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Venture Investors Face More Uncertainty

The venture capital industry, which has pumped more than $9 billion into Washington area start-up companies since 1995, is facing its most daunting business climate in a decade. more »

Estonia, India launch political consultations

Estonia and India have for the first time in history started political consultations more »

Bush OKs $15B Airline Aid Package

President Bush signed a $15 billion aid package Saturday for the nation's airline industry more »

A desire to improve relations

Straw To Make Historic Visit To Iran Next Week more »

Oil and Despotism in Central Asia

A desert country ruled by a virtual dictatorship, Turkmenistan has drawn international interest for one reason: its enormous oil and natural gas deposits. more »

The injury

Lithuanian Arvydas Sabonis, a longtime center for the Portland Trail Blazers in the U.S. National Basketball Association and now a free agent, broke two toes while vacationing in his Lithuanian homeland. more »

Online Broker Offers Access To 12 Stock Markets

Banking on further globalization, Asian Internet stockbroker Boom on Wednesday launched an online trading account that allows Internet users to buy and sell shares in ten countries across the region. more »

A phenomenal rate

Email churn surges into the tens of billions more »

ID card idea irritates Finance Ministry

The Estonian Finance Ministry said this week it wouldn't be able to supply the extra 70 million kroons needed to complete the Interior Ministry's new identification card project more »

"Bank of The Year"

Magazine names Parekss 'bank of the year' more »

New 'Triple Threat' Virus Spreading Fast

Experts say the Nimda virus spreads through e-mail, vulnerable servers, and the Internet via open network sharing features and altered Web pages. more »

Central Asia: Russia Urges United Effort Against Terrorism

Russia today called on the Central Asian states to coordinate their efforts to fight terrorism. more »

Bush: $55Mil Donated To Recovery Effort Over The Web

President Bush today said $55 million has been donated over the World Wide Web as Internet users pitch in to aid recovery efforts following last week's terrorist attacks. more »

Bin Laden Extradition Possible, With Conditions Attached

The Taliban regime that controls most of Afghanistan are willing to discuss extraditing wanted terrorist Usama bin Laden — as long as he goes to a country other than the United States more »

Hackers lash out at Islamic sites

Hackers have begun attacking Web sites connected to Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and to other Islamic nations more »

Challenge Posed by Terrorism Alters Russian Alignments

To see why Russia has enthusiastically backed President George W. Bush's call for a global war against terrorism, look at who visited the Kremlin last week. more »

Tech Companies Offer Free Services

Corporate altruism is replacing shock as some tech companies offer free services and bandwidth to businesses affected by last week's attacks. more »

AssiDoman Will Build a New Plant in Lithuania

Swedish company “AssiDoman” has purchased a 4 hectare plot of land for the construction of a corrugated cardboard packaging production plant near the Vilnius-Kaunas motorway. more »

Russia Refuses Anti-Terrorist Strike From CIS Territory

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov stated on Friday that he did not see any basis for even the hypothetical possibility of NATO military operations on the territory of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Central Asia. more »

Hacker Defaces Thousands Of Sites In WTC Protest

In an apparent response to terrorist attacks on America, a notorious hacker known as "Fluffi Bunni" defaced potentially tens of thousands of high-profile Web sites, replacing their home pages with a rant about religion, capitalism, and violence. more »