Company will reduce the number of U.S. executives by 3% and overall U.S. salaried employment by 20% by the end of this year.

Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski officially declared his intent today to veto the state's higher education budget, which passed in the waning hours of the legislative session.

This year, Oregon lawmakers passed new taxes on gasoline, businesses, hospitals, upper-income earners, and even snuff users. But the tax that might affect people first is one on health insurance premiums. The money will fund health care for uninsured children.

The recent flap over the proposed closure of the University of Idaho's research center in Parma, ID is the latest example of the struggle universities are facing to meet their extension mission.

Lawyers for 3 death row inmates in Washington say their fight is not yet over. They are vowing to appeal a ruling today that upholds the state's lethal injection protocols.

Washington state's lethal injection is constitutional. That's the ruling today by a judge in Thurston County, Washington.

WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (IPS) - Despite a bill passed by Saudi Arabia's Shura Council on Wednesday, a prominent New York-based human rights group is asking for more protection for the estimated 1.5 million domestic workers in the country.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 10 (IPS) - The Brazilian government is congratulating itself on the first-stage approval of a draft electoral law that increases women's participation in party politics. However, the women's movement says it introduces no changes to a

KAMPALA, Jul 10 (IPS) - A year ago, a mother in Kashari County took the law into her own hands and castrated a man she caught raping her seven-year-old daughter.

WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (IPS) - Although both parties claim undying commitment to democracy and the rule of law in Honduras, Democrats and Republicans here are deeply divided over the Jun. 28 coup d'etat that ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and

BUENOS AIRES, Jul 11 (IPS) - An Argentine woman's first novel, narrated by a character that eludes female literary stereotypes, has surprisingly met with some nasty sexist comments from spheres where such biases were previously unheard of, such as literary

EVERY so often, I need my fix of Glasgow. It's a great city, and I like its people better than Edinburgh's for all the usual reasons: they're friendly, direct, and

I CAN understand the reaction of our employees to the news that we propose closing our bottling plant at Kilmarnock, and the Port Dundas distillery.

ON WEDNESDAY evening, the Prince of Wales mounted a podium in his London home at St, James's Palace to deliver this year's BBC Dimbleby Lecture.

DON'T you hate the way people bang on and on sanctimoniously about outdoor pursuits and how great the countryside is for developing life skills and forging connections wit

NO SURGICAL procedure is 100 per cent safe, but liposuction has been used for many years now and there is a strong record of safety.

Public water, one of the most important legacies of Milwaukee's Socialist Party, which led the city almost continuously from 1910 to 1960, is now under attack from those who see a chance to convert this fundamental resource into a profit

Most schoolchildren are refusing to eat school lunches following the introduction of healthy menus after a campaign by Jamie Oliver new figures show.

Animal conservation must start in the classroom if we want to save the planet.

The golden age of higher education has gone laments Cassandra Jardine.