Nationwide strikes disrupt traffics in France Xinhua - 37 minutes ago (Web promotion)

Nationwide strikes disrupt traffics in France Xinhua - 37 minutes ago (Web promotion)

Nationwide strikes disrupt traffics in France
Xinhua - 37 minutes ago PARIS, Oct. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- A nationwide strike in France on Tuesday caused widespread disruptions in citizen traffic services and cancellations and delays of up to two hours at Paris's two airports. According

Seattle Passes Stricter Strip-Club Rules
ABC News - 21 hours ago The Deja Vu adult-entertainment club is shown in downtown Seattle Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005.The Seattle City Council plans to vote Monday, Oct. 3, 2005 to impose some of the strictest adult-entertainment regulations of any big city in the country.

Stocks: Wall Street shrugs off steep drop in oil price
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago NEW YORK A sharp drop in oil prices encouraged only tepid buying Tuesday on Wall Street, with stocks rising even as a number of companies warned of profit shortfalls and higher costs, some of which could be passed on to consumers.

Five US troops killed in Iraq attacks
CNN International - 2 hours ago A US helicopter hovers in Baghdad Tuesday after a car bomb exploded near the edge of the Green Zone. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Four US soldiers and a Marine have been killed in attacks in Iraq, military officials said Tuesday.

Trio wins physics Nobel for shedding light on optics
Reuters.uk - 1 hour ago By Niklas Pollard. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Americans and a German won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for optical research giving extremely accurate measurements that could one day be used in deep space

The music of a playwright's voice
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago August Wilson did not sound a thing like Bessie Smith. At least he didn't when I spent an afternoon with him in Pittsburgh 10 years ago, when I was doing an interview for The New York Times. His voice was