As women move in, corporate Korea tries to cut down alcohol
Bonding through binge drinking is a time-honored male ritual in South Korean offices.
- In Seoul, taking the wheel for a drunken stranger

Albania gives a hero's welcome to Bush
President George W. Bush has promised to support a campaign for Albania's NATO membership.
- Bush winds up European tour in Bulgaria

French overwhelmingly favor president's camp in parliamentary vote
Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right camp was on course to win a landslide victory in Parliament, cementing his power to implement economic reforms.
- Voters in Belgium throw out their prime minister

Dispute rages over Brazil dam project
A measure proposes building an $11 billion hydroelectric project on the Madeira River in the western Amazon.

Car bomber blows up U.S. bridge checkpoint in Iraq
The vehicle detonated beside a support pillar as a U.S. convoy carrying demolition experts passed by, bringing down the checkpoint and a tent that had been on the collapsing span, dubbed "Checkpoint 20" by the U.S. military.

Traveling tuberculosis patient hits back at critics
Andrew Speaker said that health officials were trying to destroy his credibility to cover their own mistakes.

Israelis ask what they have gained since Six-Day War
In the months before the Six-Day War in 1967, Israel was in a spiral of self-doubt, the 19-year experiment of an independent Jewish state looking shaky. Forty years later, Israel is rich and its army one of the best in the world, yet the public mood is oddly similar.

White House welcomes Russian stance on missile plan
The White House said Sunday that it was encouraged by Russia's willingness to discuss ways to defend against possible missile attacks from countries armed with nuclear weapons.

Ivory Coast finds itself in war-and-peace limbo
A journey between Abidjan, the government seat of Ivory Coast, and Bouake, the rebel capital, reveals a nation eager for reconciliation but caught between war and peace, its once-mighty economy hobbled, its cosmopolitan image sullied, its place as a symbol of stability and progress long gone.

Language: Who's the hottiest of them all?
What's up with hots up?

Roger Cohen: Is the United States safer?
Undiluted Bush-bashing alone will not deliver the White House to the Democrats.

Tear down those myths
Two fundamentally different perspectives have emerged around Ronald Reagan's "tear down this wall" speech. Both are wrong.

British music companies seek a break in the U.S.
EMI and Sanctuary are on the brink of being sold, tripped up by a music industry in decline and by missteps in the all-important U.S. market, analysts say.

Bush administration proves itself a loyal Microsoft ally
Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett intervened on behalf of the company in a complaint filed by Google.

Murdoch sees The Wall Street Journal as hub for digital financial news empire
The $5 billion offer for Dow Jones values the company for what it can provide to a future news colossus with operations in print, online and on TV.

Rivals to iPhone introduced outside U.S.
HTC, a little-known mobile phone maker from Taiwan, LG Electronics and Nokia have brought out all-in-one phones to compete with the Apple iPhone, which is to go on sale June 29 in the United States.

In one respect, the London 2012 logo was a big success
The logo introduction was a textbook example of marketing in the Web 2.0 era, when gold medals are handed out for achieving maximum brand-building buzz at a minimum cost.

Roaming fees in Asia: The market decides
The European clampdown on mobile phone roaming charges won't be mirrored in Asia anytime soon. Instead, international corporations are putting pressure on local companies to cut their fees.