BORDEAUX, France (AFP) — Lingering uncertainty over whether or not wine ads on the Internet are legal in France is angering wine professionals in Bordeaux.
"It is ridiculous not to be able to use the Internet, the law must be adapted," said Alain Vironneau, president of the Bordeaux Wine Board (the Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux, or CIVB).
"It's an extraordina...
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Palestinian medical official says Israeli troops have killed a Hamas militant on the Gaza-Israel border.
Dr. Moaiya Hassanain of the Gaza Health Ministry says an Israeli tank killed the militant near Gaza City. Hamas confirms the man was a member of the group and says two of his comrades were wounded.
The Israeli military says the gunman was pla...
In an issue of Newsweek arrives on Tuesday or Wednesday, I peruse the contents and give priority to articles and stories that appeal to me at the moment. After that, I read it from cover to cover, starting at page 1. Recently the story No Buddha Required captured my attention and lead the competition as to what i would read first.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Leaders of Hollywood's second-largest actors union approved a new contract with studios that grants actors more money for Internet work — an issue that sparked a crippling writers strike this year.
The board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved the three-year deal late Friday, and it will go to the union's 70,000 members fo...
Gary Jankowski, of Washington, says he spent about $15,000 on two veterinary operations. He carries his dachshund Leah downstairs to avoid further injury. The American Veterinary Medical Association found that owners spent $24.5 billion on veterinary medicine in 2006, more than double what they paid 10 years earlier.
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LISBON, Portugal — When Zachary Mainen told colleagues he was quitting his job as associate professor at a top U.S. research institute to pursue his career in western Europe's poorest country, they were puzzled.
The 39-year-old American neuroscientist in April swapped Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York for Portugal's Champalimaud Foundation.
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University of Minnesota doctors believe they have hit a "home run" in using stem cell therapy in a 2-year-old boy's bone marrow by curing him of a rare disease that had been described as incurable.
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ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - Romania coach Victor Piturca is determined that his team can be more than an underdog at the European Championship, starting with a strong performance against France on Monday.
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WYATT, W.Va. Government experts are examining a locomotive involved in a fatal accident at a West Virginia coal mine last Thursday.
Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training spokeswoman Jama Jarrett says the state is testing the locomotive for electrical or mechanical problems.
Investigators believe 55-year-old Gary Hoffman was killed when he was thrown or jumped from the locom...
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CAIRO // Mohammed al Omda, a conservative parliamentarian, protested outside Egypt's parliament last week with his three daughters against amendments to the child law, which among other things would ban female circumcision.
He and other conservatives said the amendment...
Sister Albina Locantore, 73, and Sister Teresa Izzi, 79, staged their demonstration near where the Pope traditionally gives his Sunday Angelus prayer, overlooking Saint Peter's Square.
Dressed in Carmelite habits, the nuns told reporters they were not allowed back into their convent when they returned after leaving for health reasons in 2005.
"After 50 or 60 years of monastic li...