Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice named eight countries this week as the world`s worst violators of religious liberty. The State Department`s seventh annual report on religious freedom listed the same eight countries that it did last year: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Vietnam.

Writers block, mind block or any other similar problems can stop many creative professionals from completing their tasks. However, this no longer needs to be the case, as one company has created a online solution for the most annoying problem a creative can face.

Many people are worried about their private information being stolen online, but the fact is there are many other ways that their private information might be harmed.

What will this year?s mid-term elections in the United States mean for the U.S. economy, and after that the world economy? There is among many the perception that despite whatever shift takes place in the Congress, a wider, more silent, shift is also transpiring in such as a way as to remake the political landscape in the U.S.

An environmentalist from Kenyan named Wangari Maathai and also last year?s Nobel Peace Prize Winner, has received some harsh criticism over the years. Those who side with her actions refer to her as brave and outspoken. Her detractors call her crazy, stubborn, and brash - particulary when she is doing stuff like leading a group of women to strip off their clothes during one protest.

The ability to move quickly and have flexible storage at no cost for the first 28 days, and a small fee from then on, eliminates the fear of the unknown.

A Windows based mobile phone that has been lost or stolen will make annoying noises in order to be found. That thanks to a new service from Synchronica, called Mobile Manager.

Beginning in 2005, deferred compensation plans that are not in compliance with the new rules imposed by The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 may be taxed as wages, slapped with a 20% excise tax, and charged an interest penalty.

Thais woke up this morning to the news that the signs of a possible coup-in-the-making was, far from being just a rumor, an actual coup in planning. As Thailand?s prime minister attended the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the country?s army chief took his chance and ordered government buildings surrounded and barricaded.

The Arab League announced this week that they have promised money to help rebuild Lebanon. A meeting of Arab League foreign ministers in Cairo announced their decision to fund reconstruction of the war-torn nation following a cease-fire agreement which came into effect last week.

One of the leading SEM (Search Engine Marketing) companies, SpiderSplat Consulting Inc., which specializes in Web Analytics Consulting, Targeted Keyword Advertising and organic Search Engine Optimization, has recently welcomed Zachary Mandell as Director of Strategic Development.

Apparently, we will not be seeing Italy`s striker Christian Vieri in next month`s World Cup. Vieri injured his left knee during his French league action and will not be on Marcello Lippi`s team for World Cup.

Search company Google takes its online spreadsheet project one major step forward and buys iRows, and independent company that specializes in online spreadsheet services.

Templatemonster.com, the largest website template provider online, and Globat.com, one of the leading hosting providers, have launched a new program designed to meet the specific needs of US universities and colleges, using an .edu domain name.

If you live in Missouri, you might want to know that you cell phones are being watched ? closely. $3 million will now be spent annually on a monitoring program by the Missouri Department of Transportation.