The Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood studios have agreed for the second time to extend their contentious talks on a new three-year contract, this time through Tuesday, people close to the negotiations said early today. The surprise move came after
Zimbabwe’s opposition challenged official results Friday that say its leader has won the first round of the presidential election with 47.9 percent of the vote more than longtime President Robert Mugabe but not enough to avoid a runoff. Mugabe won 43.2
‘); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size BELGRADE: Tomislav Nikolic, leader of Serbia’s far-right Radical Party, wants to be clear about one thing in particular: He is not the political
Mr Johnson is expected to stand down as MP for HenleyBoris Johnson has won the race to become the next mayor of London - ending Ken Livingstone’s eight-year reign at City Hall. The Conservative candidate won with 1,168,738 first and second preference
Official results say Morgan Tsvangirai gained the most votesZimbabwe’s opposition has rejected results that give it the most votes in the country’s presidential election, but not enough to avoid a run-off. The Movement for Democratic Change said it had
In 1869, a cycling magazine was launched in France. The masthead of Le Vlocipde Illustr featured a voluptuous Lady Progress astride a bicycle. In his manifesto, the editor intoned: ‘The velocipede is not a fad born yesterday, in vogue today, to be
Yahoo Inc. was engaged in serious negotiation talks with Microsoft Corp. today as both sides tried to avert a hostile takeover battle, according to people familiar with the discussions. Microsoft has expressed willingness to pay more than the $44.6
By Michael VossBBC News, HavanaThe computers cost almost $800, while the average wage is under $20The first legalised home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, but the ban on home internet access remains. This is the latest in a series of restrictions on
BEIJING, May 3 — Representatives of the Dalai Lama are scheduled to arrive in China on Saturday to begin informal talks with their Chinese counterparts on the unrest in Tibet. The meetings will be the first face-to-face contact between the two sides
SHANGHAI — When emergency workers found Wang sprawled unconscious after having downed two bags of insecticide, he was still clutching the PDA he had been using to check stock prices. Like a number of other small investors in China, Wang had bet — and