Today: Friday, July 23, 2010

Stylish in appearance, the Vivaz Pro is as much a camera as it is a phone – excellent video capabilities more than make up for the deficiencies of the Symbian-based software.

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While the prototype device looks like an iPad, it's just a fourteenth of the cost.

The basic touch-screen tablet could be in production by 2011.

Provincial iPad wannabes have been whistling a very different tune to their big city cousins today, as buying the device turned into a nightmare. Photo / AP

Is there anything more sublime than listening to Baroque in the summer? The soothing, languid pace of the music is a perfect match for the season. And when the performances are by some of Europe's best early music ensembles, in Prague's most captivating venues, the combination is enchanting.

Defense Ministry looks to boost troops in Afghanistan

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Czech soldiers train national security forces in Logar Province; currently, 535 military personnel are based in Afghanistan.

The government is looking to boost the number of Czech troops serving in Afghanistan by 20 percent in 2011, according t

The charges relate to money Mahendra Chaudhury received after he was removed from power in the 2000 coup.

Yes, we get it - you're stylish, you're cool and you think you're famous (and hot) enough to pull off any style. Wrong. There are some trends that are so preposterous that not even the biggest names should show their faces in them. Unfortunately, they do. Click through to point and laugh at the celebs you love ... wearing the trends you love to hate.
BY JOANNA SLOAME

Published: 07/20/2010 19:22:05

Credits: Cercone/Everett; Baron/BEImages

No wardrobe staple has withstood the test of time quite like the little black dress has. First introduced to the American vernacular in 1926 by world-renowned designer, Coco Chanel, this fashion basic overcame its traditional association with mourning to become the definition of sexy simplicity. The versatility of the LBD, and its ability to make women of all shapes and sizes look slim and sophisticated, is what has kept the dress in vogue for more than 80 years.

Angelina Jolie sparkles in a black mini at the premiere for her new movie 'Salt.'

Scope out the other H'wood stars who succumbed to the power of this ever-sexy little number ...

Published: 07/22/2010 17:05:27

Credits: Everett Collection

MTV is the first network to earn an 'excellent' rating from GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index. Shows like 'The Real World' (DC cast above) were described as a fair portrayal of LGBT people.

Cervantes/MTVMTV is the first network to earn an 'excellent' rating from GLAAD's Network Responsibility Index. Shows like 'The Real World' (DC cast above) were described as a fair portrayal of LGBT

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Rapper Foxy Brown (above.) was arrested for violating a protection order. She allegedly mooned and screamed obscenities at a rival.

North Korea Thursday condemned the imminent US-South Korea naval exercises as a threat to global peace, a day after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Vietnam for Asia-Pacific security talks.

US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee during a hearing on the Federal Reserve's semiannual monetary policy report to the Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, July 21, 2010. Photo: Xinhua

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