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Riya, hosts a photo search service based on face and text recognition, announced its service available. Google Image Search from Google searches images by looking for text with the photo, while Riya's searches using information in the photo
Embroiled in a nuclear standoff with the West, Iran said it was moving its foreign assets to shield them from possible UN sanctions, and flexed its oil muscles with a proposal to cut output.
Advances in biometrics -- fingerprint or eye, facial, palm, voice, vein or even ear shape recognition software operated by bank staff or included in an automated teller machine.
IVORY COAST, once one of the wealthiest nations in Africa, was close to its second civil war in five years yesterday as gangs of armed thugs loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo ran amok across the southern half of the country.
The traditional Winchester rifles carried by pioneers, movie stars and Wild West lawmen will be discontinued in March, a Belgian manufacturer said, confirming the end of an American icon that became known as "the Gun That Won the West."
Menezes had done little to arouse suspicion, other than to emerge from a flat under surveillance. Far from vaulting a ticket barrier and running down an escalator to escape officers, he walked at a normal pace, pausing for a newspaper, and was not
Consumer prices rose by 3.4 percent in 2005 with 40 percent of the increase blamed on the biggest jump in energy costs since 1990. Energy was up 17.1 percent this past year, reflecting gasoline prices that for a time soared above $3 a gallon and crud
A veteran journalist stood trial in the final step in a retaliation campaign launched after a Communist Party official gained national fame by publicly denouncing his superiors for condoning and covering up corruption.
House Democrats will hold unofficial hearings on the legality of President Bush's warantless wiretap domestic spying programs today at 9 a.m. MST, and CSPAN and Pacifica radio will carry the hearings live.
China announced a rise in public disturbances in 2005, as rapid economic growth continued to spark social unrest. Amid growing anger at official corruption and several high-profile land disputes between authorities and villagers. China's leaders
"In case of sanctions, other countries will suffer as well as Iran," Oil Minister Davoud Danesh-Jafari said. "One of the consequences will be the unleashing of a crisis in the oil sector and particularly a price hike." Iran, the n
"To forestall the need for nuclear force, we need tough action now, including economic sanctions, cultural sanctions, cutting off their supply of gasoline, (arms) sales to convince the leaders of Iran that nuclear weapons are something th
The Bush administration wanted one million random web addresses and records of all Google searches for a one week period. The government apparently wants to estimate how much pornography shows up in the searches that children do. Here's a thought
Iran has released 8 Iraqi border guards overnight who had been detained by Iranian forces after a clash on the southern river frontier. The clash occurred when Iraqi border guards boarded a barge smuggling fuel to Iran.
“Now let me get this straight,” I said. “Jesus says, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers,’ which means he does not say, ‘Blessed are the warmakers,’ which means, the warmakers are not blessed, which means warmakers are cursed, which means, if you want to fo
"I can't afford a generator and can't buy food because my refrigerator is constantly subject to power cuts," said Mariam Hussein, resident of a major suburb of Bahgdad. "We have less than 6 hours of power daily."
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a fast-moving Atlas V rocket. It's headed for a distant rendezvous with the mysterious planet Pluto almost a decade from now.
The CIA has increased its use of pilotless drone aircraft to target al-Qaeda suspects along the Pakistan- Afghanistan border despite questions about the tactic's effectiveness. Drones armed with Hellfire missiles and controlled by the CIA have
An Israeli Inventor has developed a breathing apparatus that will allow breathing underwater without the assistance of compressed air tanks. Use the relatively small amounts of air that already exist in water to supply oxygen to both scuba divers and
The Medicare drug program that was supposed to win political points for Republicans has exploded in their faces. It's a particularly vexing problem for the GOP, since older Americans are such active voters and no one seeking office wants to see t
GOP honchos keep hiding the truth about election foul-ups, as it's learned that local ballots may be stored illegally
The Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council has rejected a $111,000 donation from the campaign of Montana Sen. Conrad Burns, with some saying the money is tainted because it originally came from lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his clients.
Osama bin Laden warned that al Qaeda was preparing new attacks inside the US, but said the group was open to a conditional truce with Americans, according to an CIA confirmed audio tape of him.
Called "microjets" or "very light jets," they've been likened to SUVs with wings. With 2 engines and seating capacity for 5 or 6 people, they cost half as much as the most inexpensive business jet now in service. 3,000 of the
The Scottish National Party report lists planes, the dates on which they landed and 10 companies that have allegedly operated on behalf of the CIA. So-called extraordinary rendition flights are allegations that the CIA flew terror suspects through Eu
The Iraqi court trying Saddam Hussein was thrown into fresh confusion when a senior official denounced the new chief judge as a member of Saddam's banned Baath party who should be barred from office.
"A boy said to be aged between 10 and 13 years allegedly carried out a suicide bombing targeting the police commander in the city of Kirkuk. 2 boys aged 12 and 13 years reportedly carried out attacks against [U.S.-led forces] in Fallujah and Hwe
Militants behind a string of attacks aimed at disrupting Nigeria's oil industry said they intended to target all producers in the country, in a message that singled out Chevron.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Damascus for a visit to show solidarity as international pressure grows on both states.
An online casino has a piece of actor William Shatner who sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity. "This is a bold new addition to our fleet," said GoldenPalace.com. "This would be the first Habitat
