BRUSSELS, Dec 9 - European Union regulators accepted a pledge by Rambus to cut royalties worldwide on computer memory chip patents for five years to settle antitrust charges and avoid a possible fine.Under the legally binding settlement, the US chip
CARACAS, Venezuela - A Venezuelan court has issued a warrant for the arrest of an ally-turned-critic of President Hugo Chavez. The court says Ramon Martinez is suspected of irregularities in a housing development project and fishing program he launc
LONDON - Fresh from being crowned king of the jungle on I'm A Celebrity.. , Italian TV chef Gino D'Acampo now faces charges for animal cruelty after killing and cooking a rat while on the show. Fellow contestant and ex-Hollyoaks actor Stuart Manni
UNITED NATIONS - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court raised the possibility Friday of charging Sudanese officials who cover up the government's involvement in alleged war crimes in Darfur and said President Omar al-Bashir will u
HAVANA - Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an attack on their country's national identity. The five-page signed state
Plans to scrap tax breaks for childcare for better-off parents have been scaled back following a revolt by Labour MPs, sources have told the BBC.Top rate taxpayers will see the benefit cut by nearly half rather than scrapped altogether as originally
FORT HOOD SHOOTINGSHasan charged with 32 more countsAn Army psychiatrist was charged Wednesday with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood that also injured more than two dozen soldiers and two civilian p
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