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Malawian Internet Domain 'Hijacked'

The Malawian Communications Regulatory Authority is fighting to regain the national Internet domain for the country that it claims has been hijacked by a South African businessman. more »

Chechen Rebels Capture Russian Officers

Chechen Rebels cut off the heads of two Russian officers in the Vedeno district of Chechnya and abandoned them nearby Russian military unit. more »

The application criteria

Following its recent decision to create several new Internet domains before the end of 2000, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on Thursday will unveil the application criteria for companies and organizations. more »

Nasdaq stages turnaround

Tech stocks come off canvas after plunging as investors see bargains. more »

FBI Sued for Carnivore Info

The Electronic Privacy Information Center sued the FBI Wednesday, saying the agency should be forced to disclose information concerning its Carnivore email surveillance system. more »

Some Lines on Lithuanian Auctions

There are two operating auctions in Lithuania today. But real purchasing rarely occurs here. more »

The deal

Controversy has erupted over the sale of Estonia's main energy plants to Americans—with opponents of the deal on July 25 attempting to turn up the heat on the government and the U.S investors. more »

Carlsbad Tournament

Martina Hingis opened defense of her title at the $535,000 tournament in Carlsbad by turning back Dominique Van Roost 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) on Tuesday to book a spot in the quarterfinals. more »

German Politicians Debate Ban of Far-Right Party

German politicians debated on Wednesday whether banning the far-right National Democratic Party would help curb extremist violence after a media outcry over a mystery bombing last week which Jewish immigrants. more »

Baltic Countries Are Against Privatization of Power Engineering.

This year Baltic countries are trying to find a lot of questions concerning privatization of power engineering. Almost simultaneously in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, where the parties of the right wing remain in power, the adjustments to sale of the certain enterprises -Lietuvos energija, Latvenergo and Eesti energia, has begun. more »

Single-Dose Drug Is Approved For ADHD

The first single-dose form of the drug most widely used to treat attention deficit disorder in children won U.S. government approval yesterday. more »

Right -Wing Presidential Candidate Wants To Join NAFTA, Not EU

Presidential candidate Janusz Korwin-Mikke [leader of right-wing Union of Real Politics - UPR] proposes in his election platform that Poland should join the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), instead of EU. more »

IM BALANCE :Diary

IM.BALANCE is an international music and theatre project. 30 young people from four countries are camping in Quedlinburg, Germany for 3 weeks, are creating music and theatre and are going to perform it! more »

The investigation

Investigators said Monday it was still too early to establish the chain of events that led to last week's Air France Concorde disaster. more »

EU Seeks Reduced Eastern Europe Sugar Quota Requests

The European Union wants four eastern candidate countries to reduce requests for sugar production quotas, an EU official said on Friday. more »

In Memory of the Lost

In all Lithuania the restoration of burials of the Soviet soldiers, of the memorials devoted to the lost in fights with fascism on the Lithuanian ground is carried out. In total there are 176 of them where almost 75 thousands servicemen of the Soviet Army, victims of the Great Patriotic War, are buried. more »

Vilnius in Virtual Pocket

You are welcome to visit new portal “Vilnius in your pocket" more »

New E-Marketplace for the Legal Industry Launching

Andersen Consulting is teaming with e-commerce start-up LawCommerce.com to help develop an electronic marketplace of products, services and online technology solutions for the legal industry. more »

MidEast Peace Talks

Palestinians and Israelis kept peace talks going Sunday after their Camp David summit ended without agreement. more »

Hitchhiking Impossible: Sea festival 2000

It was Friday. Bad day for any activity for young people in itself. Some people were hitchhiking to have fun, meet the friend and to swim in the Baltic sea. They did not know that the highway can be as awful as hell. more »