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Struggling PC chipmaker Advanced Mico Devices Inc said senior vice president and chief sales officer Emilio Ghilardi was leaving the company with immediate effect.

Next-generation software for BlackBerry's smartphones is ready to compete, Research In Motion's new chief executive, Thorsten Heins, told more than 2,000 technical developers on Tuesday, expressing confidence in RIM's long-term future.

Bahati’s bill may simply be a form of grandstanding since homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda, as it is in most African nations.

Felix Baumgartner's space jump will take place in 2012, the Austrian daredevil's sponsor, Red Bull, confirmed this week.

Raspberry said that due to moving their manufacturing overseas, they were having trouble sourcing a quartz crystal for the sub $35 Raspberry Pi computer.

Florence Green enlisted in the Women's Royal Air Force at the age of 17 in September 1918. Just two weeks before her 111th birthday, the World War I veteran passed away in her sleep at a care home in Norfolk, England. Green was the last surviving person to have served in that war nearly a century ago.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad promised to stop the bloodshed that has engulfed his country for the past 11 months. Assad reached an agreement with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who was in Damascus on Tuesday.

Arsene Wenger may decide to move his Russian winger in the next two weeks.

Bradley Manning has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Icelandic MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir for his contribution to WikiLeaks.

The member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) recalled their Syrian ambassadors on Tuesday after violence against protestors in the country escalated yet again.

M.I.A successfully upstaged Madonna. That's right. The sassy rapper, most popular on the alternative scene, made more headlines Monday morning after Super Bowl Sunday than the Queen of Pop herself. Why? Because she gave the middle finger to over 111 million people during the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2012.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Damascus for talks with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday.

A sassy feline known as the Anfield Cat is making waves.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the Android 4.0-powered smartphone that has been billed as an iPhone killer will be available in white color in the UK from Feb. 13.

The 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards were announced at a red carpet event in London Monday.

Even one and a half centuries after his death, Charles Dickens, the celebrated Victorian era English novelist, continues to be popular thanks to his epoch-making novels and the realist characters he created. His remarkable take on the plight of the working class, his complex story ideas and his characters are so real that we still do not fail to associate ourselves with them.

Gold broke a two-day losing streak on Tuesday on light volume as the euro rose, but sellers matched buyers to keep the price in a narrow range.

They call him the Yuva Samrat, or young emperor. Yet Rahul Gandhi has so far shown no inclination to claim the throne of the world's largest democracy.

The game is set to feature a host of real-life players from as many as 120 teams from the world's biggest leagues.

Magnolia Pictures announced on the occasion of Bob Marley’s birthday that they have acquired U.S. rights to Marley, a documentary about the legendary musician.

Bombardment of Homs on eve of visit by Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov as world powers scramble for diplomatic strategy.