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A French court dismissed Ferrari's bid to stop Formula One from instituting a budget cap next season, and the Italian team reiterated its threat to pull out of the 2010 championship.
Millions of first-time credit card holders remade Mexico in recent years, buying everything from diapers to DVD players on credit and spurring a boom in consumer spending and bank profits.
Thousands of farmers plan to mark the end of a 30-day "truce" with the government over export tax hikes by taking to the streets again this weekend — but without blocking roads or causing the food shortages that crippled the country during a farm strike in March.
Cattle trucks returned to the main stockyard in the Argentina capital Thursday after a 21-day farm strike against rising export taxes, but shortages of beef and produce remained a headache for consumers nationwide.
Dissident shareholders belittled CNet Networks Inc.'s leadership as incompetent and lackadaisical in its latest efforts to steer the slumping technology news and entertainment company in a new direction.
Argentine farmers announced a temporary truce in a 16-day strike on Friday, but marathon talks with the government failed to yield an immediate agreement over disputed export tax hikes.
An investment group that wants to shake up CNet Networks Inc. has boosted its holdings in the online technology news and entertainment provider in an effort to overcome the company's resistance to a proposed overhaul of its board.
A group of dissident investors is vying to seize control of CNet Networks Inc.'s board in an attempt to shake up the online technology news and entertainment company, which has been struggling for years to capitalize on one of the Internet's largest audiences.
A group of religiously observant Israeli infantry soldiers on Monday refused an army order to evacuate Jewish squatters from the biblical city of Hebron, the traditional burial place of Abraham, saying they would not expel Jews from sacred land.
Wildfires in several western states have stirred embers of the "Sagebrush Rebellion," as ranchers and politicians have criticized federal agencies, the courts and environmentalists over policies they say are contributing to the fires.
Democrats trying to overtake the speaker's podium were physically restrained by House sergeants-at-arms as they tried to grab the microphone.
Operators of a Web site that ranks and displays items based on recommendations from its users relented this week in allowing people to post information and links on breaking the locks on high-definition DVDs.
Less than a week after interest groups complained about a proposed bulk-e-mailing fee, America Online Inc. said nonprofit organizations will not have to pay to send mass messages to their members after all.
America Online is vowing to carry out its plans to institute fees for mass senders of e-mail, despite protests from groups representing 15 million people that claim the move will stifle communications instead of merely halting spam.
Iran: Reformists Allegedly Tortured to Give False ConfessionsSeveral reformists currently jailed in Iran are alleged to have been tortured as the government tried to obtain videotaped "confessions" of a foreign plot against the government.
First, some background notes about Judaism, particularly about the "streams" of Judaism.
Mockery of Philippine Party-List The proclamation of Jovito Palparan and of Ma. Lourdes Arroyo as party-list representatives has shocked and amazed those Filipinos who're still capable of those reactions in this country of wonders.
Philippine judge warns possibility Arroyo might declare Martial LawANC viewers watching the interview of Metropolitan Trial Court Judge Jorge Emmanuel Lorredo by Willard Cheng aired live on the lunchtime news "Dateline" Wednesday last week were puzzled why it was abruptly cut.
Sarkozy uneasy - France on the brink of revolution, part IIPRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy received a bullet in the post last week with a letter threatening to kill him. Meanwhile, several executives, including three Britons, were locked in their offices by workers in protest against redundancies.
Things were as tight as they could be, in Lucknow( a city in Northern India), with the elections around the corner. There was no scope of switching off for a while, no room for errors.
I will no longer have erections. This is my stand, I am taking a stand. I have some Viagra, I refuse to eat it. I am in control. The birth control pill put women in control of their sexuality; Viagra puts men in control of their erections.
US and British diplomats scramble to defuse Pakistan crisisUS and British diplomats were scrambling to broker a truce between Pakistan's feuding political leaders tonight as thousands of black-suited lawyers defied a government ban to launch a mass protest across the country.
To Stage A Gnarly Prank, Kids Head To The StoreSupermarket managers at Publix have new troublemakers to chase down besides the usual shoplifters: kids running through the store in chicken suits.
The GOP nominee, John McCain, plans to take control over his party. McCain's a smart man and one of the only sane republicans left in congress. This will be somewhat similar to Newt Gingrich's rebellion in the House. Unlike most republicans, McCain wants to help Obama succeed.
Is there a new threat to the American way ? Or is it still Al-Qaeda and Islamic extremist which I never thought was a real threat anyway but just following the LINE here. Or the new Revoltist or Rebel
What the Huck? Chuck Norris' roundhouse kick to the gut of American democracy That was fast.
Drug Testing: Chess Players Rebel | Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)Kudos to the brave Chess-players!
In Quiet Rebellion, Parishioners Keep FaithSt. Frances was among dozens of churches that the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston decided to close and sell in 2004, not least because of financial turmoil made worse by the abuse scandal in the clergy. But while most churches closed without a fight, parishioners at St.
Humanitarian crisis brews in southern PhilippinesKalipa and his fellow villagers are among hundreds of thousands of civilians whose lives have been turned upside down by conflict in the southern Philippines
"Dissent without action is consent"Exactly one year ago, Filipinos were glued to their TV sets watching a few, brave military officers led BGen Danilo Lim and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV take a stand against the trampling by Gloria Arroyo of our Constitution and and our democratic institutions...
Congo rebels make roadblock out of bodiesThe road that leads into rebel-controlled Congo begins with a makeshift roadblock made from the corpses of two government soldiers strewn across the dark volcanic earth.
Cholera threatens DR Congo camps A cholera outbreak is threatening tens of thousands of people who have fled fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, aid agencies have warned.
Gen. Danny Lim and the new face of the Philippine Armed ForcesThe most surprising and significant aspect of recent events is the revelation that Gen. Danilo Lim of Scout Rangers fame has been part of the [Philippine] military resistance.
The Army of the Republic: Insurgency Comes to AmericaAn excellent interview with Stuart Archer Cohen on his new book The Army of the Republic.
Burn, Baby, Burn! I never thought I'd see the day when white middle-class America got angry enough to hurl a brick through the windows of their own neighborhoods, but the last few days have brought them close to the next best thing.
Secret CIA Campaign against China involved Tibetan MonksDARJEELING, India -- Chodak, an 83-year-old former monk, fled Tibet in the wake of a bloody Chinese invasion more than 50 years ago. Today, he spends his days trimming wool carpets at a refugee center perched above the tranquil tea plantations of this Indian hill town.
Former Philippine President Estrada to US: Keep off MILF, gov't conflictLet Filipinos solve their own problems, former President Joseph Estrada said in reaction to the calls of Ambassador Kristie Kenney for a renegotiation between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the government on the aborted Bangsamoro agreement.
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