The Israeli legal system recently lifted a gag order on the case of an Arab member of parliament who is being investigated for serious charges, ranging from money laundering to abetting the enemy during the Second Lebanon War in the summer of last year. Azmi Bishara has already been questioned twice by police. He is presently out of the country but has stated that he will return for further questioning if need be.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved expanded use of Pfizer`s bestselling cholesterol-lowering medication Lipitor by five new categories, including one to reduce the risk of non-fatal heart attacks and strokes, the company announced Wednesday.

The European Commission ordered an investigation, Thursday, into whether the ?2.6 billion of government funding for the national postal service, Royal Mail, is illegal state aid, as well as, whether the British government provided the company with loans at comfortable rates.

In an attempt to counter the escalation of AIDS/HIV in a country with the highest instances of this disease the world, the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is proposing new legislation

A new "strategic alliance" has taken form in China between the software giant Microsoft and the Chinese search portal Baidu

The French police searched the headquarters of the European Aeronautic Defense & Space (EADS), parent company of Airbus, in relation to suspicion of insider trading. The search hampered yesterday`s celebration of Airbus`s A380, super-jumbo-jet, approval for sale.

Hungary?s flags flew at half-mast over the weekend as the country mourned the death of one its greatest sport legends, Ferenc Puskas

According to the United Nations, Zimbabwe has the highest number of orphans per capita in the world due to the AIDS/HIV pandemic that has swept this Southern African country

China has seen a big increase in the number of HIV/AIDS cases this year. Expert say that there has been an almost 30% jump from last year?s cases

Miami Heat center, Shaquille O`Neil has taken the off-season to pursue his interest in law enforcement. He is reserve deputy at the sheriff`s office in Bedford County, Virginia

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.

Russell G. Colbert, who is the Senior Vice President for Business Development at the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA), announced this past week the creation of a new "Global Affiliate Chapters" (GAC) program for USDLA.

According to a recent study`s results, paid search is not much better than unpaid search in turning online shoppers to buyers. WebSideStory said that a conversion rate for paid search was just 9 percent higher than unpaid search.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that it will provide an estimated $96.1 million to Bangladesh to help expand economic opportunities for the rural poor in that country. It is estimated that as many as 6 million people stand to benefit in Bangladesh from easier access to markets and other services.

Duston Barto, spokesman for the Zakat Foundation of America, says "A lot of people are afraid of donating to Middle East causes because they are afraid they`ll be accused of supporting something other than humanitarian causes."

Soon will be available a new social search site, ChaCha.com, that pays people to answer users questions. "Guides" will be paid up to $10 per hour spent searching for Web sites that contain answers to user questions.

New Zealand has announced that it will be sending an additional $930,000 worth of aid for relief and rehabilitation efforts in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. Both Lebanon and Palestinians will receive roughly $465,000 each from Wellington.

We want to use all of the mechanisms that would comfort the donors, and would assure the Lebanese and the world community that this money is going to receive the ultimate use for the needy people of Lebanon, the Prime Minister of Lebanon promised.

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.

The Philippines are seeking the assistance of the United States, Japan, and Indonesia to clean up the country`s worst-ever oil spill. The Philippines Coast Guard has repeatedly sent requests to the capital, Manila, to act quickly on the spill.

Guy Hovey, head of the U.S.-based United Methodist Committee on Relief said, "This is plainly a crime, not only to us - but to those we serve." Hovey`s group has been on the forefront of evacuating refugees since the fighting began.

In reports that haven`t been confirmed, there are stories emerging that many of those who chose to remain in the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon as Israeli forces advanced into the area willingly supplied Israeli troops with the locations of Hezbollah members holed up in the town, known as the "capital of Hezbollah" in southern Lebanon.

Maj. Gen. MacKenzie, who happened to know the deceased - Major Paeta Hess-von Kruedner - personally, said Hezbollah terrorists using UN personnel as human shields is "a favorite trick by people who don`t have representation in the UN," knowing they will suffer no direct consequences for the violation.

The Oakland Raiders signed first round pick Michael Huff for a five-year contract on Tuesday. According to the new contract, Huff will play for the Raiders for five years and will be paid $22.5 million for it.

The battle over online traffic reaches new levels with firms in India turning to ancient philosophies of vaastu shastra and Chinese feng shui for help.

It seems that Nick Lachey has put his not yet ex-wife, Jessica Simpson, aside in hopes of starting out a romance with "Entertainment Tonight" reporter Vanessa Minnillo.

London Police have raided a possible hideout for terrorist who may have been planning a bomb attack that also involved the use of checmical weapons. Two brothers were questioned during the raid.

The U.S. has closed the books on the investigation into a raid of militants in Iraq saying it was a justified military operation but the Iraqi government is calling for further investigation.

Police in Nairobi, Kenya have made several arrests in connection with a possible fraud squad operating there including a group of known criminals who have been using U.S. Visas. In total 77 arrests were made.

The finance chiefs of the world`s most powerful democratic nations on Friday singled out the People`s Republic of China, asking Beijing to pursue more currency exchange rate flexibility to help restore balance in the global economy and in the trade of forex stocks. In their end-of-meeting message, G7 officials cited several risks to a generally sunny global economic outlook.