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 Intel has always tried to go out of the microprocessor market, and has tried its hand in several other realms, but only as a sort of tourist who ends up making his bags and eventually heading back to his home market. Andy Grove, the well-known charismatic co-founder of the company, former chairman and CEO, has a brand new semi-unofficial...
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 Boris Rubinsky, bioengineering professor at the University of California, came up with an unique, affordable and simple alternative to currently used medical technology. The mobile phone is in the spotlight again. It seems that the extraordinary potential of this device has barely been exploited until now as the number of functions and...
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 After two successful rehearsals, the European cargo ship, Jules Verne, flawlessly docked at the International Space Station (ISS) at about 10:40 a.m. This is the first of many automated resupply ships to come that are to make runs back and forth to the ISS. "It was a first for Europe and we achieved it on the first try," ESA...
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 A new more or
less surprising deal was announced today by tech company Apple and
sport-dedicated company Nike. The two popular companies made public today the
fact that they had joined forces in order to revolutionize Apple’s highly
famous device, the iPod NanS.
Apple and Nike
announced on Tuesday that they were already working...
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 The Soyuz TMA-10 craft has just
started its space trip back home, as on Sunday, 3:14 p.m. (Malaysian time) it
has left its docking port at the International Space Station and has started to
sail its return trip back to Earth. On board of the Soyuz TMA-10 craft there
are three persons: the Malaysian Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and two...
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Five teams are fighting for the last three places in the knockout stage of the Champions League when the last group matches take place on Wednesday and Thursday.
There is also plenty at stake for clubs now out of contention in the Champions League but seeking UEFA Cup participation as third-place finishers in their groups.
Roma,...
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Premier League club Aston Villa begin their UEFA Cup group phase campaign on Thursday against former Champions League winners Ajax Amsterdam.
With SV Hamburg, Slavia Prague and MSK Zilina the other teams in Group F, the teams will be all out to ensure that they get enough points to progress to the next round.
Villa are one of three...
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Schalke 04 will be looking to follow up last weekend's bright start to the Bundesliga with a victory at Werder Bremen in a meeting between two title aspirants on Saturday.
Meanwhile title holders Bayern Munich face a tough trip to Borussia Dortmund as they seek a first league win for new coach Juergen Klinsmann.
Schalke travel to...
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German Cup holders Bayern Munich begin the defence of their title with a visit to third-division Rot-Weiss Erfurt on Sunday in a first competitive test under new coach Juergen Klinsmann.
The former Germany coach and Bayern striker will be keen to see some improvement after his first weeks in charge have produced anything but the form...
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Governments should not abandon women and children who need their help most, even as tax revenues shrink because of the global financial crisis, the UN children's fund warned Tuesday.
Key East Asian and Pacific leaders met in Singapore to discuss how best to protect children by maintaining or scaling up social spending despite...
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India has provided evidence on the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday.
"We have today handed over to Pakistan evidence of the links with elements in Pakistan of the terrorists who attacked Mumbai on 26th November, 2008," Mukherjee said.
Indian Foreign Secretary...
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India has provided evidence on the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Monday.
"We have today handed over to Pakistan evidence of the links with elements in Pakistan of the terrorists who attacked Mumbai on 26th November, 2008," Mukherjee said.
Indian Foreign Secretary...
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The sanctions by the United Nations Security Council against Iran over its controversial nuclear programmes have boosted the country's self-confidence, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday.
"The sanctions by our enemies are illegal and out of animosity against Iran and their approach eventually led to distrust...
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New Zealand and Fiji are poised for a clash over sanctions imposed on the South Pacific island state's military government that could see both countries expel diplomats, according to news reports on Monday.
Fiji strongman Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup two years ago, demanded that New Zealand ease...
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The weekend summit of China, Japan and South Korea was hailed by Seoul Monday as good news for the country's economy.
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said the summit was likely to bring economic benefits to the country and help it to access more foreign exchange.
The three countries signed a currency swap agreement, Lee...
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US President George W Bush on Monday praised the post-Taliban progress made by the international community in Afghanistan but said allied forces there had "difficult days ahead" in their fight against terrorism.
He also committed the United States to establishing a stable democracy there as violence is on the rise and he...
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More than 1,000 people confronted at least 300 Chinese riot police on Friday after they were angered by alleged vote-buying in a village election, a rights group reported.
About 50 villagers were injured and police detained some 200 protestors after the riot on Friday morning in Pingyao county in the northern province of Shanxi,...
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Liu Xiaobo, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, has been detained by police for "undermining the state's authority," Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa was told Wednesday by a lawyer supporting Liu.
Liu's arrest - on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the declaration of universal human rights - prompted strong international...
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The future of international negotiations on a verification system for the dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear weapons programme was in doubt Wednesday after diplomats failed to reach agreement.
"We have not achieved our goal," US chief negotiator Christopher Hill was quoted as saying by South Korea's official Yonhap news...
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International negotiators in Beijing spent Wednesday trying to hammer out a compromise on verifying the dismantlement of North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.
In the third day of talks in the latest round of six-party negotiations, the focus was on the draft of a protocol laying out the guidelines for nuclear facility inspections...
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China on Tuesday issued a draft agreement on a mechanism to verify North Korea's nuclear disarmament, as top nuclear negotiators from six countries entered into a second day of talks.
The delegates from the United States, China, Russia, Japan, North and South Korea were to review the draft and deliver their positions to China, South...
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Envoys from North Korea and five other nations began a new round of talks Monday in Beijing to persuade North Korea to quit its nuclear weapons programme, Chinese officials said.
The chief negotiators of the United States, China, Japan, Russia, North and South Korea met for a first round of talks at Beijing's state guest house, a...
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Envoys from North Korea and five other nations began a new round of talks Monday in Beijing to persuade North Korea to quit its nuclear weapons programme - but amid little optimism.
The talks, which had been on hold for five months, were expected to develop into difficult negotiations, various delegation sources said.
The chief...
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A senior Iranian cleric on Friday termed the requests by the United Nations nuclear watchdog from Iran as irrelevant and further criticized its head Mohamed ElBaradei for "ambiguous remarks."
"The IAEA should act impartially and within its defined framework and not follow accusations which have no documented...
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US president-elect Barack Obama telephoned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and promised him that his administration would continue efforts to advance the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.
Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said in a statement sent to reporters overnight that in Tuesday's telephone conversation,...
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A Chinese legal activist on Thursday said he had been freed from police custody after being held for nearly two weeks to prevent him from advising candidates and voters in local elections.
Yao Lifa said police in the central province of Hubei released him on Wednesday night because his wife had become seriously ill during his what he...
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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk on Thursday was crowned Bhutan's fifth dragon king in a lavish ceremony in the capital of the tiny Himalayan nation, becoming the world's youngest head of state.
Oxford-educated Jigme Kehsar, 28, took over the kingship from his father, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, 53, who placed the traditional raven crown...
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There is excitement in the air in Thimphu, capital of the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan, as it prepares for the coronation of its fifth king - the 28-year-old Oxford-educated Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk on Thursday.
"The mood is festive. Everybody is getting ready. The lights are up as are the flags," Khandu-om...
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A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled vest inside a ministry in the centre of Kabul Thursday, killing five people and wounding six while four police officers were killed in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
Security guards at the Ministry of Information and Culture opened fire on the bomber but he...
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A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-filled vest inside a ministry in the centre of Kabul Thursday, killing five people and wounding 12, while four police officers were killed in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
Security guards at the Ministry of Information and Culture opened fire on the bomber but he...
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in India Thursday on his first official visit to the South Asian region that will also take him to Nepal and Bangladesh, officials said.
Ban flew to New Delhi from Manila for a two-day visit during which he is due to discuss regional and international matters with Indian leaders, including...
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Asian and European leaders plan to call for new goals to fight climate change up to 2012 to be agreed by the end of next year, according to a draft summit statement seen Friday.
"Leaders welcomed the substantial progress made at the climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2007," said the draft...
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co said Wednesday that it was scrapping its 5.85-billion-dollar bid for US memory card maker SanDisk Corp, citing its third-quarter loss and a partnership with Samsung's rival Toshiba Corp.
Lee Yoon Woo, Samsung's chief executive officer, said in a letter to SanDisk's board that the Milpitas,...
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The head of Lebanon's Christian Phalange Party Amin Gemayel warned Friday against "racial cleansing" targeting Christians in Iraq since the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2005.
Thousands of Iraqi Christians have been reported leaving their homes, particularly in the northern city of Mosul, following...
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Chinese organizers of a culture show next year in the German city of Frankfurt said on Thursday that Taiwan would be welcome to take part it the effort to promote new books written in Chinese.
Every year, one nation attends the Frankfurt Book Fair as guest of honour, bringing a retinue of authors and musicians to drum up interest from...
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China said it was sympathetic to Pakistan's financial situation and would help its long-term ally "within its capability" on Thursday, as Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari continued his visit.
"As an all-weather friend, China understands Pakistan's economic and financial difficulties," foreign ministry spokesman...
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Two blasts occurred outside Iraq's foreign ministry on Tuesday as visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to hold a press conference in the Green Zone compound, al-Jazeera satellite channel has reported.
Two mortar rounds had landed in the area. At least five people were injured in the incident.
The Foreign...
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Thai Deputy Prime Minister General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh resigned his post Tuesday to take "responsibility" for a confrontation between anti-government protestors and police.
Chavalit submitted his resignation to Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat Tuesday shortly after police fired tear gas on thousands of protestors...
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The first military talks between North and South Korea in eight months ended shortly after they began Thursday with no concrete progress and North Korea accusing the South of spreading propoganda in its territory.
Pak Rim Su, the leader of the North's delegation, accused the South Korean side of not being prepared to solve problems...
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Military officers from North and South Korea are to meet Thursday for the first time in eight months, the Defence Ministry in Seoul said.
On the agenda at the talks in Panmunjom, a village inside the demilitarized zone dividing the two Koreas, is the implementation of agreements already made between the neighbours' militaries, the...
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The Shenzhou VII mission marks a key stage in China's ambitious manned space programme, which is designed to produce a permanent Chinese space laboratory in orbit by 2020.
The success of the three-day mission, which includes a first spacewalk, will mark a "remarkable step in space exploration" on the way to setting up the...
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Taiwan's health authorities ordered all food and beverages using Chinese dairy ingredients be taken off the shelves by 10 pm (1400 GMT) Wednesday, in the latest fallout from China's tainted milk scandal.
"We have decided to adopt what could be the world's most stringent measure by imposing a sweeping, temporary ban on the...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday left Kabul for New York to attend the opening of the 63rd UN General Assembly and meet world leaders including US President George W Bush.
On Wednesday, Karzai is scheduled to address session to inform about the progress his country has made against terrorism, the presidential palace said in a...
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North Korea said Friday that it had begun work to restart its Yongbyon nuclear reactor because the United States had failed to keep promises it made in nuclear talks.
The reactor, which North Korea shut down last year as part of those talks, can supply plutonium that can be used to make nuclear bombs.
The restart of the reactor at...
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China and India on Friday ended their latest two-day round of talks on border disputes with an agreement to continue dialogue but no sign of progress.
"Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Indian National Security Adviser MK Narayanan headed their delegations for the talks, which were pragmatic, candid and friendly," the...
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Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Wednesday tried to lessen military tensions with Pakistan as he met the country's senior military and civilian leadership.
During his visit, Pakistani helicopter gunships and artillery pounded Taliban militant positions in the country's lawless tribal areas along the...
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Negotiators for Zimbabwe's political parties began a fourth day of power-sharing talks Thursday under the mediation of South African President Thabo Mbeki amid waning hopes of deal in the coming days.
President Robert Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, and Arthur Mutambara, leader of a breakaway MDC...
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Despite Israeli denials, a United States official confirmed Thursday that Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to negotiate the future of Jerusalem.
US Consul General in Jerusalem Jake Walles said the parties are negotiating the establishment of a Palestinian state on the basis of the borders that existed before the 1967...
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Most of the issues in the long-term security agreement being negotiated between Iraq and the United States remain unresolved, an Iraqi legislator said on Friday, ruling out the likelihood that the deal would ever reach parliament for approval.
Abdel Kareem al-Samarraie, a member of parliament's Security and Defence Committee, said...
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A Lebanese citizen was wounded early Wednesday by gunfire in the eastern town of Taalbaya in a quarrel over the hanging of posters of a Shiite leader.
Security sources said the argument took place between supporters of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's Amal movement and the Partisans of the Future movement led by Saad Hariri over the...
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Vehicles containing 198 Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons crossed into the Palestinian territories on Monday to cheers and whistles from a watching crowd, under an Israeli prisoner release undertaken as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The vehicles were being driven from the Betyunia checkpoint, near...
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The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia held bilateral talks Tuesday on how to defuse tensions over a border temple dispute that sparked a military standoff between the two countries last month.
Thai Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag and his Cambodian counterpart, Hor Namhong, met in the Thai beach resort of Cha-am, 110 kilometres...
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Olympic fever that has swept most of China seems to have limited influence in Lanzhou, considered the geometrical centre of China.
For many, the 3-million-inhabitant city capital of Gansu province is still a frontier town, and while the Games' influence is hard to miss in the city centre with flags on mass display in shops and cars,...
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South Korean President Lee Myung Bak called Friday on North Korea to reopen dialogue between the two countries.
Speaking on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule and the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the South Korean state, Lee also urged Pyongyang to eliminate its nuclear...
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono warned Friday that terrorism remained a threat to the country despite various achievements in combating such attacks.
In a state of the nation address ahead the August 17 independence day, Yudhoyono said efforts to thwart and overcome transnational crime and terrorism have shown...
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The Dalai Lama warned Wednesday against isolating China and said instead Beijing should be nudged by dialogue to accept democracy and freedom.
China was the world's most populous country and wanted to be part of the international community, the Tibetan spiritual leader told journalists during a 12-day private visit in which he also...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao met his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, Friday amid a flurry of diplomatic activity before they and about 80 other heads of state attended the opening of the 2008 Olympics.
Before he left for China, Sarkozy pledged not to meet the Dalai Lama during the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit to France next...
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China has failed to improve human rights in
the run up to the Beijing Olympics and risks 'permanently sullying' the
legacy of the Games, human rights group Amnesty International has said.
A highly-critical report by Amnesty, entitled The Olympics
Countdown: Broken Promises, accused the Chinese authorities of giving
empty...
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Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo gave the
Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) a grade C for its
handling of Myanmar following the Cyclone Nargis disaster in May, when
the country's ruling junta resisted foreign aid, a transcript of his
remarks said on Friday. Since Myanmar is expected to top the
agenda during the...
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tuesday described the fighting in Gaza as the "darkest moment yet for the Middle East" but said he was hopeful that a ceasefire could be reached.
"We must work hard in the next few hours - and days - to reach a ceasefire," Brown told reporters in Downing Street.
He said he had...
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Tuesday urged "international engagement" to protect the security of Israel and create viable open borders for the Palestinians in Gaza in the wake of the current fighting.
Speaking to reporters in London, Brown described the escalating violence and the unfolding humanitarian crisis in...
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English Premier League Middlesbrough said on Monday that Stewart Downing will not be leaving the club and that none of their senior players would be sold in the transfer window.
England winger Downing reportedly handed in a transfer request, just a year after signing a new five-year contract, and Tottenham Hotspur have made a bid for...
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Representatives of striking Hungarian airport workers handed over a petition on Monday to the German Embassy in Budapest, in a bid to ensure that the German-owned company operating Ferihegy International Airport adheres to European labour regulations.
Some fifty striking airport workers gathered in front of the German Embassy to...
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday it needs some 5.2 billion dollars in donor funding to provide aid to some 98 million hungry people in 2009.
"As we take care of Wall Street and Main Street, we can't forget the places that have no streets," WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said in a statement...
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Serbia signed two credit agreements worth a total of 120 million euros (158 million dollars) for hospitals and infrastructure Friday, the government in Belgrade said.
Seventy million euros was approved for the reconstruction of Serbian clinics and 50 million euros for local...
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Latvian members of parliament embarked on a lengthy debate Thursday over government proposals to slash the national budget in order to win approval from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an economic assistance package thought to be worth up to 6 billion dollars.
Parliamentarians were greeted by protestors as they arrived at...
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged rich and poor nations Thursday to agree on new steps to fight global warming, telling a 189-nation conference that Europe and the United States must take the lead in avoiding a climate "catastrophe."
Ban warned against "backsliding" on clean-air targets just as EU leaders in...
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Measures to tackle the economic downturn in Britain were at the heart of the ceremonial presentation by Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday of the government's legislative programme for the coming year.
The monarch, 82, outlined the programme in what is known as the Queen's Speech, a traditional ceremony in parliament accompanied by pomp and...
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A Russian court reversed its decision Tuesday to open to the public the trial of three men charged with the murder investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
The Moscow District Military Court ruled that the media and public would be barred from the trial after the jury's refusal to hear the case in front of the...
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The main parties in the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland ended five months of political stalemate in the province Tuesday by agreeing a deal that maps out the road ahead for a completion of the peace process.
First Minister Peter Robinson, who also leads the Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), and his deputy,...
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As Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo prepares for the unveiling of his most gigantic work so far at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, he is at the height of his artistic glory.
Only a political squabble over the cost of the art work is casting a shadow over the ceremony, which will be attended by UN Secretary-General Ban...
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Gender inequality remains widespread and deep-rooted in many cultures despite manyfold declarations in support of women's rights, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said in a report published Wednesday.
The report, presented in London, said development strategies which were sensitive to cultural values could reduce...
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The European Union is ready to toughen its sanctions on Myanmar if no progress is made on democracy, but would consider easing them if the situation improved, EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels said Monday.
EU member states "deplore the lack of progress made this year towards a genuine transition to democracy" and are...
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Serbian police raided several locations Monday in search of the alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic, Belgrade media reported quoting sources.
Raids involving special police forces were reported from several locations in and around Valjevo, a town 70 kilometres south-west of Serbia.
The capture of Mladic and his extradition to the...
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The European Union's executive on Wednesday moved to strengthen ties with Eastern Europe by giving a conditional green light to Croatia's membership, calling for a re-launch of strategic talks with Russia and offering Serbia a chance of possible candidacy.
"Croatia is expected to reach the final phase of accession negotiations...
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Croatia should be able to finish all talks on joining the EU by the end of 2009, paving the way for it to enter the bloc as early as 2011, the EU's executive body said Wednesday.
"Croatia is expected to reach the final phase of accession negotiations by the end of 2009 if it has taken the necessary preparatory steps," the...
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Croatia should be able to finish all talks on joining the EU by the end of 2009, paving the way for it to enter the bloc as early as 2011, the EU's executive body said Wednesday.
"Croatia is expected to reach the final phase of accession negotiations by the end of 2009 if it has taken the necessary preparatory steps," the...
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Serbia could become a candidate for European Union membership in 2009 if it proves that it is doing its best to catch war-crimes suspects, the EU's executive said Wednesday.
"Under the best possible scenario, Serbia may still be able to obtain candidate status in 2009," EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said as he...
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During her 33 years as queen, Sofia of Spain had been known for her gentleness and discretion.
But at the time of her 70th birthday, the Greek-born wife of King Juan Carlos stunned the country with a sudden outburst of outspokenness, reigniting a debate about the role of the monarchy.
The queen opened up to journalist Pilar Urbano,...
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Lewis Hamilton's coronation as the youngest champion in the history of Formula following a nail-biting finale in the Brazilian Grand Prix has left racing audiences throughout the world crying out for more.
In an action-packed race Sunday, Hamilton exorcised the ghosts of a year earlier, when he threw away a 17-point lead in the final...
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Europe's biggest carmakers were holding emergency talks with the European Union's industry commissioner in Brussels on Wednesday to call for more EU support during the financial crisis.
"In today's difficult operating environment ... the European automotive industry more than ever requires a stable and predictable policy...
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The 2009 Universiade in Belgrade will have to run on half the original budget and with 15 instead of the planned 21 sports competitions, officials said Wednesday in Belgrade.
"It will be the largest sports event ever held in Serbia," Serbian Deputy Premier Bozidar Djelic told a press conference, announcing a "realistic...
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Former Botswana president Festus Gontebanye Mogae received the 5-million dollar Mo Ibrahim award, recognizing his achievements in African leadership.
The announcement of the awarded, the second of its kind, was made MOnday by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan in London.
The prize, which is endowed with 5 million dollars over...
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The head of Europe's election-monitoring mission to Azerbaijan said Thursday there was a "lack of robust competition" on the ballot and President Ilham Aliyev's landslide re-election feel short of democratic norms.
With the only real opposition boycotting the vote, Aliyev sailed to an easy win on Wednesday, sealing near 90...
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