In a year that Fortune Magazine is calling it the year of the Most Powerful Women CEO, we can still see that women across the pipeline ? from the lowest paid worker to the highest ranking CEO ? are earning 2 to 3 times less than men.

Abe is a nationalist politician who has been outspoken in his support for revising Japan?s post-war constitution to enable Japan to better defend itself in a world where North Korea ? a former colonial possession of Japan ? has nuclear weapons capabilities and harbors a antagonistic attitude toward Tokyo.

The Philadelphia 76ers have been nothing but inconsistent this season. After losing two in a row, the team bounced off with six straight victories. What has been a problematic for Philly this year has been bench production.

A UN group set up to deal with administrative details concerning the World Wide Web has been unable to reach a decision and will convene again this coming November to discuss proposals that came out of this month`s meetings.

The 2010 African Nations Cup finals will be hosted by Angola, who won the right to host the occasion as the Confederation of African Football declared on Monday.

The first two stages of the Rally Argentina were held in Cordoba crowning Marcus Gronholm as the fastest.

Stress affects us in our everyday lives. There isn`t one person who doesn`t deal with some form of stress on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the majority of the populations suffers from distress, rather than eustress, the positive of the two.

Amy Kuney`s new, soon-to-be released, self-penned, debut CD, is simply called EP, and is already drawing a great deal of attention.

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.

COCO Development, LLC launched its newest HR compliance software, COBRApoint, a web-powered COBRA, HIPAA, State Continuation and Retiree Billing solution, at the 17th Annual Benefits Management Forum & Expo in Nashville, Tennessee. COBRApoints revolutionary design makes it the first COBRA compliance platform developed on and accessed by the web.

The rumors have turned out true. Google has agreed to purchase online video phenomenon YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock, the companies announced on Monday

Hundreds of thousands of Con Edison customers in the borough of Queens, in New York City, recently entered their sixth full day without power, or with power that has flickered on and off. Who is to blame?

Manchester United has strengthened its striking power with the surprise signing of Henrik Larsson

Dikembe Mutombo, center for the Huston Rockets, is going to fulfill his dream of opening a hospital in the Congo. The hospital will be named after his late mother as the player donated $15 million to the project. The 300-bed `Biamba Marie Mutombo`hospital will open on September 2nd. "We were very close," Mutombo said Monday in a telephone interview.

Women writers have had and exhibited the courage to write about all subjects - from religious and political ideas to erotic and romantic stories, no subject or literary form has been left untouched.