The sending of African peacekeepers to Somalia has been the main topic of debate in the African Union summit taking place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia`s capitol. The peacekeeping mission is supposed to fill the void left by the departure of the Ethiopian army.

There seems to b a website for almost everything these days. So many people are opening up web-based businesses, that it is not at all surprising that you can truly find everything on the web. The most successful businesses on the web are those that are original and truly one of a kind.

If you own a small or medium business and are trying to figure out cost effective ways to publicize yourself, then there is a perfect book out there for you. Paying someone for PR is expensive regardless of how successful your business is, but finding out how to get free PR, that`s priceless.

Consumer spending fell 0.5% in August - the largest monthly fall in nearly four years - reflecting the recent rise in gasoline and domestic fuel prices.Consumer spending fell 0.5% in August - the largest monthly fall in nearly four years - reflecting the recent rise in gasoline and domestic fuel prices. - Sat, 1 Oct 2005 08:00:01 GMT

A million 5 GBP banknotes, carrying the image of legendary soccer player George Best, have entered distribution in Northern Ireland

The Comets went on a tear early, then cruised to a 75-58 victory over the dazed Storm in KeyArena to win the Western Conference semifinals, two games to one. The Storm more than just lost.

Sunday`s celebrations began with a 31-gun salute at dawn. President of Bangladesh Prof. Dr Iajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia, her cabinet colleagues, foreign diplomats and other political parties paid tributes to the martyrs with floral wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar, 15 miles west of the capital in the morning.

Wingstop Restaurants, Inc. opened its first Bossier City, LA. location in September at the unfortunately named "Kick a Poo" (Kickapoo) Corner, and only recently got around to releasing a press release about it.

3L, a leading multiprocessor software company, has launched Diamond FPGA, a collective development platform for the creation of applications with FPGA and DSP components.

Sarbakan, a Canadian casual game development studio released `The Bug Factor`, a funny, quirky, action-packed 3rd person shooter game on Trymedia network. In this game, players become one of five Bug Hunters, a team devised to clean Louisiana of mutating space invaders.

A new corporate web site has been created and launched recently for EDTS, Elliott Davis Technology Solutions.

A bomb exploding at the entrance of a Shiite Muslim mosque, on the first day of Ramadan, killed at least 25 people and injured 87. The bomb detonated on the sidewalk next to the mosque?s entrance.

Fears of fresh hate crimes are sparked in anti-semetic attack in Poland where Rabbi was assulted on day of Pope visit.

Sixth-grader Steven Fiedler is on Spring Break this week like millions of other kids. Steven?s first book, Cat Boy ? about an 11-year-old boy who turns into a cat ? was just published, and he?s not planning to be a one-book wonder.

After a promising start, the Clippers are back to their old ways. However, this time it?s not management?s fault, nor the players. Like so many other teams in the league, LA has also been hit with the injury bug. The Clippers have lost 5 out of their last 6 games.