BAGHDAD, Iraq - A three-day holiday began for Sunni Arabs in Iraq on Thursday, ending a month of fasting during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, and unusual signs of celebration emerged in war-torn cities.

In Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, children appeared on the streets in new clothes, and the amusement park was crowded with families for the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

A COLLEGE student is hoping that people around the country will get their kicks out of a new sport that he invented in the playground.

While a pupil at Henbury High School, Josh Hewitt and a group of nine friends developed a game called squareball which has since taken off in schools across Macclesfield.

Now a 17-year-old media student at Macclesfield College, Josh hopes that the sp...

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There is nothing worse that watching a group of people who are passionate about their beliefs make total fools of themselves. This is often the case with political protests organized by inexperienced students.

An excellent example of this was the protest by Clean Students Unite Now, a previously unknown group, against the presenc...

Why are tech gizmos so hard to figure out? By Edward C. Baig, USA TODAYYou've just brought home a hot new high-definition TV or digital camcorder. You can't wait to enjoy it. Just one little problem: You're going nuts trying to set up and use the darn thing.

Today's tech toys throw in goodies we scarcely used to imagine, from cellphones with tiny TV screens to computers that stream vi...

Microsoft to offer software for use via WebBy Michelle Kessler, USA TODAYSAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft (MSFT) , battling Web giant Google (GOOG) , Tuesday announced "Live" versions of its Windows and Office programs that are transmitted over the Internet instead of stored on a PC.

The Live programs don't replace traditional Windows and Office software, which is sold with about 95% of PCs. Th...

It can't be easy making small talk with hundreds of sharp-elbowed New Yorkers all hoping to tell at dinner parties about their meeting with their new best, most royal friends. But the newlyweds seemed serenely at ease, as if they were really enjoying the chitchat.

, who arrived around the same time as the pair, was taken aback when Prince Charles turned to him and said, "Hello, Matthew!"...

CCI Entertainment has agreed further deals since Mipcom for its preschool animated series Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs.

ABC in Australia, Raisat in Italy, Cartoon Network in India, TV2 in Denmark, RTP in Portugal, RTE in Ireland, RTV in Slovenia and E-Junior in the Middle East have all acquired the show, while a home video deal with 2e, a division of VCI, has been signed in the ...

Worsening weather threatens more misery for Pakistan quake survivors at 6:43 on November 1, 2005, EST.

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The U.S. military promised to keep flying helicopter relief missions to help survivors of Pakistan's worst earthquake through the harsh winter, as a bleak weather forecast for Tuesday loomed over hundreds of thousands of people living without shelter.