Reuters: Yahoo! CEO blasted by US lawmakers 08 November

Yahoo says it will promptly evaluate the offer. Microsoft disclosed that Yahoo had rejected its earlier offer to take over Yahoo last year.

On the Republican side, this was another week that Rudy Giuliani -- the national GOP frontrunner-- would rather forget. Jon Decker reports.

The Mogho Naaba Baongho is the traditional chief of Burkina Faso's biggest tribe, the Mossi. He plays no official political role but the seven million members of the community look to him for the transmission of values, customs and wisdom of their ancestors, giving the chief a key role in their daily lives.

Over 40 designers display their talents at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Latin America's biggest fashion event running from January 16 to 21. The theme of this year's show is "urban chaos" -- highlighting the confusion of big cities such as Sao Paulo (the fifth-biggest metropolis in the world with around 20 million inhabitants in its greater area.). Some 100,000 people are expected to attend the event, during which the fashion companies present hope to sign some 50 million dollars' worth of contracts. Images.

Lebanon's parliament on Sunday elected the country's military commander in chief, Michel Sleiman, as president, following a breakthrough deal between the country's Western-backed majority and the Hezbollah-led opposition. The deal, sealed last week, has revived hopes in a country pushed to the brink of civil war by months of protests and recent fighting between the rival camps.

Senior General Than Shwe, who heads Myanmar's ruling junta, made his first visit Sunday to an area hit by Cyclone Nargis more than two weeks ago, state television announced. It showed footage of the secretive 75-year-old leader visiting relief camps on the outskirts of Yangon.

With the internet and with film festivals like the Babelgum Online Film Festival, young people can get their work seen”.

The latest celebrity news including Britney's guest role on a television sitcom, the death of actor Paul Scofield and a sneak peak at the latest Bond film.

Russia's parliament voted unanimously Monday to urge the president to recognize the independence of Georgia's two breakaway regions, stoking further tensions between Moscow and the small Caucasus nation's Western allies. (Aug. 25)