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By Alaa Shahine

CAIRO (Reuters) - The video shows a poorly lit hospital nursery filled with premature babies in incubators. Doctors are frantically trying to resuscitate some babies while others wail in the background after a night-time power cut.

"God help us! Five are suffering from (cardiac) arrests?" a voice in the background says angrily. "We can handle one or two at most, but five?"

"This is natural, doctor. It's been an hour and a half," says another male voice, apparently referring to the length of the power cut.

When San Francisco Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi ascended to speaker of the House 18 months ago, liberals cheered.

Regator , a new blog aggregator that hopes to reduce the blogosphere down to consumable chunks for the average user, has launched today in private beta.

Iran's parliament is set to debate a draft bill which could see the death penalty used for those deemed to promote corruption, prostitution and apostasy on the internet, reports said on Wednesday.

Federal prosecutors have filed kidnapping charges that carry the death penalty against a Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home.

The word "privacy" now appears on Google's home page, with a link to the company's privacy policy.

On Wednesday, Iranian members of parliament voted to discuss a draft bill that seeks to "toughen punishment for disturbing mental security in society." The text of the bill would add, "establishing websites and ...

If Lawrence Lessig can do it, so can you. Lessig is a who in "Who's Who," a scholar who's crusaded against overprotective copyrights, promoted Net neutrality and agitated for good government.

"What better way to celebrate the founding of our nation than... um, by... blogging?" So begins the introductory post on the new WashingtonWatch.com blog.

If you're any kind of online publisher -- a traditional outlet looking to learn about online media, or a blog network looking to grow -- you could do a lot worse than to follow the career of Nick Denton, a ...

The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center is giving its Web site a makeover. The Hutchinson attraction says the new design will be more user-friendly, visually appealing and include more interactive aspects, such ...

Games:- Sony has yanked its latest PlayStation 3 firmware after user complaints.

Likely Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama's more centrist-sounding themes are giving his base constituency pause, liberal bloggers say.

Thad snapped this picture of his lovely bride, Marisa, and myself snapping pictures of this sign .

WordPress.com have added a Turbo button in the admin area. This is to enable Google Gears , if your browser supports it, and speed up things using it.

BoingBoing's relationship with Violet Blue comes full circle [Nerdfight] Gawker Media contributor Violet Blue may have tried to ride the BoingBoing coattail express to microfame by airing grievances publicly, ...

A new report by Forrester Research found that most corporate blogs kept by B2B firms failed to interest their intended audiences or engage them in conversations about trends and products.

Linspire chairman Michael Robertson confirmed in a public announcement Wednesday that Linspire assets had been acquired by Xandros.

The guests file into Jeff Varasano's Buckhead home with bottles of wine, and he greets them warmly.

Morocco is host to a vibrant Peace Corp s program. All over the country, American Peace Corps members volunteer their time teaching English, sustainable growth, assisting with agricultural and women's projects, ...