No more international soccer performance from Eddie Pope, as the U.S soccer star retires. Eddie Pope participated in three World Cup tournaments as well as in the 1996 Olympics during his career. Pope is 32 years old and believes that it`s time to take a step down.

To upgrade a website to fit your visitors`needs it helps to know who actually visits your site. Because spam has become such an issue on the web in the past few years, getting surfers to fill out their info is becoming more and more difficult. The solution for this problem lies in the statistical analysis of the website.

There`s nothing worse than having your ex-boyfriend pass judgment on your current boyfriend, or in Britney Spears case, her current husband. Back when Britney was an "innocent" young woman, her and Justin Timberlake were quite the couple. Thoughts of marriage entered many entertainment buffs minds, but this never came to fruition.

The Internet never fails to surprise. A new lunched site is offering its visitors to click on a button and be directed to another site. What`s surprising about that? Well, this new site will only have one huge button inside it, and everyday pressing the button will transport you to a different web page. This crazy idea comes to life at the Big Giant Button web site, and you can check where the button takes us today by yourself.

Polish Defense Minister Radek Sikorski chastised German Chancellor Angela Merkel for refusing to reverse plans for a German-Russian pipeline project - which were agreed by her predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder. Mr. Schroeder, for his part, has accepted work with a Russian gas firm connected to pipeline construction.

Iraqi insurgents murdered about 112 Shiite pilgrims, who were en route to the holy city Karbala, 80 of them were killed after two suicide-bombers blew themselves up on a busy city street.

While shooting an upcoming film in India, Angelina Jolie decided to commute on a crowded Mumbai train.

Israel`s disengagement from Gaza began early Monday with clashes between soldiers and protesters. A summary of that day`s events is provided here.

1PlanHost has announced that during the month of September, it will be donating 10% of all new account subscriptions and existing renewals to help the citizens of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. In addition, this leading Windows web hosting services provider has waived all fees for its customers affected by Hurricane Katrina`s devastation.

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso has formally declared his intention to run for the country`s premiership, and has also pledged to improve diplomatic ties with neighboring Asian countries. He first run for the position in 2001, in the election which was won by Koizumi.

The International Energy Agency in Paris, France, said this week that the world?s oil market can withstand the rising price of oil, but also warned that the public is already overburdened and the situation is very volatile. After a leak caused by corrosion was discovered last week, British Petroleum American (BP America) closed down its pipeline at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

For any online business, the most important step towards success is having potential customers visit your site. Getting yourself ranked high up in search engines like Google is difficult, especially if your business faces competition with pre-existing online companies.

Kate Winslet, the famous Hollywood actress, says she feels that the glorification of super thin "size zero" models and actresses is "unbelievably disturbing".

U.S. basketball fans were disappointed to learn that the L.A. Lakers`star player, Kobe Bryant, wouldn`t be able to play for the United States on the upcoming world championship this summer.

The queen of the talk show, Oprah Winfrey, will soon become queen of all media. She, like the king of all media Howard Stern, has decided to try out satellite radio. Competing with Sirius Radio, X-M Satellite hopes that Ms. Winfrey will not only boost their sales, but bring them above Sirius.