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Promoting a Shared Vision
As Michael Kaleko kept running into people who were getting older and having more vision problems, he realized he could do something about it. | 6 |
Expense Issue Draws Mixed Views From Companies
The debate over whether companies should treat stock options as an expense draws mixed reactions from Washington area businesses, some of which have a lot to lose if the accounting rule changes. | 6 |
IOC's Decision Delayed
Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou get a delay from the panel that will say whether they should be banned for missing a drug test. | 8 |
Phelps Back in Pool
Michael Phelps, still smarting after America's loss in the 400 freestyle relay, returns to the pool and qualifies for the 200-meter butterfly. | 8 |
British national killed in Athens
A Briton is killed in Athens after being hit by a car allegedly driven by a member of the Danish Olympic sailing team. | 2 |
Briton killed in Athens accident
A Briton is killed in Athens after being hit by a car allegedly driven by a member of the Danish Olympic sailing team. | 2 |
Nottingham murder hunt resumes
Police continue their hunt for murder suspect Terry Rodgers, who is sought over his daughter's death. | 2 |
Prosecutors named for riot case
India's Supreme Court names two prosecution lawyers for the retrial of a notorious Gujarat riot case. | 2 |
Delegates Tell Cleric to Pull Out of Najaf (AP)
AP - Delegates at Iraq's National Conference called on radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to abandon his uprising against U.S. and Iraqi troops and pull his fighters out of a holy shrine in Najaf. | 13 |
Last U.S. Defector Said Living in N. Korea (AP)
AP - The man believed to be the last American defector still living in North Korea says he has no plans to return home, according to two British filmmakers who interviewed him for a documentary. | 13 |
Palestinian Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike
JERUSALEM - More than a thousand Palestinian prisoners went on a hunger strike to press for better conditions, but Israel responded by tightening inmate restrictions, and a Cabinet minister said he wouldn't care if they starved to death. About 1,600 prisoners struck on Sunday... | 13 |
Briton killed in Athens accident
A Briton is killed in Athens after being hit by a car allegedly driven by a member of the Danish Olympic sailing team. | 10 |
Nottingham murder hunt resumes
Police continue their hunt for murder suspect Terry Rodgers, who is sought over his daughter's death. | 10 |
Prosecutors named for riot case
India's Supreme Court names two prosecution lawyers for the retrial of a notorious Gujarat riot case. | 10 |
Sainsbury's snaps up Jacksons stores
Business: J Sainsbury boosts its presence in the booming convenience store sector. | 10 |
Journalists ordered to leave Najaf
Media: The Iraqi government has told journalists to leave the city of Najaf or risk being shot. | 10 |
The statement appeared late yesterday on a web site known as a...
An online statement purportedly from an Islamic militant group threatened the Netherlands and Italy with - oebloodbaths - if they don - t withdraw their troops from Iraq. | 2 |
War heroes' records placed online
An online service to help people find British relatives who were born or died abroad launches on Monday. | 2 |
India's Tata expands regional footprint via NatSteel buyout (AFP)
AFP - India's Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd. took a strategic step to expand its Asian footprint with the announcement it will buy the Asia-Pacific steel operations of Singapore's NatSteel Ltd. | 13 |
French reporter missing in Iraq
A French-American journalist is feared kidnapped along with his Iraqi translator in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya. | 13 |
Prosecutors named for riot case
India's Supreme Court names two prosecution lawyers for the retrial of a notorious Gujarat riot case. | 13 |
Greek Duo Doping Probe Staggers Toward Farce
ATHENS (Reuters) - A doping probe which has dogged the host country's Olympic Games staggered toward farce on Monday when a hearing involving Greece's two top sprinters was postponed again. | 10 |
War heroes' records placed online
An online service to help people find British relatives who were born or died abroad launches on Monday. | 10 |
Europe and US in aircraft aid row
The European Commission and President George Bush are in a war of words over subsidies given to aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing. | 0 |
China jails woman in porn crackdown
'Lewd' shows a no-no | 6 |
Europe and US in aircraft aid row
The European Commission and President George Bush are in a war of words over subsidies given to aircraft makers Airbus and Boeing. | 2 |
Iraqis urge Sadr to end stand-off
Delegates from all over Iraq appeal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr to end his uprising in Najaf. | 2 |
Ex-Chess Champion Fischer to Marry Japanese Woman (Reuters)
Reuters - In a bold gambit worthy of the chess
champion he once was, Bobby Fischer plans to wed a four-time
Japan great in the hope of avoiding deportation home to the
United States, where he is wanted for breaking sanctions. | 13 |
Venezuela's Chavez Claims Victory, Foes Cry Fraud
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan leftist President Hugo Chavez on Monday declared victory in a referendum on his rule but the opposition called the results "a gigantic fraud." | 13 |
Ex-Chess Champion Fischer to Marry Japanese Woman
TOKYO (Reuters) - In a bold gambit worthy of the chess champion he once was, Bobby Fischer plans to wed a four-time Japan great in the hope of avoiding deportation home to the United States, where he is wanted for breaking sanctions. | 13 |
Iraqis urge Sadr to end stand-off
Delegates from all over Iraq appeal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr to end his uprising in Najaf. | 13 |
Kenyan writer's wife was raped
Acclaimed Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o tells reporters his wife was raped during last week's attack. | 13 |
Bush to Announce Worldwide U.S. Troop Withdrawals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush is expected to announce on Monday the withdrawal of about 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia in a major realignment of the U.S. military presence to better fight the war on terrorism. | 10 |
Iraqis urge Sadr to end stand-off
Delegates from all over Iraq appeal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr to end his uprising in Najaf. | 10 |
Rogue proteins give yeast an edge
Rogue proteins that behave like those linked to vCJD and Alzheimer's can give yeast a survival advantage. | 6 |
DiMarco, Riley Get on Ryder Cup Team (AP)
AP - Hal Sutton had a good idea what kind of U.S. team he would take to the Ryder Cup. All that changed in the final round of the PGA Championship. | 8 |
Twins Rally to Beat Indians in 10 Innings (AP)
AP - The Minnesota Twins left Cleveland clinging to first place in the AL Central — and already looking ahead to their next showdown with the surprising Indians. | 8 |
Doping-Greek Sprint Duo's Hearing Postponed
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou won a two-day reprieve at the Athens Olympics when a disciplinary hearing investigating their missed drugs tests was adjourned until Wednesday. | 8 |
Football: England lose Bridge
Wayne Bridge withdraws from the England squad for their friendly against Ukraine. | 2 |
Are you concerned about ID cards?
The UK could "sleepwalk into a surveillance society" as a result of ID cards, the Information commissioner has warned. Send us your views. | 2 |
Football: England lose Bridge
Wayne Bridge withdraws from the England squad for their friendly against Ukraine. | 10 |
Are you concerned about ID cards?
The UK could "sleepwalk into a surveillance society" as a result of ID cards, the Information commissioner has warned. Send us your views. | 10 |
Taiwan ODMs signal notebook sales slowdown
Weak demand in H2 | 6 |
Why cyberscofflaws get off easy
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why convicted virus and worm authors are more likely to do Club Fed than hard time. | 6 |
Cash to honour slain Chechen leader (Reuters)
Reuters - Children born on the birthday of slain Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov will get
$170 in a cash payout that will double for boys who are given his name, a spokesman for the Russian region
says. | 2 |
Netherlands should stay in Iraq after deadly attack on troops: press (AFP)
AFP - The Dutch media voiced support for the government's stance not to bow to terror after a Dutch soldier was killed in Iraq, but called on The Hague to step up security measures for its troops. | 2 |
Iraqi Leader Treated for Blocked Artery (AP)
AP - Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, was in stable condition Friday following a procedure to unblock a coronary artery, his office said. | 2 |
Ukraine to Maintain Current Iraq Force (AP)
AP - Ukraine's defense minister said Friday his country will maintain its sizable military force in Iraq for the foreseeable future, contrary to his earlier suggestion that the force might be reduced or withdrawn. | 2 |
Marie-Antoinette's Jewels Stolen (AP)
AP - Police appealed to the public Friday for help in tracking down stolen jewels once owned by Marie-Antoinette. | 2 |
Lourdes Readies for Visit From Pope (AP)
AP - At first glance, Lourdes looks less like a holy shrine than a religious strip mall, with shops selling rosary beads, Virgin Mary ashtrays or cuckoo clocks that chirp "Ave Maria." | 2 |
New EU Security Chief Offers Bold Plan (AP)
AP - The European Union's new security coordinator suggested Friday that the bloc needs a special anti-terrorism unit to share intelligence and an EU border guard force to tackle illegal immigration. | 2 |
Russian Orthodox Leader Snubs Pontiff (AP)
AP - The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church emphasized Friday that Pope John Paul II is not welcome in Russia, reiterating that an icon the pontiff once hoped to return personally in a conciliatory gesture is a copy of a revered 16th-century work. | 2 |
Terror Attacks Linked to al-Qaida (AP)
AP - A glance at terror attacks believed linked to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terror network. | 2 |
British Terror Suspect to Remain Held (AP)
AP - A judge on Friday ordered that a British man wanted in the United States for allegedly aiding terrorists be held for 28 more days as lawyers prepare for an extradition hearing. | 2 |
One Dead As Boat Flips Off Canary Islands (AP)
AP - A small boat packed with Africans trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands capsized Friday in rough seas, leaving one person dead and 32 missing, authorities said. | 2 |
New EU Panel to Focus on Reforms (AP)
AP - Reform-minded figures from some of Europe's smaller, nimbler economies won key posts in the European Union's executive branch, part of a drive by the incoming president to prioritize growth across the continent. | 2 |
Turkmen Leader Scolds Presenters on Makeup (AP)
AP - Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader has scolded national television presenters for wearing too much makeup and told them to look natural. | 2 |
Austrian Seminary Closed Amid Porn Probe (AP)
AP - A papal emissary investigating suspected homosexuality and child pornography among student priests shut down the seminary at the center of the scandal Thursday, acknowledging his probe had bared "very painful" revelations of sexual misconduct. | 2 |
German Historian Mommsen Dies at 73 (AP)
AP - Wolfgang Mommsen, a historian who chronicled Germany's imperial past and took part in a "historians' battle" over whether the Nazis' crimes were unique, has died, his twin brother told The Associated Press on Thursday. He was 73. | 2 |
Russia Plans Defense Spending Increase (AP)
AP - Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Thursday that Russia plans a big increase in defense spending next year, with some extra money going to bigger cash allowances for soldiers. | 2 |
Begonias Bury Brussels Central Square (AP)
AP - How to improve a city plaza where a wispy Gothic spire towers over exquisitely preserved medieval guild houses, a market square that writer Victor Hugo, a one-time resident, called Europe's most beautiful? | 2 |
Rumsfeld Thanks Azerbaijan President (AP)
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld thanked Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliev on Thursday for his country's support in the war on terrorism. | 2 |
Poland Plans to Relocate Bases in Iraq (AP)
AP - Poland will cut back its military bases in Iraq next year and shift some posts to safer locations as part of a long-standing plan to gradually transfer authority to Iraqis, defense officials said Thursday. | 2 |
Britain Moves Against Windfall for Rapist (AP)
AP - Home Secretary David Blunkett said Thursday he plans to bar convicted felons from benefiting from financial windfalls while behind bars after a jailed rapist won 7 million pounds (US$12.6 million) on the national lottery. | 2 |
German, Italians Mark Nazi Massacre (AP)
AP - German Interior Minister Otto Schily joined a commemoration Thursday of the 60th anniversary of a Nazi massacre of hundreds of civilians in this Tuscan village, calling it a "place of shame" for his nation. | 2 |
Small Bombs Rattle Northern Spain Cities (AP)
AP - Small bombs rattled two northern cities Thursday, one hidden in a bush at a Santander park causing no harm and a second at a beach in Gijon slightly injuring an elderly man, the Interior Ministry said. | 2 |
French Court Reopens Diana Driver Probe (AP)
AP - A French appeals court has reopened an investigation into whether there was any falsification of toxicology tests on the chauffeur in the car crash that killed Princess Diana in 1997, judicial sources said Thursday. | 2 |
Ailing Pope to Visit Shrine at Lourdes (AP)
AP - Joined by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, the ailing Pope John Paul II will make a weekend trip to Lourdes, France, visiting a shrine associated with miraculous cures. | 2 |
Water Back on in Princess Diana Fountain (AP)
AP - Parks officials turned the water on again in the problem-plagued Princess Diana Memorial Fountain Thursday but it will remain closed to visitors until next week. | 2 |
British Government Unveils Plan Vs. Crime (AP)
AP - The British government unveiled proposals Thursday to give police sweeping new powers as it attempts to live up to its election campaign promise to be "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime." | 2 |
Germany Tries to Make Amends in Namibia (AP)
AP - A senior German official acknowledged her country's "colonial guilt" for a crackdown in Namibia 100 years ago, days before she heads to the country for commemorations of the tragedy. | 2 |
Film May Be Man's Ticket Out of 'Terminal' (AP)
AP - He has no address but his mail arrives just the same. The pharmacy takes his phone calls and the cluster of fast food restaurants assures a steady flow of food, handouts included. | 2 |
Algeria Court Upholds Reporter Conviction (AP)
AP - An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a two-year prison term for one of Algeria's best known journalists in a case seen by many as a pretext to crush press freedom in this North African country. | 2 |
Clashes Intensify in Georgian Region (AP)
AP - Georgian forces and South Ossetian separatists exchanged intense gun and mortar fire in the breakaway region, and officials said Wednesday that at least eight people were injured. | 2 |
U.N.: Youth Joblessness Could Boost Crime (AP)
AP - The number of jobless young people worldwide has reached an all-time high of 88 million, fueling frustration and possibly boosting crime and even terrorism in hard-hit poor nations, the United Nations labor agency said Wednesday. | 2 |
Spanish Airliner Led to May Terror Scare (AP)
AP - Fighter planes from three European countries intercepted and tailed a Spanish airliner in a terror scare in May after the civilian aircraft's pilots failed to answer messages from air traffic controllers, the Spanish airline said Wednesday. | 2 |
Terror Suspects Lose Internment Challenge (AP)
AP - Evidence obtained by other governments through torture could be used to detain terrorist suspects indefinitely in Britain, the Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday. | 2 |
al-Qaida Captive Defends Sept. 11 Suspect (AP)
AP - A key al-Qaida captive in U.S. custody told interrogators that a Moroccan on trial for helping the Hamburg-based Sept. 11 suicide pilots had no knowledge of the plot, according to a summary of the questioning of two key terror suspects presented Wednesday for the first time in court. | 2 |
Bulgaria Confirms ID of Body in Iraq (AP)
AP - Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday confirmed the identity of a decapitated body found in Iraq's Tigris River as that of a second Bulgarian truck driver taken hostage by al-Qaida-linked militants. | 2 |
Cash to honour slain Chechen leader (Reuters)
Reuters - Children born on the birthday of slain Chechen leader Akhmad Kadyrov will get
$170 in a cash payout that will double for boys who are given his name, a spokesman for the Russian region
says. | 13 |
Pakistan still supporting Kashmiri rebels: Indian Home Ministry (AFP)
AFP - Pakistan continues to support Islamic insurgency in Kashmir and will use militant attacks to influence ongoing peace talks with rival India, India's Home Ministry said in its annual report. | 13 |
Briton killed in Olympic city
UK: A British man has died in Athens after being hit by a car thought to have been driven by an Olympic sailor. | 10 |
Lowe's Second-Quarter Profit Rises (Reuters)
Reuters - Lowe's Cos. (LOW.N), the second-largest
home improvement retailer behind Home Depot Inc. (HD.N), on
Monday said quarterly profit rose, but trailed estimates. | 0 |
Stocks Seen Little Changed; Oil Weighs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks are seen opening little changed on Monday as crude prices remain high, but insurers may dip on worries about their potential liabilities after a hurricane struck Florida on Friday. | 0 |
Lowe's Second-Quarter Profit Rises
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Lowe's Cos. <LOW.N>, the second-largest home improvement retailer behind Home Depot Inc. <HD.N>, on Monday said quarterly profit rose, but trailed estimates. | 0 |
Oil Prices Hold Near Record
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices simmered near fresh highs Monday even though early reports of victory for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a referendum on his rule eased fears that unrest could upset the country's oil exports. | 0 |
BA workers approve holiday strike
British Airways workers plan to strike for 24 hours during the August Bank Holiday weekend unless a pay row is settled, the GMB union said. | 0 |
Doping Probe of Greeks Staggers Toward Farce
ATHENS (Reuters) - A doping probe that has dogged the host country's Olympic Games staggered toward farce on Monday when a hearing involving Greece's two top sprinters was postponed again. | 8 |
Bright Gal Gets Fulbright
Janice Perry, a native Vermonter and internationally acclaimed performance artist known as Gal, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant. | 2 |
GPs 'losing touch' with patients
GPs are becoming more distanced from their patients, compromising continuity of care, an opinion poll has revealed. | 2 |
Dollar rebounds ahead of data; oil worries hit yen (AFP)
AFP - The dollar bounced back after suffering heavy losses late last week on the back of figures showing a record high US trade deficit, as investors awaited US investment flow data. | 2 |
European stocks wilt amid oil, insurance worries (AFP)
AFP - European stock markets were mostly lower in early trading after world oil prices climbed to new all-time highs levels and insurers counted the cost of Hurricane Charley. | 2 |
BA workers approve holiday strike
British Airways workers plan to strike for 24 hours during the August Bank Holiday weekend unless a pay row is settled, the GMB union said. | 2 |
European stocks wilt amid oil, insurance worries (AFP)
AFP - European stock markets were mostly lower in early trading after world oil prices climbed to new all-time highs levels and insurers counted the cost of Hurricane Charley. | 13 |
Gunman kills Tamil activist in Sri Lanka capital (AFP)
AFP - A suspected Tamil Tiger rebel shot dead a rival Tamil political activist in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, police said. | 13 |
BA workers approve holiday strike
British Airways workers plan to strike for 24 hours during the August Bank Holiday weekend unless a pay row is settled, the GMB union said. | 13 |
Doping Probe of Greeks Staggers Toward Farce
ATHENS (Reuters) - A doping probe that has dogged the host country's Olympic Games staggered toward farce on Monday when a hearing involving Greece's two top sprinters was postponed again. | 10 |
BA workers approve holiday strike
British Airways workers plan to strike for 24 hours during the August Bank Holiday weekend unless a pay row is settled, the GMB union said. | 10 |
Lowe's 2Q Earnings Higher on Home Market (AP)
AP - Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos. reported Monday that a robust housing market drove second-quarter earnings higher year-over-year, but results failed to meet Wall Street expectations. | 0 |
Sri Lanka hit by oil strike
Workers at Sri Lanka's main oil company end a two-day strike, held in protest at government plans to sell more of the company. | 0 |
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