Ukraine's Yushchenko presses on with new (Web promotion) government Reuters.uk - 2 hours

Ukraine's Yushchenko presses on with new (Web promotion) government Reuters.uk - 2 hours

Ukraine's Yushchenko presses on with new government
Reuters.uk - 2 hours ago By Olena Horodetska. KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, brushing off defiant criticism by his ex-premier, pressed ahead on Saturday with plans to install a new government and analysts expected a new team to be in place soon.

Troops launch offensive on Iraq town
Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago US and Iraqi troops swept into the insurgent stronghold of Tal Afar early this morning, conducting house-to-house searches and battering down walls with armoured vehicles in a second bid to clean the city of militant fighters.

Tourist Pays $20M to Go to Space Station
Washington Post - Sep 9, 2005 STAR CITY, Russia -- US space tourist Gregory Olsen joined a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut for training outside Moscow Friday in preparation for their Oct. 1 launch to the international space

Experts ponder Roberts' potential influence on top court
San Jose Mercury News - 19 hours ago BY STEPHEN HENDERSON. WASHINGTON - (KRT) - It would be difficult to overstate the historical significance of Monday, when John G. Roberts is sworn to testify at Senate hearings on his nomination to become the nation's 17th chief justice.

Shake-up at FEMA sends chief back to DC
Houston Chronicle - 10 hours ago By JULIE MASON. WASHINGTON - The Bush administration returned the chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to Washington on Friday amid widespread criticism of his oversight of the federal response to the hurricane catastrophe along the Gulf Coast.

PalmSource Agrees to Be Acquired by Japan's Access (Update7)
Bloomberg - Sep 9, 2005 Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- PalmSource Inc., a pioneer in the market for software that runs handheld computers, agreed to be bought by Japan's Access Inc. for $324 million after failing to stem a decline in sales to Symbian Ltd. and Microsoft Corp.

Firefox 1.5 Beta Looks Better than Ever
eWeek - 17 hours ago The Firefox 1.5 beta is out, and at a first glance, it looks pretty darn good. But, and this is a big but, this is a beta build, so there is no guarantee that it will work. It worked with every Web site I