In response to growing competition between the major players in the internet arena, Microsoft has announced the launching of a new feature for its Live Search mapping service.

A recent meeting took place in Beijing that dealt with various trade agreements between China and approximately 50 African countries.

The American Music Awards presenters and participants will receive a new form of fashion courtesy of Annansi Clothing Co.`s collection.

The Egyptian police moved on the camp of about 2,000 Sudanese in the middle of Cairo early last Friday morning. Cairo`s deadly clashes highlight growing tensions between refugees and host governments. The United Nation`s High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says there are about 9 million refugees and asylum seekers in the world.

The Teen Choice Awards will tape August 14 and air August 16 on Fox at 8 p.m. EST/PST. Instead of vying for little gold men statuettes, stars compete for the honor of taking home awards in the form of full-size surfboards in such categories as Male Hottie, Liplock, Breakout TV Show and Movie Chemistry.

Great comedy, many times, can come from simple things. Lousy customer service is one such example. Many of the customer-employee confrontations in Paul J. Barker`s delightful `Timothy`s Take-Out`, a new novel topping the best-seller lists, are based on real-life incidents taken from the author`s years of experience as a restaurateur.

After a two year split, Valentine`s Day is the scenic drop for a historic reunion! Barbie and Ken, the eternal couple to many, are trying to be happy together again.

Former MindLeaders executive selected to join Tahoe for Mountainous growth initiative.

Hexalock, Ltd., a leader in CD copy protection technology and digital rights management solutions announced today that Imaging Services Corporation, Omaha, NE has become an Authorized Reseller of HexaLock CD-ROM and CD-RX Copy Protection technology and its associated copy protection software. HexaLock CD-RX media is the first truly copy protectable CD-R available in the market.

Point guard Andre Barrett was signed on Tuesday by the Toronto Raptors as announced by the team. Barrett contract is for the rest of this season including the 2006-07 season to come. The financial details of the contract were not published, according to the team`s policy.

Massacres in wartime are not uncommon. When U.S. troops fought in Vietnam, the ravages of war and the freedom that some people feel when allowed to shed blood led to alleged massacres of townfolk in Vietnam either because they were suspected North Vietnamese or because the soldiers simply lost it, or because the soldiers had an urge to kill.

A wave of panic hit the country after news networks reported that four men had died after been inoculated against flu, and that three out of the four had received their vaccination in the same health clinic in the southern town of Kiryat Gat.

U.S. President George W. Bush has used the first opporunity to nominate a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court during all his years in the White House.

Lt. General Frank Libutti (USMC Ret.) has served in Vietnam and elsewhere and joins 3D Solutions after having served as New York City`s first Deputy Commissioner of Counter-Terrorism from 2002 to 2003, and then as the first "Under Secretary for the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate" at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005.

An entertainment magazine announced that the actor Bruno Kirby has died at the age of 57. He died in Los Angeles from complications related to leukemia, according to a statement from his wife, Lynn Sellers. He had recently been diagnosed with the disease.