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Could Microsoft’s motion-sensing Kinect technology soon be a part of your company board room, or help you shop for a car? Microsoft is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its Kinect gesture and voice-controlled technology by talking up the commercial possibilities of the device. The company said Monday that it has seen the Kinect pop up [...]

The surprise announcement, made to lawmakers in Athens, again chained the health of the European Union to Greek domestic politics. Standard Poor’s 500-stock index fell almost 2.5 percent and the Dow Jones industrials fell about 2.3 percent. European markets, which closed before the announcement, were also down sharply on Monday. Mr. Papandreou said that the [...]

The agency said the warrant for Suha Arafat, issued quietly last week, summoned her for questioning as part of an investigation into high-level corruption by government officials, including Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, the country’s ousted president. Mr. Ben Ali is living in exile in Saudi Arabia. A spokesman for the Justice Ministry did not provide [...]

At a national security meeting on Sunday with two American officials, Gen. John R. Allen, the NATO commander, and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, the president “expressed his heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the family and relatives of those foreign troops and Afghan civilians who were killed,” said a statement issued by the presidential palace. “Afghan [...]

The step will cost the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization one-quarter of its yearly budget — the 22 percent contributed by the United States (about $70 million) plus another 3 percent contributed by Israel. Unless that shortfall is made up by other nations, Unesco will have to begin closing offices and laying off [...]

Printer-friendly versionPDF version   HANCEVILLE – Former Wallace State pitcher Derek Holland and the Texas Rangers fell one win short of winning the franchise’s first World Series title on Friday night, but the left-hander made national  headlines after a dominating outing in Game 4 and a near victory out of the bullpen in Game 6. [...]

Mr. Ahmadinejad would be Iran’s first president to be hauled before Parliament, a potential blow to his standing in a conflict involving him, Iran’s legislators and the country’s powerful clerics. At least 73 lawmakers signed a petition to question Mr. Ahmadinejad, with a quarter of the 290 members required by Iran’s Constitution needed to call [...]

Most of the victims were women and children, according to Médecins Sans Frontières, also known as Doctors Without Borders. The organization did not say which nation the aircraft belonged to, but the town of Jilib, where the strike happened Sunday afternoon, lies in the midst of intense military operations by the Kenyan government against Islamist [...]

Voters went to the polls on Sunday, seeking an end to years of political turmoil, though some said they feared the vote could expose the regional and ethnic divisions that nearly tore the country apart last year. It was the first presidential election since the bloody ouster in April 2010 of Kyrgyzstan’s authoritarian leader, Kurmanbek [...]