A surprise showing in the first round of Egypt`s parliamentary elections has given the Muslim Brotherhood its strongest political foothold heading into the recent vote, hinting at what democracy might look like in the Arab world`s largest country.

There are many question marks surrounding the recent shooting by police officers in an incident in Queens, New York

Spending $100 million to sign Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka and form one of the league`s mightiest starting pitchers rotation

Mark McGregor, BPMG`s Director and Chief Coach, recently received recognition by the Fellowship of The Professional Speakers Association. The award commended Mark`s achievements in both speaking and his work of pursuing the goals of professionalism within the speaking industry.

U.S. President George W. Bush is encouraging Sudan to live up to its pledge to allow United Nations peacekeepers into the troubled western Darfur region. President Bush called Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who he has previously accused of aiding genocide in Darfur.

Some NBA teams are traveling in Europe these days, taking on European basketball clubs eager to beat an American team. Other NBA teams are taking on their own

Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky has arrived in Siberia, where he will serve his eight-year prison sentence for fraud and tax evasion. Khodorkovsky`s case was surrounded with speculation it took place for his support of opposition parties to President Vladimir Putin. Khodorkovsky, 42, a long-time critic of the Putin regime, was sent to camp IK-10, near the border with China and 6,000 kilometers, or 3,730 miles, from his native Moscow. - Fri, 21 Oct 2005 06:32:01 GMT

After losing their season opener to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Philadelphia 76ers have lost their second straight game last night to the Detroit Pistons. The defending Eastern Conference Champions ripped them to the tune of 108 to 88. During the two losses the Sixers reveled several weaknesses they?ll have to fix by Friday?s game against the Bobcats, if they don?t want to fall to 0-3.

The International Bank conference under such name will be held in the capital of Belarus, Minsk from 6th till 8th December.

What does one do when he or she retires from such a demanding job, like that of a dot-com CEO position? Jeff Neugebauer found art. That is, he has begun creating it, and is proving to be quite a rising star. His love is classical fine art, and he has found his talent in creating these works of art.

NBC, one of three major television networks in the United States, has begun casting for new episodic drama. Actors and agents can submit potential season regular hopefuls to the network through the Internet as well as the traditional forms of application.

Red Scream Films has recently announced the signing of David Kann to direct its new horror flick, Prison of the Psychotic Damned`. The movie is scheduled to be released in April, 2006.

At the opening Monday of the winter session of the Knesset - Israel`s parliament, located in the ancient-modern Jewish capital of Jerusalem - the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert repeated an invitation for Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora to meet with him and discuss building a lasting peace between the two nations.

As was said by a Web metrics firm said, Mozilla Corp.`s Firefox continued its steady climb and achieved half a percentage point in market share at the expense of Microsoft Corp.`s Internet Explorer during August.

The Philadelphia Eagles have officially thrown in the towel on this season, as Donovan McNabb`s will have surgery to repair a sports hernia. The star quarterback is expected to miss the final 6 weeks of the season, recuperating from the surgery. For the Eagles, this is the last straw in what has been a long and disappointing season.