BUSAN, South Korea - Though their political relationship is strained,    President Bush and Russian President    Vladimir Putin are trying to speak with one voice about the war on terror and the campaign to stop    North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
The two leaders were to mee

The deaths of 12 Japanese children who had taken Tamiflu is to be discussed on Friday by a U.S. government committee conducting a routine annual review of the safety of the anti-flu medication and seven other drugs.
The deaths are detailed in a Tamiflu pediatric safety update released in advance of the meeting. There have been no r

While they're out chasing the news, employees at a local television station are wondering if anybody is tailing them.
The news trucks at WABC-TV were recently equipped with Global Positioning System transmitters, raising concerns among the station's union workers about privacy. It's a small but growing workplace topic as companies

ATLANTA - The rate of newly reported    HIV cases among blacks has been dropping by about 5 percent a year since 2001, the government said Thursday. But blacks are still eight times more likely than whites to be diagnosed with the    AIDS virus.
"The racial disparities remain severe," said

The country may issue third-generation (3G) mobile telecom licenses one at a time next year, with the first permit likely to require an operator to use the homegrown TD-SCDMA standard, according to Christoph Caselitz, president of Siemens's mobile networks division.
China is widely expected to clear the way for the creation of 3G networks i

China's Ministry of Public Security released details of 10 major piracy cases involving infringement of foreign intellectual property rights (IPR) Tuesday.
Between August and September this year, police forces from Tianjin Municipality and Henan Province joined hands with the United States customs authorities to destroy a transnational fake

About 46,000 cases of illegal mobile-phone messages have been handled since early this month, when a nationwide crackdown was launched on this rapidly-growing phenomenon.
More than 5,000 illegal phone numbers were cancelled and 50 bank accounts frozen in two weeks, Wu Heping, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), told a press

Microsoft Corp. said Friday it has reached a $30 million settlement with a South Korean company that had accused it of unfair trade practices.
Internet portal Daum Communications Corp. filed a complaint with    South Korea's Fair Trade Commission in 2001 alleging that Microsoft violated trade rules by tying its inst

In the era when dinosaurs ruled the Jurassic earth, a 13-foot oceanic crocodile with a short snout and a mouthful of deadly teeth hunted large creatures in the sea, scientists reported Thursday.
Nicknamed "Godzilla" by its discoverers, the new find was much different from other marine crocodiles, which had long snouts with many sma

The FDA wants condom packages to warn that condoms are less effective at stopping some sexually transmitted diseases, such as herpes and human papilloma virus, than others.
The agency also wants packaging to advise that condoms that use a common spermicidal lubricant should not be used by people at risk of catching  HIV.
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Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) has pulled out of discussions over buying a stake in America Online Inc., leaving Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. as the leading potential suitors.
The decision to abandon the talks came after Yahoo chief executive Terry Semel and chief finance officer Susan Decker met in late October with Time

For the woman who wants to stay both warm and environmentally conscious this winter -- and isn't bothered by extra bulk under her shirt -- a lingerie maker unveiled a thick bra that can be heated in a microwave.

China's combined imports and exports hit US$1.148 trillion in the first 10 months of this year, approaching last year's total, according to the latest statistics published yesterday on China's General Administration of Customs' website.
This figure reflects a year-on-year increase of 24 per cent, where last years figure reached US$1.155 tri

XI'AN: Co-operation in the development of energy, tourism, transportation and environmental protection should be Europe and Asia's joint priority.
So said Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress yesterday at the opening ceremony of the two-day Euro-Asia Economic Forum in Xi'an, capital of Northwest C

MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina - The United States argues a free trade zone from Canada to Chile would create jobs and build economies. So far, the idea has fueled protests, divided nations and sunk summits.
Negotiators spent hours debating the merits of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas during this weekend's summit of Western