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Tobacco blamed for predicted 50 per cent rise in cancer cases

The aggressive marketing of cigarettes in the developing world is a key factor in a predicted rise of global cancer rates over the next 20 years more »

Prosecutors take dim view of holy war on US

Russia’s top Muslim cleric, Mufti Talgat Tadjuddin has been given an official prosecutor's warning concerning his statement declaring more »

The Battle for Baghdad and Basra

On Sunday, intense fighting continued in Baghdad and Basra as U.S. and British forces tightened their grip in the last major bastions of resistance in the country more »

New IT solutions

Apart from CSI, PKO BP still plans major IT investments more »

Hidden cost

The high price of piracy more »

Scotland hunger for Lithuanian revenge

Scotland's penalty fall-guy Jackie McNamara has promised Lithuania a hefty dose of Hampden Park revenge in October more »

Germans approve NATO's enlargement to the east

The German government has taken the process of NATO enlargement involving the admission of seven Eastern European countries a step closer to completion more »

The Convention on the Future of Europe

Three months expected for assessment of results of European Convention more »

Argentine bank doubling ATM network

Argentine bank Banco Itau Buen Ayre plans to add more than 100 ATMs to its network of 325 machines during the next 12-18 months more »

The warning

Ukraine will waste a strategic opportunity to become a major international oil transit route if it grants Russian oil exporters exclusive access to the newly built Odessa-Brody oil pipeline more »

Sex takes backseat to Al-Jazeera site in Internet searches

In spite of being mostly knocked offline, the Web site of Arab satellite news network Al-Jazeera was among the most sought-after on the Internet last week more »

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN UKRAINE

The Investment Image program approved in August 2002 is aimed at increasing the country's investment rating and image more »

Canada becomes first to ratify NATO expansion

Canada has become the first nation to ratify expansion of the NATO defense alliance, which Latvia and six other nations have been invited to join more »

HP Thinks in 3D for Web Browsing

Hewlett-Packard's future vision of shopping online more »

The Negotiations on Efficiency Measure

TeliaSonera Finland has initiated the formal employee/employer negotiations, which is estimated to materialize in a reduction of approximately 400 jobs more »

Main problem

WestLB Polska struggles to find retail bank worth buying more »

First Case of Mysterious SARS Disease Confirmed in Germany

International health experts are hunting for the virus that causes SARS, the flu-like disease that has killed 61 people worldwide more »

Evidence suppressed in S. African case

Diner's Club alleges businessman part of ATM scam more »

Writers of Viruses Get Politics Bug

The war hasn't spawned new viruses. Instead, the same old viruses are being sent with new subject lines in the e-mail. more »

Kharrazi, Straw discuss Iraq war over phone

Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi in a telephone conversation with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Sunday discussed the latest developments in Iraq more »