SAN FRANCISCO - Online retail giant Amazon announced Wednesday that it was purchasing popular Internet shoe shop Zappos.com in a stock and cash deal valued at nearly 850 million dollars.
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TBILISI, Irakli Metreveli - Vice President Joe Biden travelled to Georgia on Wednesday to reaffirm strong ties with the former Soviet republic where US and Russian interests have collided in recent...
SAN FRANCISCO- Yahoo! on Tuesday began rolling out a promised major redesign of its homepage as the struggling Internet pioneer worked to revitalize its image and incorporate hot new online trends....
TEGUCIGALPA, Francisco Jara - The increasingly defiant de facto leaders in Honduras Tuesday gave 72 hours to staff from Venezuela's embassy to leave, accusing them of threatening to use force and...
ROME, Gina Doggett - A scandal linking Italy's Silvio Berlusconi to a call girl deepened Tuesday with the posting of a new audio clip seemingly proving the liaison, as the flamboyant prime minister's...
PARIS - For generations, schoolchildren have been taught that raindrops start as micro-droplets that then gather together in clouds with their neighbours to become bigger droplets.
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AMMAN- A 32-year-old Jordanian man was charged with premeditated murder after his teenage sister was shot dead on Monday over an alleged love affair in the northern city of Irbid, police said.
"He...
SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the first human footstep on the moon by adding virtual lunar exploration to its free online Earth map and imagery service.
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CHICAGO - Researchers have managed to reverse some of the damage caused by a heart attack using stem cells that were induced from connective tissue cells, according to a study published Monday....
LONDON - The British economy could contract as much as 7.5 percent this year if the swine flu pandemic continues to escalate, a report published Monday.
Recovery from the global economic downturn...