What happens to a movie after it wins a few Oscars, gets rave reviews from fans and critics alike and gives a compelling story? Well it gets banned of course! "Brokeback Mountain" is being considered one of the best movies of the century thus far, and yet there is one country that has decided to ban it.

A U.N. relief agency says the new efforts to give out food and ration cards is a sign the situation in the communist nation is improving somewhat, as far as a country as impoverished and backward as North Korea can improve.

The Spurs have been looking to trade Rasho Nesterovic for more than a year now. So far there are no takers for the center who signed with San Antonio as a free agent two seasons ago.

Hurricane Rita proved to be less destructive than her sister Katrina, sparing the states of Texas and Louisiana with less destruction than what was previously predicted.

The finance chiefs of the world`s most powerful democratic nations on Friday singled out the People`s Republic of China, asking Beijing to pursue more currency exchange rate flexibility to help restore balance in the global economy and in the trade of forex stocks. In their end-of-meeting message, G7 officials cited several risks to a generally sunny global economic outlook.

The U.S. has closed the books on the investigation into a raid of militants in Iraq saying it was a justified military operation but the Iraqi government is calling for further investigation.

A new ebook enables new and seasoned internet marketers alike to find their way through the maze of often confusing jargon found online. ?The Internet Marketing Glossary? is what we speak of. Adelaide author Lama Kalla, has typed another ebook worthy of a slot on any interested cyber-library shelf.

Wouldn`t it be great to get commissions for things you sell yourself? For example, if you are shopping at a local business, such as your closest Neiman Marcus, and don`t require any help from a sales rep, shouldn`t you be getting the commission that the sales rep would have received otherwise?

WebAssist today announced the release of WA SiteAssist, a professional-strength website creator integrated into Macromedia Dreamweaver. One of the key advances with SiteAssist is that the graphics and CSS are matched together in a single color family that can be changed in the wizard.

This was the first time since the U.S.-led war against Iraq that the pageant was held on Iraqi soil. Also, for the record, Tamar Goregian is neither a Sunni nor a Shiite Iraqi, but instead an Armenian Iraqi.

Constitution-writing is flourishing around the world, despite Iraq`s troubled efforts to craft a government. Qatar finished a rewrite recently, and Kyrgyzstan will probably start one soon.

Top-seeded Israeli Anna Smashnova defeated Croatia`s Jelena Kostanic 6-2, 6-0 on Saturday and will face Colombian qualifier Catalina Castano in the final of the Budapest Grand Prix.

After many eyebrows were raised and questions asked, FIFA is finally adopting a new world soccer ranking system. What got most people thinking is how come the United States is ranked at number 4, way head of world soccer powers such as French, at 8, and Argentina, at 9.

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) celebrated a decade of success, cracking down on illegal content on the internet.

Last time I?ve checked, pigs couldn?t fly. The reason why I looked out the window in the first place has a lot to do with the fact that the Clippers are 8-2, while the Lakers are 4-6. Is it possible the Clippers make it into the playoffs this season? If they do, you can bet your ass that Donald Sterling will do the best he can to screw up the team by the time next season starts.