Hooligans kill a policeman, throwing Italy soccer into a void
The Italian soccer federation canceled all games over the weekend.
- Once again, game is confronted by fan violence

More setbacks for Bush policy on China
The Bush administration's effort to ease economic strains with China has suffered setbacks.

Infighting hurting their case, Palestinians fear
Palestinians say the infighting is making it easy for Israel to argue not to promote a Palestinian state.

Three dead in Russia after attempt on politician's life
A police officer was shot and killed and two others were killed by roadside bombs in what the Dagestan authorities said Sunday was suspected to be an attempt to assassinate the top police official in the southern Russian region.

Jakarta floods kill 20 and leave 200,000 homeless
The devastation of recent days has been the worst in five years, and meteorology officials have warned that the city could suffer another week of heavy rains.

Smokestacks in a white wilderness divide Iceland
A new aluminum smelter owned by Alcoa, the world's largest aluminum company, has been the focus of the angriest and most divisive battle in recent Icelandic history.

Celebrity royalties flow into Dutch tax shelters
Entertainers like the Rolling Stones and U2 as well as a lot of multinational companies are finding Amsterdam the best place to shelter intellectual property royalties from higher tax rates in their home countries.

Rice catching more flak over U.S. policy
In recent weeks, with Donald Rumsfeld gone, Condoleezza Rice has faced increased, and somewhat unfamiliar, criticism.

Kosovo's independence drive kindles ethnic fears
As the UN nudges Kosovo toward what it calls "final status" and what Belgrade calls independence, many of northern Kosovo's Serbs are threatening to break away.
- Serbs reject plan that clears way for Kosovo independence

A bad model for Afghanistan
Afghanistan needs to wage a far more effective fight against opium trafficking if it ever hopes to achieve a stable peace, but Colombia is not the model to follow.

Nicholas D. Kristof: Under Bush's pillow
Americans today yearn for the same kind of wise leadership that the ancient Greeks did.

Censorship's new clothes
Two cases of press censorship highlight how Morocco represses the progressive voices it claims to champion.

Can Vanity Fair conquer Germany every week?
Condé Nast's introduction of a weekly version of the storied American monthly magazine comes at a time when the idea of publishing on paper sounds increasingly like an anachronism.

European cinema companies revolt over Hollywood rush to DVD
The global dispute is about the future of a longstanding film distribution system under which movies were released in timed "windows" beginning with theaters, and then home videos, pay-per-view and ultimately television.

On Advertising: Sitting out the Super Bowl
Microsoft, Burger King and Gillette are among the advertisers that didn't buy spots for the Super Bowl this year, for a variety of reasons.

Wireless: Cellphone movies introduced on very small screen
In a move to shine a spotlight on the business of multimedia mobile content, the GSM Association will distribute a collection of short films made for cellphones.

Super Bowl ads that will live on long after the game is over
Thanks to the Internet, Super Bowl commercials are gifts Madison Avenue can keep on giving.