AP, RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Barbie may have taken some of the sass out of her pouty-lipped rivals Yasmin, Jade, Cloe and Sasha with a $100 million verdict against Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment Inc., but no one's left the playground yet.

A federal jury awarded toy giant Mattel the damages Tuesday in their copyright infringement lawsuit against MGA, but lawyers for the two playtime powerhouses are still wrangling over whether MGA can continue to make the saucy Bratz line.

The Energy Challenge

NY Times

When the builders of the Maple Ridge Wind farm spent $320 million to put nearly 200 wind turbines in upstate New York, the idea was to get paid for producing electricity. But at times, regional electric lines have been so congested that Maple Ridge has been forced to shut down even with a brisk wind blowing.

15 injured

Ahsan Habib Alam

The human chain programme of BNP in Chittagong was foiled in the face of police resistance yesterday.

The programme was intended to demand release of Khaleda Zia and overseas treatment of Tarique Rahman.  
Fifteen people were injured at the incident, claim party members.

Swarup Battacharjee:

The country has seen for the maiden time successful cornea replacement in an exceptional way on non-government level.
Dr. Ahmmed Abdul Hannan, ophthalmologist and surgeon of Chittagong Medical College(CMC) conducted the operation yesterday.

The operation was done at " Vision Center" at Panchlaish in Chittagong.

AFP, DENVER, Colorado - Hillary Clinton ordered her grieving supporters to unite behind Democratic nominee Barack Obama, in an emotional final act to her White House quest which fell just short of history.

AP, BANGKOK — Thousands of anti-government protesters blockaded the prime minister's office on Wednesday and their leaders challenged the police to enter and arrest them.

Claims WB official

Desk Report

Some four million more people have dropped below the poverty line in Bangladesh due to the sustained rise in prices of staple foods and other essential commodities, a World Bank official in Dhaka claimed Tuesday.

AP, UNITED NATIONS - Russia's U.N. ambassador said Tuesday he doesn't think Russia's recognition of two separatist regions in Georgia will lead to a new Cold War though he predicted a difficult period ahead in relations with the West.

Patients at risk of going blind will have their sight saved under a unique deal

The Telegraph

For the first time a drugs company will pay to top up patients' treatment where the level of care paid for by the Health Service is not enough.

A man at the centre of a suspected assassination plot against Senator Barack Obama has said that the presidential candidate "ought to be shot" because of his colour

The Telegraph

Agencies

Three more people have died in eastern India in fighting between Hindus and Christians, taking the death toll this week to 11, police say.

From papyrus to cyberspace

The Guardian Online

Scientists and scholars in Jerusalem have begun a programme to take the first high-resolution, digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls so they can be made available to the public on the internet.

The Dalai Lama is suffering from exhaustion and has cancelled all his international trips, officials say, reports BBC.

BBC Online

Brazil's Supreme Court has begun considering the future of one of the country's biggest indigenous reserves.

The judges will decide whether the Raposa Serra do Sol reservation should remain a single unbroken territory.

Defy police , rains in Dhaka

Staff Correspondent

The four-party alliance staged human-chain protests in the capital on Wednesday afternoon, defying a police ban and heavy rains to press for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's unconditional release and steps to send her detained elder son Tarique Rahman abroad for better medical treatment.

Ramadan

Staff Correspondent

The government has announced that shops and markets can remain open till 9pm in the first week of Ramadan.

"The government is eager to let shops and markets stay open during Ramadan in the interest of businessmen," Anwarul Iqbal told reporters Wednesday after a meeting with the business community at the Secretariat.

Probe committee reports

Staff Reporter

A probe committee, formed after the lethal Aug 18 hillslide in Chittagong, has reported that there are no concerted efforts to prevent loss of life from hillslides.

Staff Correspondent

The Truth and Accountability Commission has yet to receive any case files of politicians from the Anticorruption Commission or the National Coordination Committee against corruption and serious crimes, the TAC chairman said on Wednesday.

Says top official

Staff Correspondent

Upazila and Dhaka City Corporation polls will be held in the last week of October, with the exact dates to be announced at the start of September, a top election official has said.

Bdnews24.com

The Election Commission will invite political parties soon to another round of talks on the subject of party registration, an election commissioner said on Wednesday.