DPA) Revitalised Rafael Nadal ran off 13 straight games during a rout of Tomas Berdych Friday, a mere warm-up for an heroic four-hours-plus win from teammate David Ferrer, which pulled Spain into 2-0 command of the Davis Cup final with the...
IANS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:02 -0500

Perm (Russia), Dec. 5 (Reuters): At least 109 people were killed and 134 injured when a blaze sparked by a firework show ripped through a packed Russian nightclub, triggering a stampede as revellers r...
The Telegraph Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:19:41 -0500

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Police arrested two navy officers on Saturday on suspicion of conspiring to overthrow Turkey's Islamist-rooted government and three retired military commanders testified in an inv...
The Star Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:02:58 -0500

A man in eastern Spain has become the first to receive an official letter apologising for his imprisonment for being homosexual in the 1970s.Antoni Ruiz spent three months in prison under a law introd...
BBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:54:22 -0500

A man in eastern Spain has become the first to receive an official letter apologising for his imprisonment for being homosexual in the 1970s.Antoni Ruiz spent three months in prison under a law introd...
BBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:54:21 -0500

Climate change which the planet is likely to face in the 21st century would provide direct benefits to no country, although producers of energy efficient equipment could benefit from it, a correspondi...
RIA Novosti Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:43:19 -0500

ROME: Italian tax police said Saturday that they had seized works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and other giants of art in a crackdown on assets hidden by the disgraced founder of the collapsed dairy ...
China Daily Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:25:27 -0500

PERM, Russia (AFP) – At least 109 people were killed and dozens injured when a blaze sparked by indoor fireworks swept through a Russian nightclub, in one of the deadliest tragedies to hit...
Yahoo! News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:20:36 -0500

Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has challenged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to a series of public debates on climate change - but Rudd says Abbott just needs a policy.
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:20:10 -0500

Rudd turned down Abbott's offer of an ETS debate - saying Abbott should focus on developing a policy. (AAP) Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott this morning challenged Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to...
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:20:05 -0500

American drivers fond of their gas guzzlers will have to quickly learn to love greener cars, which are expected to get a big boost from the international climate talks in Copenhagen.
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:19:58 -0500

PERM, Russia (AP) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded that Russia tighten its notoriously lax fire codes after the deadliest blaze since the Soviet era killed at least 107 people celebrat...
Find Law Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:19:13 -0500

An Italian court finds 22-year-old Amanda Knox guilty of murder and sexual assault in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.
VOA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:55:56 -0500

An Italian court finds 22-year-old Amanda Knox guilty of murder and sexual assault in the 2007 slaying of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.
VOA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:55:27 -0500

Copenhagen - Brick kilns in Bangladesh, electric-powered bicycles and biodegradable plates are all part of host country Denmark's plans to offset the climate impact of a major UN summit on climate cha...
Earth Times Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:41:04 -0500

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Police arrested two navy officers on Saturday on suspicion of conspiring to overthrow Turkey's Islamist-rooted government and three retired military commanders testified in an inv...
Swiss Info Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:11:54 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc is not to blame for the news industry's problems but is committed to playing a role in helping struggling publishers survive the transition to the online age, CEO Eric ...
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:54:20 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has rejected Amazon.com Inc's request that he withdraw preliminary approval of a settlement between Google Inc and groups of authors and publishers to digitize mil...
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:54:16 -0500

American student Amanda Knox sought comfort from visiting family members on her first day in prison since being was convicted of murdering her British flatmate.
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:54:12 -0500

Accusation came after emails leaked from British university were posted on the Internet. Climate change proponents say leak intended to derail talks at next week's Copenhagen Conference.
VOA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:31:25 -0500

Five men were being questioned by Russian authorities last night after a nightclub fire that killed at least 109 people. Investigators believe the blaze was caused by fireworks lighting up a music st...
The Independent Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:18:25 -0500

After hearing her sentence, they waited up past midnight, made her warm milk and reassured her with hugs when she walked back into her cell. Amanda Knox's cellmates – a Roma, a woman from Chin...
The Independent Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:18:23 -0500

Amid the madness of what will always be known as the Knox trial in Perugia, with its slow-motion melodramas, its posturings and the evidence that grew ever more contested and grotesque, there was alwa...
The Independent Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:18:20 -0500

Denis O’Brien cashed in €20 million ($28.4 million) from his Digicel phone business this year, by selling some of his shares in an associate company to the main group.Documents filed with a $500 m...
Irish Examiner Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:30:56 -0500

The blaze broke out late Friday in the third-floor club, part of the larger M City entertainment complex in the city of Medan, North Sumatra province.It spread quickly to other floors and raged for an...
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:27:10 -0500

ROME (Reuters) - As if Italy's prime minister did not have enough worries already, he now risks a public needling after the launch of voodoo Silvio Berlusconi dolls covered with choice quotes from the...
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:27:05 -0500

12/05/2009 ROME — Italian tax police said Saturday that they had seized works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and other giants of art in a crackdown on assets hidden by the disgraced founder of t...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:59:15 -0500

The Associated Press by telephone that investigators believed the entire batch of paintings, watercolors and drawings were up to be sold. The prospective buyer was a Russian, possibly living in Italy,...
Examiner Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:50:07 -0500

Two top Mafia figures, including the alleged second-in-command, have been arrested in Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has announced.Gianni Nicchi, 28, was found in an apartment in Palermo, Sic...
BBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:34:50 -0500

Two top Mafia figures, including the alleged second-in-command, have been arrested in Italy, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has announced.Gianni Nicchi, 28, was found in an apartment in Palermo, Sic...
BBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:34:46 -0500

Today, Microsoft may have given Firefox and Chrome a better shot at grabbing market share in Europe. A report's indicated that Microsoft will appease antitrust regulators - along with its competitors ...
Web Pro News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:28:05 -0500

Italian tax police said Saturday that they had seized works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and other giants of art in a crackdown on assets hidden by the disgraced founder of the collapsed dairy compan...
Gadsden Times Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:11:06 -0500

Ireland's most senior Catholic said on Saturday he will visit Pope Benedict XVI this week to discuss a damning report detailing the cover-up of decades of child sex abuse by clerics.
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:01:25 -0500

Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Perugia, Italy, in November 2007. It's a juicy tale that has drawn heavy media coverage in three countries: Knox, prosecutors allege, was a promiscuous party ...
Yahoo! News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:01:23 -0500

Claudio Marchisio's goal earned Juventus a 2-1 victory over Serie A leaders FC Internazionale Milano, with AC Milan's 3-0 win against UC Sampdoria further tightening the situation at the top of the ta...
UEFA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:38:46 -0500

In the uefa.com Magazine we look back over the week's UEFA Europa League action as 12 more teams advance and visit Athens rivals Olympiacos FC and Panathinaikos FC. Click here to watch.
UEFA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:38:44 -0500

Doctors deliver a heavily wounded victim of the fire in the night club Lame Horse in Perm to the Sklifasovsky hospital in Moscow. At least 112 people died and 130 were injured during the fire that rip...
Novinite Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:31:29 -0500

The death toll from a blast in a night club in the Russian city of Perm has risen to 101, BBC reports Saturday. More than 140 were injured in the explosion which happened about 11:15 pm local time, 1...
Novinite Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:31:26 -0500

98 people were killed and 135 were admitted to hospital with injuries as a result of a fire which broke out in a club in the city of Perm late Friday night. According to the Russian authorities, the ...
Novinite Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:31:25 -0500

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest state-owned oil company, lowered its official selling prices for all crude grades for customers in Northwestern Europe and the Mediterranean for January.
Arabian Business Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:20:20 -0500

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest state-owned oil company, lowered its official selling prices for all crude grades for customers in Northwestern Europe and the Mediterranean for January.
Arabian Business Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:20:11 -0500

By FRANCES D'EMILIOASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ROME -- Italian tax police said Saturday that they had seized works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and other giants of art in a crackdown on assets hidden ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:17:48 -0500

Spain's Fernando Verdasco jumps on top of teammates as they celebrate winning the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic at the Palau Sant Jordi indoor arena Saturday in Barcelona.
USA Today Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:17:19 -0500

The mayor of Sibiu, Romania, a member of the country’s German minority, has turned the town into a cultural and economic gem.
International Herald Tribune Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:48 -0500

N.B.A. and Major League Baseball are smaller than FIFA in fan base and revenue) has its own integrity units composed of teams of former law enforcement officers. FIFA and most national soccer organiza...
International Herald Tribune Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:07:46 -0500

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott (L) with the candidate for Bradfield, Paul Fletcher (AAP) Saturday saw the conservative Sydney electorate of Bradfield go to the polls in one of two federal by-election...
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:36:19 -0500

The 29-year-old policewoman hurt her arm while policing a cordon at the protest by the English Defence League in the city of Nottingham on Saturday, but no-one else was seriously hurt in the skirmishe...
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:36:14 -0500

Greek police have arrested more than 100 youths and raided what they say was a firebomb-making hideout in an effort to prevent riots on the anniversary of a fatal shooting of a youth by a police offic...
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:36:09 -0500

By Frances D'Emilio ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME — Italian tax police said Saturday that they had seized works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and other giants of art in a crackdown on assets hidden by ...
Washington Times Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:13:24 -0500

Climate Change Could Contribute to Higher Food Prices in Developing World Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through London demanding action at this week's Copenhagen Climate Conference. Their...
VOA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:13:13 -0500

FC Barcelona need victory at RC Deportivo La Coruña in tonight's late game to reclaim their five-point lead at the top of the Liga after Real Madrid CF got out of jail with a 4-2 win against UD Almer...
UEFA Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:12:31 -0500

SHARIFF AGUAK (Philippines) — The Philippines yesterday announced the imposition of martial law in a southern province to quell a rebellion by a powerful clan accused of being behind the massacre of...
Times of Oman Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:11:44 -0500

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Police arrested two navy officers on Saturday on suspicion of conspiring to overthrow Turkey's Islamist-rooted government and three retired military commanders testified in an...
West Australian Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:11:39 -0500

Crime-watchers say racist violence in Russia has fallen sharply over the past year. But even with the decline, the incidence of hate crimes still remains shockingly high. Experts caution that the lull...
Spero News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:08:03 -0500

(AP Photo/Alessandro Fucarini)A man described as Cosa Nostra's No. 2 fugitive boss, identified as Giovanni Nicchi, is held by Italian police officers after his arrest in Palermo, Sicily, southern Ital...
Examiner Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:59:40 -0500

A Hampshire tennis coach has begun a 638 mile (1,027km) cycle ride to raise awareness of climate change.Jeremy Hunter, a coach at Basingstoke's Manydown Tennis, set off on Saturday for the UN Climate ...
BBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:46:10 -0500

NEW YORK: The dollar jumped against major currencies on Friday after data showed the United States lost far fewer jobs than expected last month, bolstering hopes the economy is on a stable path to ...
Times of India Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:35:39 -0500

ROME — Italian tax police said Saturday that they had seized works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and other giants of art in a crackdown on assets hidden by the disgraced founder of the collapsed...
Deseret News Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:35:06 -0500

Todd Hamilton will play full time on the European Tour next season. The 44-year-old American lost his playing rights on the U.S. PGA Tour after finishing 133rd on the 2009 U.S. Money List. He won the...
TSN Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:31:42 -0500

European delegates Saturday boarded a special train dubbed the "Climate Express" in Brussels and headed for the crucial UN conference in Copenhagen which aims to reach a new global climate accord. The...
Breitbart Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:16:28 -0500

Tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in the centre of Rome against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi after an internet call for a "No Berlusconi Day".
SBS Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:12:12 -0500

Barcelona - Superlative Spain lifted its fourth Davis Cup final in a decade to close out the "noughties" with a 3-0 sweep of the Czech Republic Saturday. The Iberian tennis powerhouse bracketed the st...
Earth Times Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:35:06 -0500

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Rome, demanding the resignation of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.The No B (Berlusconi) Day march was organised by grassroots groups via the inter...
BBC Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:21:59 -0500

PERUGIA, Italy ? Tensions and cultural misunderstandings ran high on Saturday after an American college student was found guilty of murdering her British housemate. Rather than clarifying the sag...
International Herald Tribune Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:19:14 -0500

PERUGIA, Italy ? Tensions and cultural misunderstandings ran high on Saturday after an American college student was found guilty of murdering her British housemate. Rather than clarifying the sag...
International Herald Tribune Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:19:13 -0500